Greg Sargent

Opioid commission members pessimistic that Trump, Congress will act

October 23, 2017 at 12:08 p.m.

Members of Trump's commission to combat the opioid epidemic are increasingly worried the Trump administration will not have a robust response.

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., responds to questions after leaving a meeting with his colleagues as they continue working on the health-care legislation on Capitol Hill.

Sargent: Bob Corker just confirmed it: Republicans know Trump is unfit

October 9, 2017 at 2:34 p.m.

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

September 20, 2017 at 2:52 p.m.

A new study just came out that will enable Republicans to make a somewhat more informed decision about this legislation, after all.

President Donald Trump speaks about North Korea at a meeting with administration officials at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., on Tuesday.

Sargent: Tillerson redraws Trump’s reckless red line on North Korea

August 9, 2017 at 10:16 a.m.

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.

White House聽senior adviser Jared Kushner speaks to the media outside the White House on Monday after meeting behind closed doors with the Senate Intelligence Committee聽on the investigation into possible collusion between Russian officials and the Trump campaign.

Sargent: Jared Kushner just threw Donald Trump Jr. under the bus

July 25, 2017 at 11:16 a.m.

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.

Democratic candidate for Georgia's 6th Congressional District Jon Ossoff concedes to Republican Karen Handel at his election-night party in Atlanta on Tuesday.

Sargent: Don’t get demoralized by the big Georgia loss, Democrats

June 21, 2017 at 11:11 a.m.

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.

National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster speaks to the media outside the West Wing of the White House on Monday evening regarding President Donald Trump's meeting last week with Russian officials.

Sargent: Trump’s bizarre Russia tweetstorm digs his hole deeper

May 16, 2017 at 9:47 a.m.

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

April 17, 2017 at 10:53 a.m.

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.

President Donald Trump congratulates senior counselor Stephen Bannon during the swearing in of senior staff at the White House on Jan. 22.

Sargent: The Trump pivot: Make the plutocrats happy. Keep feeding his voters nativism.

April 14, 2017 at 4:21 p.m.

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.

April 7, 2017 at 3:48 p.m.

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.

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