WASHINGTON -- For Republicans to block one of President Obama's nominees is dog-bites-man non-news. For members of the president's party to defect is more notable. And for Democrats to worry more ...

And to the analysis of Brooks and Marcus. That's New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post deputy editorial page editor Ruth Marcus. David, Ruth, thank you for coming in and joining us ...

WASHINGTON -- In policymaking, as in life, there is an important difference between can and should. Whether a particular practice is constitutional does not make it sound. Whether the government is ...

The nascent health care reform bill has been dubbed "historic" by members of both parties, who view the bill as a landmark victory or a catastrophic defeat. Though some of the changes won't even go ...

Ruth Marcus at The Washington Post wonders if Monica Lewinsky’s article will help Hillary Clinton. “Monica Lewinsky may not have intended it this way, but she just did Hillary Clinton a big favor. She ...

Congratulations, America, indeed.President Donald Trump was being sarcastic when he tweeted, at 7:28 Thursday morning, “Congratulations America, we are now into the second year of the greatest Witch ...

WASHINGTON — On the subject of the Clinton Foundation and newly disclosed State Department emails, let us first dispense with Donald Trump’s unhinged calls for a special prosecutor to investigate what ...

The conundrum of President Obama's budget is that he has produced a "come let us reason together" proposal aimed at a Republican Party that has demonstrated no interest in being reasonable. You could ...