The Iowa caucuses essentially collapsed in confusion when state party officials were unable to report any results. It was a colossal failure on Monday night that will only fuel the criticism of the state’s first-in-the-nation role, with rules so complicated that journalists had trouble explaining them and the Democratic apparatus couldn’t even count the votes.
The Iowa Caucuses essentially collapsed in confusion when state party officials were unable to report any results. It was a colossal failure on Monday night that will only fuel the criticism of the state’s first-in-the-nation role, with rules so complicated that journalists had trouble explaining them and the Democratic apparatus couldn’t even count the votes.
I thought it was refreshing when President Trump defended Nancy Pelosi against insinuations of racism, even though he was doing it to criticize the four freshmen congresswomen who have been feuding with her.
I thought it was refreshing when President Trump defended Nancy Pelosi against insinuations of racism, even though he was doing it to criticize the four freshmen congresswomen who have been feuding with her.
It was obvious from the outset that the media didn’t think much of Donald Trump’s social media summit.
When the British ambassador to Washington was caught disparaging President Trump in cables back to London, everyone knew what happened next would be rather undiplomatic.
The Jeffrey Epstein case is appalling, heartbreaking and downright nauseating. How this disgusting human being who preys on young girls got off without a long prison term a decade ago is a testament to a criminal justice system that favors the rich and powerful.
So many Democrats, liberals and all-around detractors look at the last 2-1/2 years, and are convinced that he’ll never win reelection. They see chaos and confusion, they see endless Twitter rants, and they see a president who hasn’t cracked 50 percent in the major polls.
So many Democrats, liberals and all-around detractors look at the last 2-1/2 years, and are convinced that he’ll never win reelection. They see chaos and confusion, they see endless Twitter rants, and they see a president who hasn’t cracked 50 percent in the major polls.
A new book on the Kavanaugh confirmation fight describes a central conundrum for the judge and his advocates, which is that the team “understood that any criticism of Ford would be treated as a smear” and depicted as “victim shaming.
In the eyes of the pundits, Kamala Harris is practically accepting the Democratic nomination after one debate.
The Democrats are in danger of marching so far left that they go over a cliff.
Joe Biden emerged largely unscathed during a high-decibel debate Thursday night, turning in a surprisingly passionate performance and fending off a racially charged attack by Kamala Harris.
The first Democratic debate was always destined to be about Elizabeth Warren, and she seized the initiative with the first question.
Some Democrats and liberal activists are worried that the first round of presidential debates, could turn into a circular firing squad.
Does Trump preside over a messy and sometimes chaotic process? Of course. But sometimes that style gets results.
Could Joe Biden be more tone-deaf?
The Massachusetts senator is increasingly being touted as the main threat to Joe Biden.
Why did President Trump respond at length to a hypothetical question from George Stephanopoulos?
The latest polls are more than ephemeral. They reflect a political landscape that may be radically changed once people start voting.
Biden's reversal on the Hyde Amendment represents his first defeat of the primaries.
Biden's reversal on the Hyde Amendment represents his first defeat of the primaries.
Thanks to technology and social media, the role of early states in presidential campaigns may be seriously undermined.
The paper owned by Jeff Bezos makes a strong case for not using the Constitution as a last resort to overturn an election.
The possibility of impeachment is far more tantalizing than the mundane reality that it probably won't happen.
What was the point of a probe that could not charge the president?
If Barack Obama had quoted Kim Jong Un to slap at a top Republican, the GOP would have gone haywire, and rightfully so.
The media that made Michael Avenatti famous led their viewers and readers astray.
What we’re left with is Impeachment in All But Name, as the president and his Democratic adversaries keep raising the stakes.
Donald Trump has many roles: cultural commentator, Twitter titan, reality show producer, kibitzer-in-chief, all intertwined with the job of running the country.
Washington is now the home of gridlock on steroids.
There may be 22 Democratic candidates, but the Republican candidate — and therefore the media — are increasingly focused on just one.
While Biden is obviously a war horse, Buttigieg is the epitome of the kind of fresh face who fascinates the press.
One of Mueller's allies clearly wanted to turn up the heat before Barr's testimony.
After kicking around Joe Biden for weeks, the pundits are slapping their foreheads in amazement.
The economy is on fire right now, and that could be a major boost to President Trump's reelection chances.
More popgun than big-time bomb.
Even beforeWilliam Barr's appearance at the Justice Department this morning, he had been utterly vilified—for the sin of showing up to answer reporters’ questions.
With Democrats obsessed with knocking off Trump, keeping a façade of unity may well be impossible.
Sanders tries to send a message by going after ThinkProgress.
The Wikileaks founder is using journalism as a fig leaf for his reckless conduct.
A whole lot of sound and fury dissipates inside the nation’s capital, leaving no discernable movement on virtually anything.
The White House gate is turning into a revolving door.
The Mexican border, an issue that helped get Donald Trump elected, continues to bedevil his presidency.
The media's hot candidate of the moment, hands down, is Mayor Pete.
The Joe Biden imbroglio reveals a great deal about the media's subjective standards.
