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Call it the Snooze Economy. Roughly two months before the presidential election, the economy has turned both boring and mystifying. It hardly impresse...

WASHINGTON — Not since Barry Goldwater's 1964 campaign has there been such widespread public disavowal by Republicans of their party's nominee. The Hi...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump. Would that it were unnecessary to mention his name except, say, as a Viagra pitchman. Despite such casting perfection, this...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is undergoing his own "extreme vetting." And we are learning a great deal about the quality of his public pledges. In no par...

“I’m a journalist who interviews people who I disagree with all the time.” — Sean Hannity, 2008 “I never claimed to be a journalist.” — Sean Hannity, ...

WASHINGTON — On the subject of the Clinton Foundation and newly disclosed State Department emails, let us first dispense with Donald Trump's unhinged ...

There is an old adage which states that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Anyone who has followed that sage old advice discovers that it’s e...

CAIRO (AP) — For five years fighting has raged in Syria — a humanitarian disaster destabilizing the region and the world. The aim of Bashar Assad's op...

Millennial homeownership rates are way, way down. And believe it or not, that’s probably a good thing. Across all age groups, the U.S. homeownership r...

WASHINGTON — When I wrote the headline "Hillary's heel," I was thinking of Achilles, not Bill, though the former president is usually within nipping r...

The man formerly known as The Donald is entwined in a ball of contradiction. He was a registered Republican until 2001 when he became a Democrat, and ...

WASHINGTON — With defeat now the likely outcome for the Republican presidential nominee, the blame shifting has begun early and in earnest. To some pa...

WINCHESTER, Va. — Political arguments are rarely gentle or polite anymore, so it was a gift to see two Republicans who passionately disagree about wha...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump — he who likes to fly home at night in the comfort of his own plane to sleep in the comfort of his own bed — is at it again ...

WASHINGTON — When my syndicate editor told me a few clients had been asking, Don't you have anyone over there who can write something positive about D...

CHICAGO — The perverse thing about ideologues is that they’re easy to dismiss when they say something blatantly outlandish. About a week ago, Donald T...

Raptor! To anyone who’s seen the movie “Jurassic Park,” the word “raptor” immediately brings memories of fear and power, curved claws, teeth and all. ...

WASHINGTON -- Maybe Donald Trump didn’t create an appetite for authoritarianism. Maybe an appetite for authoritarianism created Donald Trump. Many of ...

WASHINGTON — People always remember their first presidential vote — their first participation in the largest decision of American democracy. In high s...

LAS VEGAS — Nevada, which calls itself the "Battle Born State," actually was born prematurely because of Republicans' anxiety. Now, 152 years later, i...