All Politics
- Martin O'Malley's presidential bid: Would it hurt Hillary, or help her?Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, who is reportedly planning to announce his candidacy for president, could serve as a foil for Hillary Clinton, helping to better define her campaign.
- Jeb Bush and Iraq: What price family loyalty?Jeb Bush's top challenge as a likely presidential candidate is to distance himself from his brother's policies. But he's not doing that, and in fact goes out of his way to defend him.聽
- Behind on-again, off-again trade deal, glimpse of Senate theaterOn Tuesday, Senate Democrats blocked the trade bill President Obama wants. On Wednesday, they found a way forward. But there was a point behind the pique.
- Santa Monica reins in Airbnb: 'Balanced approach' or boondoggle?Santa Monica, Calif., tried to lay out a middle-path solution to an issue many cities are facing: How to regulate the short-term home rental industry led by Airbnb?
- Monitor BreakfastWhy Bob Corker sees trouble ahead for bill reforming NSA surveillanceSen. Bob Corker says he was 'shocked' to learn at a classified briefing Tuesday how little data the NSA is actually collecting. That revelation could be a game changer in the Senate, he says.
- Poverty summit: Is conversation shifting from whether to help poor to how?President Obama and prominent conservatives shared the stage on Tuesday at a poverty summit at Georgetown University.
- Senate hands Obama defeat on fast-track trade legislationTuesday's vote highlighted the deep divide between Obama and the many congressional Democrats who say trade deals hurt US jobs.
- Hillary Clinton sets immigration trap, Republicans don't fall for it (yet)Setting political traps is a time-honored Washington tradition, and Hillary Clinton is trying to force Republican presidential candidates to take a hard-line position on immigration.
- America becoming less 海角大神, says study. Will that hurt the Republican Party?The percentage of Americans who describe themselves as 海角大神s has dropped from 78 percent in 2007 to 70 percent in 2014, says a Pew report.
- Chris Christie to propose tax cuts in economic policy speechThe likely Republican presidential contender聽will propose cutting income and corporate tax rates as part of an economic policy plan he'll lay out in a speech in a speech Tuesday in New Hampshire.
- Obama library in Chicago: What it means for city's South Side 鈥 and ObamasChicago's diverse South Side has long yearned for economic development and improved amenities. Will the Barack Obama Presidential Center deliver?聽
- The ExplainerWill Asia trade deal hurt US workers? Six tough questions answered.Critics of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal 鈥 and the Senate bill to give the president fast track authority to negotiate it 鈥 say it will hurt American workers. Here is a look at some of those claims.
- The geopolitics of Seymour Hersh's Osama bin Laden storySeymour Hersh's counter-narrative of the death of Osama bin Laden has put the White House on the defensive. But is there any truth to it?
- Wobbly in the polls, what鈥檚 Jeb Bush鈥檚 comeback plan?While a bunch of other Republicans have jumped into the 2016 presidential race, Jeb Bush is biding his time, raising a ton of money, working to appeal to GOP constituencies, and navigating nervousness about a Bush 'dynasty.'
- Jeb Bush at Liberty University: Why presidential hopefuls court EvangelicalsJeb Bush gave the commencement address at a 海角大神 college in Virginia Saturday, while most of the rest of the Republican presidential pack were speaking to a conservative summit in South Carolina. All are wooing Evangelicals.
- Obama visits all 50 states: Does it matter?The president鈥檚 trip to South Dakota on Friday made him the fourth commander-in-chief to visit every single state. An empty gesture, or a worthwhile effort?
- Pollsters blow it in British election. What lessons for the US?When Conservatives won a clear majority in British elections this week, it stunned pollsters and pundits predicting a close race. Experts say the art and science of polling is changing, and this could impact next year鈥檚 US presidential race.
- The other British political battle: Jim Messina vs. David AxelrodDavid Cameron's Conservatives won the British elections, and so too did adviser Jim Messina, a former top Obama aide. He beat another Obama adviser, David Axelrod, who advised the Labour Party. 聽
- V-E Day: how President Truman reacted on May 8, 1945The British wanted to declare victory on May 7. The Russians would wait until May 9. The difficulties with Churchill and the Russians were 'exasperating,' Truman would later write. But on May 8, he said: 'This is a solemn but glorious hour.'
- A funeral for a New York police officer, a changed Bill de BlasioMayor Bill de Blasio's rough relations with New York police appear to have changed him. He's gone from an unapologetic critic to a vocal NYPD defender.