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Littwin: It was Pelosi who took the stage to make the...

It wasn’t the Russia affair that caught Trump in its web. It was Ukraine. It wasn’t Mueller or Comey as the antagonist. It was an...

How Bureau of Land Management employees really feel about moving West...

When it comes to the relocation of the Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters, acting Director William Perry Pendley, a self-proclaimed “sagebrush rebel,” is just...

Littwin: To beat Trump, Dems need a candidate who understands political...

As you’ve no doubt heard, two of the three leading Democratic primary contenders, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, are both embracing Medicare4All, which some...

Littwin: Johnston says he couldn’t find a positive way to answer...

The only thing that surprises me about Mike Johnston’s decision to leave the U.S. Senate race is that it happened so quickly. The pool is...

Littwin: For Biden, the issue now is when a gaffe is...

You’ve probably heard of Joe Biden’s latest gaffe, which wasn’t actually a gaffe, but something maybe worse. It certainly wasn’t funny. And Biden took...

Littwin: Now the question becomes how (or if) Hickenlooper can be...

And so it begins. As long expected, failed presidential candidate John Hickenlooper is now running for the U.S. Senate despite the fact that Hick...

Littwin: Trump caves on guns again — and why that might...

This may sound perverse, but I’m sort of glad that Donald Trump has done the traditional cave on gun-safety legislation. It took him a...

Littwin UPDATE: Now we wait for Hick’s next move. Hint: It...

Editor's note: This story was updated Aug. 15 to reflect John Hickenlooper's announcement he will not seek the 2020 Democratic nomination for president. This was...

Littwin: If you’re looking for an inflection point, you’re looking at...

It’s getting to be that time of year again, when some of the faithless turn hopeful, when some of those desperate to be rid...

Littwin: American carnage. American madness. American denial.

Here we are again. Two mass shootings over a weekend. Three in a week. And yet we seem paralyzed as ever about what to...