Through multiple administrations, Congress has shirked from duty and presidents have grabbed.
Donald Trump
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Comey was foiled by his own leadership foibles
Comey’s retelling of events reveals his own shortcomings and failure to guide a new president.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
In Comey memos, Trump talks of Russian ‘hookers,’ jailing journalists
The president has fiercely disputed the former FBI director’s accounts of their conversations.
Posted inNation & World
Justice Department refers McCabe findings for consideration of charges
Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe last month, just 26 hours before he could retire.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Senate confirms Trump pick Jim Bridenstine as NASA chief
The Oklahoma congressman is the new agency administrator, despite concerns from Democrats that he lacks the scientific and management expertise to lead it.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump won’t attend Barbara Bush’s funeral
Melania Trump will attend, but the president will spend the weekend at his Florida estate.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Regulators to fine Wells Fargo $1 billion for cheating customers
The penalty, which could be announced as soon as Friday, would be the Trump administration’s most aggressive punitive action to date against a big bank.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Rudy Giuliani says he’ll join Trump’s legal team to ‘negotiate an end’ to Mueller probe
The former New York mayor says he has been speaking with the president for weeks about becoming a legal adviser.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Dana Milbank: ‘Fake news’ accusations backfire on U.S. as world joins in
If President Trump set out to debase the very notion of truth, it’s a mission he’s accomplished.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Trump’s nominee for CIA chief about to undergo a kind of enhanced interrogation
Gina Haspel, who played a key role in the agency’s torture program, may be politically radioactive.