Politics

For Chris Murphy, the newly re-elected junior senator from Connecticut, Yemen is a byword for the failures of American foreign policy in the Middle East. For the past three years, he has been a consistent and often lonely voice in the government for ending United States military support for Saudi …

A bipartisan commission has determined that President Trump’s recent record defense bill is insufficiently massive to keep America safe, and we should spend more, while cutting “entitlements.” The National Defense Strategy Commission concluded the Department of Defense was too focused on “efficiency” and needed to accept “greater cost and risk” …

Days before the 2018 midterm elections, MJ Hegar, the Democratic candidate for Texas’ 31st District, released several videos about her historic Congressional campaign. Only one of them was planned. The final ad features Hegar riding her motorcycle down a solitary road in her district. The clip is unlike her previous …

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) must have been feeling pretty good standing on stage at Lone Star Convention and Expo Center in Conroe, Texas last week. Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend, ex-Fox News anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle, were there supporting the Texas senator for their fifth campaign stop in a row. …

President Trump on Tuesday morning accepted Nikki Haley’s resignation as ambassador to the United Nations. The news was first reported by Axios, which noted that Haleydiscussed her potential departure with President Trump when the two met last week at the White House. It’s unclear what motivated the decision, but foreign …

As America continues to vet the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh,we are handed competing narratives. One thing, however, is clear: Lindsey Graham has jumped the shark. On Monday night, the senator from South Carolina sat down with Sean Hannity to discuss his feverish obsession with forcing Kavanaugh onto the …

There is now a third Brett Kavanaugh accuser. Following up on a promise to present damning information regarding President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee this week, Michael Avenatti onWednesday morning tweeted a sworn declaration from one of his clients detailing a slew of disturbing allegations against Kavanaugh. The statement claims that …

Brett Kavanaugh wants you to know who the real victim is. In a letter sent today to the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Supreme Court nominee describes allegations against him of a sexual assault in high school and of exposing himself in college as “smears, pure and simple.” He paints himself …

In an interview with the Hill on Tuesday, President Trump reiterated his criticism of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Attacks on Sessions have become Trump’s “Free Bird,” and on Tuesday he improvised the old standard, declaring, “I don’t have an Attorney General. It’s very sad.” The president’s well-documented, frequently declared disappointment …

Thomas Friedman goes to the movies, sees Crazy Rich Asians. What column is he inspired to write after two hours following the adventures of Rachel Chu and Nick Young? The New York Times Twitter caption about Friedman’s next column provides the answer: “Crazy Rich Asians versus Crazy Poor Middle Easterners …