Francis Wilkinson

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks at ...

Wilkinson: AOC鈥檚 powerful and historic floor speech

July 23, 2020 at 2:39 p.m.

A young congresswoman from New York delivered one of the most thorough thrashings the Capitol has seen. She never raised her hand. She didn鈥檛 even raise her voice. But the...

Authorities said University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, 20, was found dead about a month after she went missing while running in Brooklyn, Iowa, on July 18. (Provided by Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office via The Associated Press)

Wilkinson: The murder of Mollie Tibbetts draws out ugly racial trope

September 1, 2018 at 10:49 p.m.

It's far more common for a woman to be shot dead by a current romantic partner than to be killed in any manner by an undocumented immigrant.

Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell smiles after announcing the release of the Republicans' health care bill on Thursday at the U.S. Capitol.

Wilkinson: Why Republicans will pass the Senate health care bill

June 23, 2017 at 11:33 a.m.

How many Republicans will really abandon the twin pillars that have upheld the GOP for nearly a decade -- tax cuts for the rich and the repudiation of Barack Obama?

President Donald Trump speaks Tuesday in the Oval Office of the White House.

Wilkinson: Why is Trump allowing DREAMers to stay?

June 20, 2017 at 1:24 p.m.

Once again, the Trump administration has failed to strip almost 800,000 DREAMers of the legal protection they had won under President Barack Obama's 2012 executive action.

President Donald Trump and National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre appear together at the National Rifle Association Leadership Forum in 2017.

Wilkinson: Donald Trump and the NRA are now out of sync

October 19, 2017 at 2:32 p.m.

NRA chief Wayne LaPierre's gig still depends on Apocalypse Now. Donald Trump's depends increasingly on Apocalypse Forestalled. The mind meld is over.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., flanked by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, arrive to speak with reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday about the Republicans' health care plan.

Wilkinson: Congressional Budget Office exposes Republican penchant for deceit

March 14, 2017 at 2:10 p.m.

The Congressional Budget Office analysis of the Republican health care bill did not disappoint. Republicans feared it would be catastrophic. It is.

President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Jan. 28 from the Oval Office. He is accompanied by Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence, White House press secretary Sean Spicer and National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

Wilkinson: The Michael Flynn scandal magnifies the Republican divide

February 15, 2017 at 11:36 a.m.

The first day of fallout from the resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn showed that the White House, Senate and House, all run by Republicans, are thoroughly out of...

Tens of thousands of people, mostly women, gather in Civic Center for the Women's March on Denver Jan. 21.

Wilkinson: Women’s March delivered a body blow to Trump’s populism

January 23, 2017 at 12:20 p.m.

The White House can't get over the disparity between Donald Trump's modest inaugural crowd on Friday and the massive protests that took place the next day.

Old abandoned white wooden chapel on prairie at sunset with cloudy sky.

Wilkinson: It’s now or never for rising religious left

January 7, 2017 at 5:05 p.m.

If ever there were a moment for the left to seize the mantle of religion from conservatives, surely it arrives Jan. 20 at noon.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton addresses supporters during a campaign rally at the Colorado State Fairgrounds in Pueblo on Oct. 12.

Wilkinson: Hillary Clinton’s 85 slogans explain 2016 campaign

October 20, 2016 at 2:09 p.m.

Political slogans, as a new WikiLeaks release of stolen, presumably authentic Hillary Clinton campaign e-mails makes clear, are serious business.

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