President Trump collided with political reality this week, and reality won.
Barack Obama's vice president is not liberal enough for the liberal precincts of the media.
Barack Obama's vice president is not liberal enough for the liberal precincts of the media.
It’s faintly amusing to see the maestros of the mainstream media saying that Donald Trump is going about winning reelection the wrong way.
What happened in Chicago was an absolute travesty of justice.
Forget the soul-searching. The media counterattack is underway.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the media are in a codependent relationship that benefits both sides.
The former 'Nightline' host unloaded on The New York Times and Washington Post.
The 2020 contenders are trying to sell blatantly partisan moves as process reforms.
Michael Sanchez, the brother of Jeff Bezos’ girlfriend, is acknowledging for the first time that he made a “deal with the devil”—meaning the National Enquirer.
President Trump is picking a whole lot of fights in recent days, including one with a dead senator.
Vanity Fair describes Beto O'Rourke as undergoing "a near-mystical experience."
Vanity Fair describes Beto O'Rourke as undergoing "a near-mystical experience."
Some of Carlson's comments to 'Bubba the Love Sponge' are offensive, troubling and can't be defended.
Nancy Pelosi is trying to shut down any talk of impeachment.
The Democrats are in a leftward lurch that could ruin their chances of retaking the White House.
The Democrats are in a leftward lurch that could ruin their chances of retaking the White House.
Some of Fox News’ liberal rivals have been cheering the Democratic National Committee’s decision to exclude the network from the party’s primary debates.
Now that Hillary’s not getting in the race—she was never running, despite hints from her keep-hope-alive surrogates—the spotlight has fallen squarely on the House Democrats.
The meticulous arrangements had all been made for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez to tour their potential dream house in the Bel-Air section of southern California.
The Democratic stampede is under way, with candidates charging in who have little national name recognition.
By the time most Americans woke up Thursday, the North Korea summit was over — and had failed.
Trump's image was scuffed up, but by a guy who had soiled his own reputation.
It was a classic split-screen moment for the media.
If you pulled a Rip Van Winkle last fall and woke up today, you'd be stunned by the new Democratic Party and its sudden embrace of uber-liberal ideas.
Some in the media should take Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson's advice and apologize.
The president dusts off his "enemy of the people" phrase in the seemingly endless war with his two most aggressive newspaper adversaries.
Democratic voters have to decide whether they want a 77-year-old curmudgeon with a socialist agenda who's not even a Democrat.
Jeff Bezos authorized negotiations that he hoped would lead to a legal settlement with the National Enquirer.
When even some billionaires are saying they have too much money, it’s clear the ground is shifting.
With so many Democrats joining the 2020 stampede, the media are trying to brand each one, often with help from the contenders and their strategists.
Jeff Bezos' girlfriend has privately acknowledged that she shared some photos and texts from the Amazon founder with several female friends, adding to the mystery of who leaked salacious material to the National Enquirer.
We now live in an age of zero tolerance for any past mistake or indiscretion, no matter how many decades ago.
President Trump hit many of the right notes in his State of the Union, offering eloquent phrases about unity, bipartisanship and cooperation.
It's hard to imagine how Virginia's governor could have handled this crisis more incompetently.
The opposition faces danger if they're seen as resorting to harassment and intimidation.
Trump's appointees and congressional Republicans seem to be more openly challenging the president, at least on foreign policy.
The Twitter bubble shines an unflattering light on our preexisting conditions: herd mentality, superficiality, uninformed opinion-slinging and not-so-subtle bias.
Howard Schultz may be consuming too much of his own caffeine if he thinks he has a shot at the presidency.
People who despise Donald Trump are now aiming their anger at those who wear the red caps in support of the president.
The knives are out for the president's attorney.
Pondering the online culture in which warring tribes go for the jugular at a moment's notice.
We live in the culture of the quick hit, the hot take, the hair-trigger tweet, and that often amounts to a rush to judgment.
Nancy Pelosi has been getting in the president's face and drawing plenty of cheers from the press.
The New York senator's exploratory committee didn't make the front page of The New York Times.
There is no longer any question that some of the top officials surrounding President Trump are trying to restrain him from certain dramatic decisions, especially on foreign policy.
Frank Bruni is tortured. And he's got an elaborate plan to prevent Donald Trump from being re-elected.
Some journalists are already touting Michael Cohen as the next John Dean, casting his upcoming congressional testimony as nothing short of historic. But they are probably jacking up expectations too high.
Not since the Nixon days has there been such a virulent and relentless battle over which picture is closer to the truth.
Everyone is dug in. The only thing that changes is the number of days the government has been partially shut down.
President Trump used his much-disputed television time to portray the border as a humanitarian and law-enforcement crisis of the "heart" and "soul," but not before some media organizations preemptively accused him of spreading lies about the issue.
All the anguished hand-wringing by media and political figures, all the doom-and-gloom predictions about global instability, turn out to be overblown.
For the moment, at least, both sides would rather have the issue.
Mitt Romney was so anxious to launch his Washington career with an anti-Trump hand grenade that he couldn't even wait until he was sworn in.
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