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Wiretap: Terror returns to New York, this time in a pickup truck

Terror returns to New York City,  but this time in a rented pickup truck. The driver brought terror to Lower Manhattan, ramming his pickup into...

Wiretap: The failed Corker-Flake rebellion, the deal on the dossier, and farewell to Fats

In the aftermath of the latest Senate attacks on Donald Trump, what seems to be clear is that the Republican Party is now the...

Wiretap: It’s one thing to stand up to Trump; it’s another to actually take...

Trump’s critics can’t really hope that others will follow them into the fight for decency in the Republican Party, writes Ross Douthat in The...

Wiretap: All but lost amid the ugliness is the very American story of Sgt....

All but lost in the controversy over Donald Trump and John Kelly and Frederica Wilson and who got what part of the story right...

Wiretap: To the shock of no one, the Obamacare compromise fix is now compromised...

Remember that oh-so-promising health care compromise? Well, Trump has changed his mind on it again. Some Republicans who were ready to support it now...

Wiretap: How the death of John Kelly’s son in Afghanistan became a Trump talking...

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has spent seven years trying to keep his son’s death in Afghanistan free from politics. Now his...

Wiretap: This time, it could be Democrats who are ready to shut down the...

Maybe you remember this threat from previous administrations. But the tables have turned. Democrats are now threatening to shut down the government if Republicans...

Wiretap: Trump “threw a fit” when advisers said maybe he shouldn’t blow up Iran...

This won’t surprise anyone who has been paying attention or who saw Bob Corker’s tweet about adult day care at the White House, but...

Wiretap: Wet winter and record-breaking summer heat combine to leave California in flames

In the Caribbean and in the Southeast, there have been the winds and the floods of hurricanes. In the West, there are wildfires. Across...

Wiretap: The Trump-Corker Twitter war reveals what GOP pols think of Trump — not...

Another Trumpian Twitter war, this time with GOP Sen. Bob Corker, does the unexpected: It reveals some essential truth. In a Sunday morning duel,...