President Obama grew regulatory power to new heights as Congress and the courts stood by.
Barack Obama
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Charles Krauthammer: Both Trump, Clinton have to take Sanders factor into account
Who wins the White House will likely depend on where the senator’s loyal supporters go during the general election.
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Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Obama warns against politics of ignorance in Rutgers address
The president’s speech to Rutgers University graduates doesn’t mention Donald Trump by name.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Charles Krauthammer: Republican Party’s shift to populism is an ideological earthquake
Donald Trump’s lock on the nomination represents the death of the party’s Reagan-aligned politics.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Kathleen Parker: Sanders fails to realize that Southern black votes matter – a lot
Hillary Clinton is being rewarded for decades of work on issues important to African-Americans.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Partially through default, Obama’s popularity improves
A poll shows Americans like him more than his predecessor, or any of his would-be successors.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
M.D. Harmon: Hillary Clinton accidentally tells the truth – and other news from the world of politics
The candidate refers to the unborn as persons; Maine’s AG presses for unneeded ‘climate change’ rules, and Republican senators rightly stand by their leader on the Garland nomination.
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Dana Milbank: Republicans stymied by Supreme Court nominee’s squeaky-clean past
As Maine’s Susan Collins urges her Republican colleagues to hold hearings on Merrick Garland’s nomination, their refusal looks petty and even risky.
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Dana Milbank: No mention of Trump, but Obama’s speech was all about him
The president, in his final State of the Union address, urges the nation not to absorb messages of fear.
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Charles Krauthammer: Obama’s phony war means going through the motions, not success
French President Francois Hollande tries to lead a coaliton to destroy the Islamic State. So where’s Obama?