Byron York: Firing Mueller would be disastrous; discrediting him is …

The audience for that defense would be Republican senators who will vote for or against the articles of impeachment. Firing Mueller would be insane. Discrediting him is pure impeachment politics. The current debate over whether Trump can be indicted for obstruction of justice is a sideshow. It’s very, very …

(AP) — Alabama Democrats see Tuesday’s special Senate election as a chance to renounce a history littered with politicians whose race-baiting, bombast … The matchup mixes both Alabama’s tortured history and the nation’s current divisive, bitterly partisan politics, and it has made a spectacle of a Deep …

For Mr. Trump, the status of Jerusalem was always more a political imperative than a diplomatic dilemma. Faced with disappointing evangelical and pro-Israel backers like Mr. Adelson, or alarming allies and Arab leaders while jeopardizing his own peace initiative, the president sided with his key supporters …

And the North just hosted the most senior U.N. official to visit in years: Jeffrey Feltman, the undersecretary-general for political affairs. Even before he departed, experts played down expectations that Feltman, formerly a senior American diplomat, could offer a breakthrough as the standoff over the North’s …

President Trump on Saturday called for a Washington Post reporter to be fired over a misleading tweet about the size of the crowd at a rally for the president on Friday in Pensacola, Fla. The reporter, Dave Weigel, posted a picture of an arena with many empty seats. He deleted the tweet after learning that …

Dowd told Axios: “(The) President cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under (the Constitution’s Article II) and has every right to express his view of any case.” The motivation for Dowd’s introducing his point at this moment — long before Mueller has concluded his probe — is …

The articles of impeachment, introduced by Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee, include obstruction of justice for Trump’s decision to fire former FBI Director James Comey, two emoluments clause violations, undermining the independence of the federal judiciary and undermining the freedom of the press.

They were responding to the most viral UK political news article of 2017 (a year that saw an unexpected general election, an enormous surge in social media support for Jeremy Corbyn, and a national debate over Brexit), one which misrepresented the government’s stance on whether animals feel pain, …

WASHINGTON—Maine Sen. Susan Collins earlier this year decided to stay in her job instead of running for governor because she thought she could play a decisive role at a consequential time for the Senate. Last week, as her Republican colleagues inched toward passage of a $1.4 trillion tax bill, she …

This has been called political tourism or justice tourism, and consciously invites tourists to engage with the narratives of the political situation. The Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum has been one supporter of this and is a source of guidance and further information. Often tourists book for half-day tours with …