Did you see the national Christmas tree lighting? No, not the gift-free ceremony on the White House lawn. The real Christmas tree is a bill enacted by Congress last Friday and promptly signed by the president. There were gifts for almost everyone under that tree. Most of the almost $1.8 trillion pays for the entire […]

This is always one of the strangest weeks of the year. All this build-up – the lights, the mistletoe, the endless rounds of rum-laced eggnog – and then it ends, not with a grand symphonic crescendo but with a whimpering note from a lonely trumpet. Pauly Shore movies have had less disappointing climaxes. Sometimes you […]

Most Americans had no idea Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina was running for president. When he quit the race this week, he was in 12th place out of 13 Republican candidates, with less than 1 percent of the vote in national polls. But Graham has made a major contribution this election season. He’s been […]

Republican presidential rivals Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz have been in a fight over immigration recently. At the center of that conflict is the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill, which divided the Senate – and the Republican party – over one of the current campaign’s most contentious issues. Here is a look at […]