Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Wednesday that lawmakers should investigate former President Barack Obama, suggesting that he could have played a role in the years-long Russia investigation that concluded over the weekend. In a tweet, the senator suggested that Congress should probe the origins of the now-concluded special counsel investigation into Russian election interference and possible ties […]

In 2016, Donald Trump overwhelmed 16 qualified Republican primary rivals and became the first major-party presidential nominee without prior political or military experience. Against even greater odds, Trump defeated in the general election a far better funded and politically connected Hillary Clinton. What are his chances of repeating that surprising victory in 2020? In 2016, […]

I might be slightly less hostile to the Green New Deal, had I not walked home the other Sunday in a hail storm. Even before the BB-sized bits of ice came shooting down from the heavens that morning, this winter has been brutal, from Gotham to the Golden Gate. Our Lady of Perpetual Limelight, Saint Alexandria […]

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Tuesday that congressional opposition to her department’s border security measures makes her “fear for our democracy,” insisting that members of Congress focus on changing the law instead of asking DHS to change how it is enforced. “I said it before, but I really fear for our democracy when the […]

Republican Nikki Haley is meticulously laying the foundation for a presidential bid in 2024, forming a nonprofit organization to sustain her political-rock-star profile while she builds a financial nest egg so her family can afford her political ambitions. Party insiders keeping tabs on Haley say the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations wouldn’t challenge her […]