Albert R. Hunt

President Donald Trump speaks during an opioid and drug abuse listening session on March 29 at the White House. He is joined by, from left, former New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Hunt: So far, Trump is a no-show in the fight against opioids

December 11, 2017 at 1:46 p.m.

Donald Trump has done nothing but talk since his Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis issued a report on Nov. 1 filled with dire language and calls...

President Donald Trump waves during rally a for Alabama state Sen. Luther Strange in Huntsville, Ala., on Sept. 22.

Hunt: Donald Trump’s re-election edge is greatly exaggerated

October 23, 2017 at 11:25 a.m.

Doug Sosnik, who was an operative in the Clinton White House, recently suggested that Donald Trump is well-positioned for re-election. Here are five reasons to question his analysis.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson attends the National Space Council's first meeting at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantily, Va., on Thursday.

Hunt: Tillerson never had a chance under Trump

October 6, 2017 at 9:29 a.m.

His battle with his boss aside, it's impossible to defend Rex Tillerson's tenure. He has ignored or alienated much of the foreign service, and mid-career diplomats are leaving in droves.

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in support of Sen. Luther Strange in Huntsville, Ala., last Friday. Trump called out NFL players who don't stand for the national anthem, saying he'd like to see them fired.

Hunt: Yes, Donald Trump’s goal is to inflame racial tensions

September 26, 2017 at 12:06 p.m.

Donald Trump's ongoing fight with professional athletes has one purpose: to inflame racial tensions.

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Hunt: Democrats fret as Hillary Clinton book rollout looms

August 15, 2017 at 11:21 a.m.

Democrats, reveling in President Donald Trump's plummeting popularity, are looking forward to September. Except for one thing: the rollout of Hillary Clinton's next book right after Labor Day.

President Richard Nixon speaks during a March 15, 1973, news conference at the White House.

Hunt: A hero of Watergate has some advice for Trump

June 25, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.

Former deputy attorney general Bill Ruckelshaus knows White House skulduggery when he sees it, and he has some advice for President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together on April 7 after their meetings at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.

Hunt: Are the U.S. and China on a collision course for war?

June 16, 2017 at 12:00 p.m.

Before settling in for pleasurable summer books, read Graham Allison's "Destined for War: Can American and China escape Thucydides's Trap?" A warning label: It's going to scare the hell out...

Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., confer as former FBI director James Comey testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Thursday on Capitol Hill.

Hunt: The reason Republican senators weren’t smiling during Comey hearing

June 8, 2017 at 4:09 p.m.

James Comey probably didn't change anybody's mind about President Donald Trump on Thursday, but he didn't do Trump any favors, either, raising fresh doubts about the president's integrity.

Candidates Republican Karen Handel and Democrat Jon Ossoff prepare for a debate on Tuesday in Atlanta in advance of the June 20 special election in Georgia's 6th Congressional District.

Hunt: You can’t overhype the special House election in Georgia

June 7, 2017 at 12:17 p.m.

Everybody's hyperventilating about the national implications of this month's special House election in the suburbs of Atlanta -- and this time everybody's right.

President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Attorney General Jeff Sessions attend Monday's National Peace Officers Memorial Service at the U.S. Capitol.

Hunt: The danger of “defining deviancy down” in the age of Trump

May 15, 2017 at 1:02 p.m.

President Trump's chronic lying, ignorance of history and policy, petty invective, racial demagoguery and personal greed somehow fall within the realm of the norm.

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