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He disavowed both the Iran nuclear deal that Obama put together, as well as the comments his new attorney Rudy Giuliani said on the TV talk shows. Whatever President Trump is doing he is making news. Former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson is back on the program offering his observations, as well as a poignant thank you …
After a month’s lapse, the primaries return next Tuesday, in Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and North Carolina. One big race everyone is watching is the Republican Senate primary in W.Va., a very pro-Trump state where the GOP would love nothing better than to knock off Democratic incumbent Joe Manchin. Greg Giroux of Bloomberg is here …
A half-century later, 1968 remains etched in our collective memory, a year of tremendous hope and utter tragedy. This week we take the second of three looks at that iconic year, focusing on the chaotic Democratic convention in Chicago. Ted Van Dyk, Hubert Humphrey’s top adviser, talks about how the vice president was boxed in …
Speaker Paul Ryan’s decision to retire after this year and endorse Kevin McCarthy as his successor normally would mean that the California Republican would be the odds-on favorite to become either the next speaker or the next House minority leader (depending how the GOP does in November). But Seung Min Kim of the Washington Post says with the election …
President Trump has never been shy about expressing his thoughts regarding the investigation into his 2016 campaign … and whether (1) Russia played a role in his election, and (2) whether his campaign colluded with the Kremlin to make it happen. But this week’s action by the FBI, a raid on Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s …
Fifty years since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, and what have we learned? What lessons has he taught us — and what lessons were ignored. Wornie Reed, a professor at Virginia Tech who was with King in the 1963 March on Washington, assesses the slain civil rights leader. The trauma of 1968, which …
A half-century later, 1968 remains etched in our collective memory, a year of tremendous hope and utter tragedy. This week we take the first of three looks at that iconic year. Gary Eichten, a longtime reporter and host for Minnesota Public Radio, talks about Eugene McCarthy, his lonely challenge to President Johnson, his strong showing …
So what’s the lesson to be learned from the Republican loss in Pennsylvania’s 18th District special election? Jack Pitney of Claremont McKenna College suggests that while it’s clearly bad news for the GOP, there’s no certainty that Republican voters, or Republican politicians, show any sign of creating distance between themselves and President Trump. Tuesday was …
It’s a solidly Republican district that both Donald Trump and Mitt Romney easily carried. The previous Republican congressman was considered so strong that Democrats failed to even run a candidate in either 2014 and 2016. But in Tuesday’s special election, in Pennsylvania’s 18th District, Democrat Conor Lamb has apparently eked out a narrow victory over …
It appears that for all the angst over how to respond to the latest mass shootings, this time in Parkland, Florida, Congress is not in any hurry to enact new gun laws. But what about the legislature in Florida, which is controlled by Republicans? Adam Smith of the Tampa Bay Times talks politics, guns, and …