Mr. Trump’s overt partisanship before an audience of armed forces personnel runs against a decades-long legacy of civilians who have guided the military in keeping with a president’s policies, while maintaining a distance from overt presidential politics.
Those who supported Republicans blocking former President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee but are incredulous about Democrats threatening to do the same to President Donald Trump’s nominee are simply hypocrites.
Tuesday morning at 6 a.m. I awoke to a phone call from one of my political colleagues, in shock and disbelief because Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat had gone against a court order and was using an obscure legal loophole to put the city’s preschools on …
This year’s Academy Awards ceremony is shaping up to be one of the most political. Amid the highly charged atmosphere surrounding the Trump administration, the emphasis this year could be on what the winners say as they accept their awards.
By the way, can you remember the other prominent political figures caught in a similar predicament in years past? On the national level, there was the failed nomination of Zoe Baird to be attorney general (her family hired two people to care for their …
Thanks to President Trump’s election, the Super Bowl organizers clearly recognized – for once – that they’d be best off eschewing politics rather than enabling Beyoncé to dance around in Black Panther gear. Lady Gaga did an apolitical halftime show.
A vote along party lines upheld that decision, turning what could have been an ordinary late-night partisan floor speech for political devotees into a national story. “They can shut me up, but they can’t change the truth,” Warren later told CNN’s Don …
Perhaps the most surprising thing about the controversial Super Bowl TV advertisement that showed an immigrant family encountering a border wall is that the company behind it denies it was about immigration at all.
After one of the most contentious election seasons we’ve ever seen, it seems people are still holding onto their political convictions, sometimes at the cost of relationships with friends or family members. Are you able to talk politics with your …
During a hearing before a House panel, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly appeared to take the blame for the rollout of President Trump’s controversial travel ban, telling lawmakers “this is all on me.
Born on the American frontier on February 7, 1867, Laura Ingalls Wilder turned her memories of being a pioneer girl into the “Little House on the Prairie” books, …
Republican President Donald Trump’s pledge to scrap limits on church political activity could have sweeping effects that extend beyond his conservative supporters to more liberal congregations, including the black evangelical church that has long been …
Unfortunately, giving churches the opportunity to participate in campaigns may well prove to be unhealthy for both the political process and for churches themselves. This is primarily because contributions to churches (and other charities) are …
Political risk is on the rise in Europe and bonds have been selling off. But that hasn’t stopped investors from snapping up ultralong-dated debt—a trend that emerged in 2016 when investors were more concerned with hunting for returns than shielding …
I have always considered myself to be politically active. I followed politics, talked and tweeted and thought about it. I called my elected officials occasionally, if a specific issue came up that I was particularly worried about.
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