George W. Bush

ELDER: Trump is denounced — even by some Republicans — over the ‘war of choice’

April 17, 2026 Larry Elder

About the war against Iran, most polls find it especially unpopular among Democrats, independents and even some Republicans who feel double-crossed because President Donald Trump campaigned against “endless wars” and promised not to start a […]

BARONE: Where is the arc of justice headed?

April 3, 2026 Michael Barone

Former President Barack Obama liked to quote the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s line that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Of course, what was an expression of […]

BARONE: Trump avoiding repeating history in Iran

March 13, 2026 Michael Barone

History doesn’t always repeat itself, or even rhyme. People sometimes learn from experience, their own or others’. Example: Woodrow Wilson, a stubborn Southerner, refused to involve any Republicans, all Northerners in those days, in treaty […]

ELDER: Jeffries and Schumer denounce Trump’s ‘Racist’ video — but who are they to complain?

February 21, 2026 Larry Elder

On President Donald Trump’s social media platform, someone in the administration — the White House offered different versions of how this happened — posted a 62-second cartoon video set to the song “The Lion Sleeps […]

HILL: Finding common ground in a hyperpartisan America

September 4, 2025 Frank Hill

There’s a lot of public conversation today about how to deal with crime. President Donald Trump’s decision to send National Guard troops into Washington, D.C., seems to have worked to arrest the rise of crime […]

Trump to make unprecedented second state visit to UK in September

July 20, 2025 The Associated Press

LONDON — U.S. President Donald Trump will make an unprecedented second state visit to the U.K. from Sept. 17-19 when he will be hosted by King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle, Buckingham […]

GINGRICH: Who governs America?

June 20, 2025 Newt Gingrich

Riots in defense of illegal immigration in Los Angeles are finally being quelled by President Donald J. Trump’s decision to send in federal forces. But there are signs that Chicago, Atlanta and other major cities […]

BARONE: Los Angeles riots may encourage illegal immigrants to self-deport

June 20, 2025 Michael Barone

“How’m I doin’?” the late New York Mayor Ed Koch used to ask constituents on his travels through the city. President Donald Trump, in the opinion of most Americans, is doing pretty well. His job […]

Bushes, Obamas named honorary co-chairs for America250

August 15, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and their wives, Laura Bush and Michelle Obama, have been named “honorary national co-chairs” for the nation’s 250th-anniversary celebrations, according to America250, a nonpartisan nonprofit […]

Joe Lieberman, former senator and VP candidate, dead at 82

March 27, 2024 The Associated Press

HARTFORD, Conn. — Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain’s […]