Beltway Confidential
Does that star-spangled banner yet wave? No.
A “fish story” is a very American sort of legend. The fish story doesn’t need to involve fish, but it does need drama and most of all…
March 12, 2024
Republicans bet it all on Trump: Primary voters have decided to gamble on a familiar but risky nominee.
Magazine
Republicans bet it all on Trump
Republicans are about to take a leap of faith. Their presumptive nominee is familiar. This will be the third consecutive election in which former President Donald Trump…
Defense
Fearing the US is becoming an increasingly unreliable ally, Europe charts its own course
French President Emmanuel Macron ignited a fierce debate last month when, after a gathering of European leaders in Paris, he suggested that the option of sending Western…
Business
Artificial intelligence failures: It’s time for Congress to step in on AI regulations
Artificial intelligence took the world by storm with the release of the ChatGPT chatbot and image generators such as Midjourney. Aside from scattered stories about fraud, deep…
Magazine
Why Haley lost: Republicans aren’t in the mood for civility
In her easily foreseen and entirely unsurprising defeat on Super Tuesday, Nikki Haley did not merely become the latest Republican presidential contender to fall to Donald Trump.…
Business
How the international economy is fueling the invasion at the southern border
Former President Donald Trump has called the influx of immigrants into the country an “invasion,” which has triggered charges of demagoguery. But it’s an accurate description of…
Columnists
Kyrsten Sinema, a lobbyist’s legislator, exits for greener pastures
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) has been a bad fit in the Congress of today because her vices are the opposite of the dominant vices on Capitol Hill.…
Magazine
His own Fetterman: The Pennsylvania senator embraces Biden despite centrist rebrand
Loyalty to the president is not exactly a hallmark of the Democratic centrists in Congress. Look no further than Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who has asserted his…
Magazine
Revenge is a dish best served salty
My brother sent me this text recently: “Please call ASAP.” This is the kind of message you only send someone when you have urgent, and probably bad,…
Infrastructure
Lawmakers want to drag authorities away from roundup of wild horses
Wild horses and burros roam free throughout several states in the Western part of the country under the supervision of the Bureau of Land Management. But lawmakers…