Amber Athey

biden

Will Biden get away with his bad record on race?

18 August 2020 7:00 am

If there’s been one hallmark of the Trump campaign’s messaging against Joe Biden, it’s that the former VP is the…

executive

Exclusive: half of Americans support Trump bypassing Congress for COVID relief

14 August 2020 8:41 am

More than half of registered voters support President Trump using executive action to bypass Congress and extend coronavirus relief measures,…

minnesota

Will Trump win Minnesota?

14 August 2020 7:37 am

Sen. Amy Klobuchar may have to eat her words after declaring last year that Donald Trump will ‘never win Minnesota’.…

agenda trump finisher

What’s on the agenda?

8 August 2020 7:47 am

Donald Trump has been tight-lipped about his second-term agenda, preferring to speak about the past accomplishments of his administration when…

vice

Who does Trump want?

6 August 2020 3:45 am

Joe Biden has reportedly narrowed his vice-presidential search, with Sen. Kamala Harris and former national security adviser Susan Rice taking…

arlington

Where the Arlington sidewalk ends

4 August 2020 6:09 am

Watch out, Gretchen Whitmer! The queen of draconian and idiotic coronavirus restrictions is getting a run for her money thanks…

funerals

Who deserves a funeral?

1 August 2020 4:20 am

No one would argue that Rep. John Lewis doesn’t deserve a proper memorial. He was a civil rights icon and…

fox news

The crumbling lawsuit against Fox News

22 July 2020 5:27 am

The new lawsuit filed by two women against Fox News and several of its personalities is riddled with inaccuracies. This…

Donald Trump

Trumpism vs. Trump

4 July 2020 7:12 am

Politicos have spent years asking what would happen to the Republican Party post-Trump. Establishment types prayed that he was an…

kushner

The Kushner conundrum

1 July 2020 2:01 pm

After a string of broken promises, policy disappointments and sinking poll numbers, the populist wing of the Republican party knows…

farage

Nigel Farage: Trump is taking us back to more traditional alliances

26 June 2020 7:07 am

Our Washington editor Amber Athey interviewed Nigel Farage, founder of the UK Brexit party, for a Steamboat Institute livestream. We’ve…

The New York Times private

The death of the private citizen

24 June 2020 7:28 am

The internet is not a private place, but news outlets have decided that it’s up to them to determine when…

Georgetown University's Healy Hall

Black mass: the Georgetown Lecture Fund’s odd diversity campaign

18 June 2020 9:11 am

The New York Times’s opinion editor resigned in disgrace earlier this month following a newsroom revolt over the publication of…

defend

Defend the police

16 June 2020 8:02 pm

President Trump is signing an executive order today on police reform. The order, while relatively toothless, does one important thing:…

girlboss

Slayed queens: the girlboss, dethroned

13 June 2020 6:37 am

The girlboss is dead. Intersectionality killed her. Female CEOs who sacrificed their twenties to build their women-focused businesses are being…

Dan Bongino at Politicon

EXCLUSIVE: Dan Bongino’s prepared testimony on police brutality

10 June 2020 11:58 pm

Dan Bongino, a conservative commentator and former Secret Service agent, will testify Wednesday during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on…

small Shop owners survey the damage to their store in Philadelphia, PA

Pity the shopkeepers

2 June 2020 6:32 am

Small businesses in America have been hit by a devastating double whammy. Stores that managed to survive the economic shutdown…

law and order

Where is the law and order President?

30 May 2020 3:57 am

Donald Trump announced on Twitter this morning that the National Guard is standing by in Minneapolis. The Guard is ready…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Pompeo: Hong Kong autonomy statement made with ‘great sadness’

28 May 2020 9:01 am

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a press call Wednesday afternoon that his decision to declare Hong Kong no…

Joel Payne on CBS News

Joe Biden’s ‘you ain’t black’ hole just gets deeper

26 May 2020 3:05 am

Democratic strategist Joel Payne was left ‘embarrassed’ after insinuating on TV that black Trump supporters were merely stock models paid…

prison

Locked up in lockdown

25 May 2020 2:38 am

COIVD-19 has turned us all into prisoners: draconian lockdown orders, solitary confinement, monotonous food, limited fresh air and exercise, irregular…

Joe Biden flynn

Biden busted? Dems and the media circle the wagons over Flynn unmasking

14 May 2020 12:56 pm

Acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell dropped a massive bombshell in the counter-investigation on Russiagate, which President Trump has…

healthcare Joe Biden

Has coronavirus killed the Democrats’ healthcare referendum?

13 May 2020 8:48 am

Late last December, Democrats were heading into the homestretch of their presidential primary optimistic that although they faced an internal…

Attorney General William Barr

Cut! Weekend news shows give Barr and Pompeo the chop

13 May 2020 4:33 am

The communications teams at the State Department and Department of Justice spent the past couple of days trying to correct…

Jared Kushner

Doctor rebuts NYT hit piece about Kushner’s coronavirus efforts

8 May 2020 6:33 am

The doctor at the center of a New York Times story alleging Jared Kushner bungled the administration’s attempts to procure…