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The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world...

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill calls on lieutenant governor to resign over alleged ethics violations

New Jersey's governor on Thursday called on the state's lieutenant governor, Dale Caldwell, to resign by Friday after a law firm hired by her office concluded he violated the state's ethics and discrimination rules.

Trump, the midterm elections, Congress, and the war

TRUMP, THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, CONGRESS, AND THE WAR. In 2002, in the run-up to the war in Iraq, President George W. Bush went through a long and elaborate process to secure the approval of Congress for going to war. On Oct. 10, 2002, the House passed an Authorization for the Use of Military Force by a […]

UMass Dartmouth football murder suspect overstayed tourist visa, received deferred action: federal sources

Chukwunonso Eze entered the U.S. on a tourist visa in 2015 and received deferred action under both Biden and Trump before he allegedly killed a UMass Dartmouth football player.

Gina Hinojosa wants to make Texas a test case for Democrats’ future

Gina Hinojosa wants to make Texas a test case for Democrats’ future lead image

Krazy Kat can’t read a room to save her political life — or congestion-pricing

Never underestimate Gov. Hochul’s ability to misread the room — as in her talks of reviving congestion-pricing in the aftermath of last Tuesday’s red...

Trump v. the censors, European soccer ostracizes Israel and other commentary

President-elect Donald Trump’s “first major policy statement since his landslide victory outlines his plan to restore free speech,” cheer the Washington Times’ editors.

Dems’ post-election meltdown: Letters to the Editor — Nov. 13, 2024

Post readers discuss Democrats’ infighting and dismay after Donald Trump’s clear victory in last week’s election.

Democrats are lost in a leadership crisis — with no savior on the horizon

The only man who can save the Democrats is the one they hate most: Donald Trump, whose success can teach them to appreciate secure...

Time to toss the Trump ‘hush money’ case — it was always bogus, after all

Judge Juan Merchan and Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg on Tuesday kicked the can one week on the so-called “Trump hush money” case; their next...

Trump is doubly wrong to choose House members for his administration

Working with an extremely thin Republican majority in the House, President-elect Donald Trump should not be appointing House Members to his administration. In doing so, he hurts his legislative agenda and undermines the importance of legislating itself. As of this writing, Trump has announced the selection of two Republican representatives: Reps. Mike Waltz (R-FL) as […]

Here’s how Elise Stefanik can put Trump’s America First agenda to work at the UN

New York Rep. Elise Stefanik has accepted President-elect Donald Trump's offer to be his enforcer as United Nations ambassador, according to reports.

Dems had it coming: Lousy governing stoked black, Hispanic voters’ revolt

At a Chicago impound lot, frustrated citizens felt their government was conspiring against them — and expressed fury at the politicians who made their...

Rep. Ritchie Torres sees the rot Mehdi Hasan represents — why don’t other Dems?

Prominent antisemite Mehdi Hasan blames the Jews for the pogrom they faced in Amsterdam. Torres is dead right to call him and his backers...

Chuck Schumer needs to forget judges and get the antisemitism bill passed — now

If Democrats want to show they've learned the need to put principle over power, they'll make the time for a floor vote to pass...

Sen. Bob Casey’s refusal to concede to Dave McCormick is hurting the people of Pennsylvania

Sen. Bob Casey’s refusal to concede the election is damaging the citizens of Pennsylvania.

Libertarians turned out for Trump

President-elect Donald Trump made the unorthodox decision to speak at the Libertarian National Convention back in May. No former or future president had appeared at a third-party convention in the past, but in a stroke of what turned out to be political genius, Trump was willing to face a hostile audience and make multiple concessions to […]

Elbridge Colby would make a strong addition to Trump administration

As the deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development at the Pentagon during the first Trump administration, Elbridge Colby was the lead architect of the 2018 national defense strategy. That document called for a far more urgent emphasis on deterring and, if necessary, defeating China. President-elect Donald Trump has made good choices […]

How Trump’s 2020 defeat secured his 2024 mandate

When President-elect Donald Trump boarded Air Force One for what then seemed likely to be the last time on Jan. 20, 2021, he was a pariah. He had failed to secure reelection to a second consecutive term the previous November, and a riot at the Capitol by some of his supporters had prompted new impeachment […]

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