Opinion

Powerful people love "freedom" when it means they can take advantage of the weak.

Trump’s budget calls for a third reduction in the State Department budget.

Donald Trump will have to lower his expectations of what China is willing and able to do.

Washington used to be open with the fact that Supreme Court nominees are political actors with political histories.

Trump has blundered into making his own shortcomings an ongoing news story.

It’s impossible to predict what U.S. policy toward Europe will be and who will be leading it.

Congress has very broad latitude to determine “high crimes and misdemeanors,” and the only check on that power is two thirds of the Senate.

With governments unlikely to ever get backdoor access to tech devices, authorities may turn to selective hacking, as in the Apple/San Bernardino case.

Abortion opponents are chipping away at protections but the core ruling likely won't be touched unless Trump gets a second Supreme Court pick.

Moscow's attempts to regain influence in the Balkans shows the perils of backing off Russia.

Russia has up to 5,000 military personnel operating inside the rebel Donbas.

FBI director confirms Russia investigation, Gorsuch faces a filibuster, Ryan fails to wrangle the GOP: Trump's no-good, lousy, miserable week in Washington.

While textbook monopolies remain illegal, some businesses are so ubiquitous that it seems like consumers have no choice.

A former journalist reflects on how the denigration of the news media narrows the national understanding of what women in America want.

Trump’s budget takes from the poor to make the super-rich even richer.

Trump's executive orders leave unaccompanied minors even more vulnerable.

There are still "no limit" coyote-killing contests with prizes for the most tails turned in.

As a federal judge, the top court pick has often sided with religious liberty claims over government regulations.

Information technologies can foster civic engagement but let's not look to the Mark Zuckerberg's of the world for leadership.

The European Union members will discuss ways forward at a summit Saturday in Italy.

Trump’s U.S. is not willing to be the world’s pre-eminent “imperialist” power indefinitely.

The president’s reputation as a dealmaker and negotiator is now tarnished.

The healthcare debacle has destroyed the two main conceits of Trump’s presidency: that he’s a winner and a consummate negotiator.

A cloud of illegitimacy hangs over the presidency of Donald Trump.

It is an old Russian strategy to conduct its attacks when the world is looking elsewhere.