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Littwin: Can Coffman, the escape artist, still break free when new...

I have no way to judge the accuracy of The New York Times Upshot/Siena College poll of Colorado’s 6th Congressional District race. But I...

Littwin: So we survived 2017; got any plans for next year?

I’ve got a problem. As I sat down to write my annual New Year’s column, which is usually a wildly hilarious — OK, moderately...

News Poetry: Puerto Rico, Preamble for an Elegy

Seems blue tarp ____is the new shade this season, ____and light comes battery and generator driven. What the wind stripped ____was patina of paradise and the skin beneath ____not...

Wiretap: It looks as if Congress could be ready to take...

Many believed this was impossible, but it looks as if some Republican leaders in Congress are actually ready to take a step toward gun...

Wiretap: We know much more about the Las Vegas massacre, but...

We know more about the Las Vegas killer. We know more about the guns he used. We know more about the elaborate setup in...

Wiretap: Another mass shooting leaves us mourning the dead and asking...

No one seems to understand why a 64-year-old man with no criminal history and, according to his brother, with no history of gun violence,...

Wiretap: Trump’s tax plan may skimp on details, but one thing...

Donald Trump says he doesn't benefit from his new tax cuts. But, of course, he does. Although there are many details of the plan...

Wiretap: As Puerto Rico reels after Hurricane Maria, Trump calls his...

The people in Puerto Rico may not agree, but Donald Trump believes he merits an A+ for his administration's relief work following Hurricane Maria....

Wiretap: Manafort’s Russia troubles widen while Mueller’s probe into Trump’s role...

The Washington Post and The New York Times are back in full gear trading scoops on the Trump-Russian connection. The Post is reporting that...

Wiretap: Trump’s late night tweet on DACA confuses everything and everyone

This won't surprise you, but Donald Trump was back at the Twitter machine and was once again undercutting a day's worth of policy. After...