This Baseball Star Gave a Great Answer on What “Respecting the Office” Really Means
David J. Phillip / Associated Press Pitcher Sean Doolittle was a critical part of the Washington Nationals’ World Series victory, closing out the team’s game-one victory and anchoring the bullpen in the regular season. But he won’t be going to the White House with his team to celebrate their victory alongside President Donald Trump next…
Why It Would Be Dangerous for Trump to Use a WMD Office as a Political Pawn
Office of the Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation/ZUMA In his mission to appoint an immigration hardliner to lead the Department of Homeland Security, President Donald Trump has run into a problem. His top two picks for the job don’t meet the legal requirements to be made acting secretary. Neither Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director…
After Getting Whaled on by Environmentalists, the Trump Administration Is Helping a Vulnerable Sea Mammal
ANDREYGUDKOV/Getty The Trump administration isn’t exactly heralded as a friend to nature’s creatures. It has, after all, rolled back Endangered Species Act protections, shrunk national monuments, and proposed opening the United States’ largest national forest up to logging and construction. But earlier this month, the administration announced it plans to designate more than 300,000 square…
House Democrats Ask John Bolton to Testify in Impeachment Inquiry
Viktor Tolochko/AP Congressional investigators have asked John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, to testify next week as part of the ongoing impeachment inquiry. The New York Times and the Daily Beast reported on Wednesday that House Democrats summoned Bolton for a voluntary deposition on November 7. Witnesses in the impeachment inquiry have described…
James Mattis Doesn’t Want You to Read This Book
Chip Somodevilla/Getty After James Mattis flew across the country nearly three years ago to interview with Donald Trump for the Secretary of Defense post, the retired Marine Corps general was sure he had flunked the test. “I certainly won’t be hearing back from those guys,” Mattis later recalled to his staff in one of many…
Trump Keeps Eyeing Syria’s Oil—But There’s Not Much There
US soldiers at the Omar oil field in eastern Syria in March 2019.Delil Souleiman/Getty As he announced the death of ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi this morning, President Donald Trump reiterated his desire to keep some US troops in Syria to secure control of its oil. “The oil is so valuable,” he said. ISIS had…