E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigJul 30, 2015
Republicans are talking a good deal about the threat to their brand posed by Donald Trump's unplugged, unrestrained appeal to the party's untamed side. There's a bigger danger looming. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigJul 16, 2015
President Obama was a long way from being ebullient about Iran at his news conference Wednesday. But like Ronald Reagan, he's willing to take a chance on the idea that reaching our goals through negotiation can be wiser than the alternatives. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 1, 2015
Twin bills that would revise the Patriot Act and curb the state surveillance exposed by Edward Snowden look certain to become law as bipartisan support mounts in both chambers of Congress. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigApr 21, 2015
Inspired by our legislators' recent celebration of their bipartisan "Doc-Fix" Medicare measure, Jon Stewart and other "Daily Show" correspondents imagine what life would be like if "normal people" reacted the way Congress does to "the dutiful executing of basic occupational tasks." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 26, 2015
House Republicans on Wednesday night passed a budget that eliminates nearly $5 trillion from social welfare programs over the next decade and envisions regressive tax reforms and calls for the repeal of President Obama’s health care law. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigMar 21, 2015
With other arguments against the Democrats vanishing, only by turning the debate toward Iran can the Republicans survive Netanyahu's speech to Congress was just a political stunt to try to achieve that endWith other arguments against the Democrats vanishing, all the Republicans can do to survive is turn the debate toward Iran. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigMar 8, 2015
The progressive American Jewish leader has responded forcefully to Netanyahu's right-wing vitriol against Iran by calling for peace and mutual respect among nations. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigMar 5, 2015
It was disconcerting to watch Congress cheer wildly as a foreign leader, the prime minister of one of America's closest allies, trashed an American president's foreign policy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigMar 4, 2015
Eighty-two years after Roosevelt's famous call to hope, the Israeli prime minister stood before Congress to deliver a nearly opposite appeal. The facts do not support his dire warning on Iran. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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