Debra J. Saunders joined the Review Journal as White House correspondent in December 2016, after 24 years writing a usually conservative opinion-page column for the San Francisco Chronicle. She has a B.A. in Greek and Latin from the University of Massachusetts at Boston, which may or may not prepare her for covering the Trump White House. She is syndicated with Creators Syndicate.
Even before authorities apprehended Cesar Sayoc, a 56-year-old Florida man suspected of sending crude pipe bombs to the homes of two former presidents and other top Democrats, Washington insiders assumed the devices were intended not to kill or maim, but to advance a political party or ideology.
Critics often accuse President Donald Trump of using dog-whistles to gin up his conservative base. But really, Trump’s most effective trick is to get TV journalists to attack on demand — as you can see in cable news coverage on the caravan of Central Americans headed toward the U.S. border.
The U.S. Secret Service said Wednesday it had intercepted suspicious packages believed to be bombs addressed to the New York residence of former first lady Hillary Clinton and the Washington home of former President Barack Obama.
As the midterm elections loom, President Donald Trump can’t stop talking about the wall he wants to build at the border with Mexico – and a caravan of migrants, largely Central Americans, headed toward that border.
As he stumped in Elko for Republican candidates this weekend, President Donald Trump said he is “very inclined to be against” Yucca Mountain as a nuclear waste facility – a statement that conflicts with his administration’s first two budget proposals.
The arrest of a progressive activist this week in Las Vegas, an earlier arrest at another campaign event, and other recent incidents involving the left made it appear this was open season on Republicans.
Anti-poverty activist Bob Woodson believes that Hope for Prisoners, the Las Vegas program designed to help ex-inmates re-enter society, works because it was started by a former bank robber, Jon Ponder.
President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that he spoke with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who totally denied” any knowledge of the events that led up to the disappearance of a Washington Post columnist from the Saudi consulate in Istanbul two weeks ago.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., took President Donald Trump up on a bet by having her DNA tested to prove her Native American heritage, which Trump repeatedly has mocked by dubbing her “Pocahontas.”
President Donald Trump frequently brings up prison reform at his Make America Great Again rallies. The question is, will Trump embrace reform of federal mandatory minimum sentencing?
It was supposed to be a discussion between President Donald Trump, rapper Kanye West and NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown on urban policy, job creation and criminal justice issues. Instead it devolved into a rambling monologue about the rapper’s life, race and politics and a push for Trump to commute the sentence of a convicted murderer and gang leader.
The midterm elections are weeks away but already progressive activists are calling for Democrats to impeach newly installed Justice Brett Kavanaugh if they take the House in November.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley stunned Washington Tuesday morning as she announced her resignation during an appearance with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
New Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh returned to the White House Monday for a ceremonial swearing-in two days after he officially became a member of the high court.
President Donald Trump delivered on a key 2016 campaign promise last week when he announced that he had brokered a trade deal with Mexico and Canada to replace the 24-year-old NAFTA, which he called the “worst trade deal ever.”
