World Cup winners paint President Trump into a corner: Megan Rapinoe and her team did what Donald Trump told them to do — they finished the job. Now the question is, how will the President honor World Cup winners who have carved out a remarkable political and societal legacy? USA’s win over the Netherlands in the […]
Trump calls bluff of critics in July 4th speech: President Donald Trump was as good as his word Thursday: He saluted America. In one of the least polarizing speeches of his presidency, Trump paid tribute to America’s armed forces at a July Fourth appearance before the Lincoln Memorial in Washington that unfolded amid stormy skies and criticism that […]
This 4th of July, Americans are fighting over what ‘American’ should mean: When President Donald Trump gives his military-themed “Salute to America” on Thursday, he’ll stand in front of the Lincoln Memorial, where the words of President Abraham Lincoln’s greatest speech, his second inaugural address, are etched in stone. In that speech, Lincoln promised to […]
Trump claims military is ‘thrilled’ to participate in his July 4th celebration: President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that “the Pentagon and our great Military Leaders are thrilled” to be participating in his newly revamped Fourth of July celebrations in Washington, which will feature “incredible flyovers,” fireworks and a speech from the President. Lee Iacocca, who helped create the Ford […]
Women grab momentum as Democratic race catches fire: Recent shifts in the Democratic primary are raising the prospect that a new political glass ceiling may shatter in 2020 — a duel for a presidential ticket between two women. An escalation in the intensity of campaigning in recent weeks, the fallout from the first Democratic debate and a new […]
Mission accomplished? Trump’s meeting with Kim is a political win despite long odds of diplomatic success: President Donald Trump orchestrated one of the most audacious photo ops in the annals of American diplomacy by crossing dramatically into North Korea alongside Kim Jong Un. If history is to remember the moment as more than a self-glorifying stunt, the meeting […]
Winners and losers from night 2 of the 1st Democratic debate: The majority of the frontrunners for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination crowded onto 10-person debate stage in Miami Thursday night, the second half of a debate-a-thon that began 24 hours earlier with 10 more aspirants duking it out for precious media attention and that most […]
Who won the Democratic debate: After suffering through the 2015-2016 Republican primary debates between entirely too many candidates — relegated to a two-tier system consisting of “varsity and junior varsity” forums — I was unsure how a field of more than 20 Democratic primary candidates would work this time around. The decision to split the qualified candidates […]
What shooting down a $110M US drone tells us about Iran: Once the dust cleared, it turned out that one of the enduring lessons from the past week occurred at about 22,000 feet. The Iranian downing of an RQ-4A Global Hawk on Thursday is thought to have been the first time one of the Pentagon’s surveillance workhorses […]
BET Awards both entertained and moved: The most popular group at Sunday night’s BET Awards has never had a record deal. The men, who as boys were known as the Central Park Five, took the stage to introduce Grammy Award-winning singer H.E.R. Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise and Yusef Salaam are now […]
New York Times: Trump abruptly calls off military strikes against Iran after approving them: President Donald Trump abruptly called off military strikes against Iran on Thursday night after previously approving the strikes in retaliation for Iran shooting down a US military drone, The New York Times reports. The operation was already underway in its initial stages — […]
Joe Biden gets in his own way on race: Joe Biden can’t seem to get out of his own way. His campaign started the day by defending his nostalgia for a more civil Washington — when getting things done meant working with segregationists on occasion. His comments at a campaign fundraiser in New York Tuesday night drew […]
