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Opioid commission members pessimistic that Trump, Congress will act
Members of Trump's commission to combat the opioid epidemic are increasingly worried the Trump administration will not have a robust response.
Sargent: Bob Corker just confirmed it: Republicans know Trump is unfit
Sen. Bob Corker's condemnation of President Donald Trump should precipitate a fundamental change in the way the press treats the ongoing GOP enabling of Trump.
Sargent: Trump’s Obamacare repeal push just took a massive new hit
A new study just came out that will enable Republicans to make a somewhat more informed decision about this legislation, after all.
Sargent: Tillerson redraws Trump’s reckless red line on North Korea
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson defended President Donald Trump's reckless threat to rain "fire and fury" on North Korea, but he quietly erased the red line that Trump laid down.
Sargent: Jared Kushner just threw Donald Trump Jr. under the bus
Jared Kushner testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee Monday, and what is striking about his opening statement is the degree to which it seeks to insulate him from any culpability.
Sargent: Don’t get demoralized by the big Georgia loss, Democrats
Instead of feeling demoralized, let's hope Democrats take a different message from this year's special elections: The House is very much in play in 2018.
Sargent: Trump’s bizarre Russia tweetstorm digs his hole deeper
Donald Trump's tweets on Tuesday morning will intensify demands for further clarification of what happened in last week's meeting with Russian officials. As they should.
Sargent: New poll shows that fewer and fewer people believe Trump’s lies
A new Gallup poll out Monday, however, strongly suggests that an increasing number of Americans just don't believe Trump's spin about his presidency anymore.
Sargent: The Trump pivot: Make the plutocrats happy. Keep feeding his voters nativism.
Despite Trump's backing off Stephen Bannon's "economic nationalism," Trump remains committed to the policies that embody the nativist and xenophobic side of his nationalism.
Sargent: Congress must vote on Trump’s war. Trump himself said so in 2013.
Congress should hold a full debate on all of this, not just because so doing would assist in refining lawmakers' thinking, but also because it might inform the public.