Jennifer Rubin

Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff speaks to supporters Tuesday night about the special election in Georgia's 6th Congressional District. Ossoff received 48.1 percent of the vote and will face Republican Karen Handel in a June runoff.

Rubin: GOP shouldn’t be celebrating a runoff in Georgia’s 6th District

April 19, 2017 at 10:04 a.m.

If the GOP goes the way of Trump -- catering to working-class whites with a xenophobic, nationalist message -- it will find it increasingly hard to win in more affluent,...

White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House on Thursday.

Rubin: Sean Spicer is Donald Trump’s perfect mouthpiece

April 13, 2017 at 5:17 p.m.

In a way, Sean Spicer is the perfect figure to channel the president and his administration. His condescension is nothing new, nor is his historical ignorance.

Rubin: Trump’s cruise missile strike eradicates “America First”

April 7, 2017 at 4:24 p.m.

President Trump's actions and words on Syria Thursday are the best evidence yet that in the real world a policy of retrenchment and indifference to suffering is not sustainable.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, and Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California participate in an executive business meeting to debate and vote on Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch's nomination out of committee and on to a vote by the full Senate on Monday at the U.S. Capitol.

Rubin: What losing the filibuster for the Supreme Court would really mean

April 5, 2017 at 10:50 a.m.

The most likely effects of removing the filibuster would would be on the Supreme Court. Vacancies could remain unfilled for years; questionable figures could get onto the court.

Rubin: Now we know why Trump panicked about Russia probe

April 13, 2017 at 5:09 p.m.

Republicans may be reading polling showing Donald Trump's approval dropping and support for an independent commission rising.

FBI Director James Comey and National ...

Rubin: Comey’s testimony humiliates Trump

March 20, 2017 at 4:15 p.m.

That testimony is not "fake." Trump cannot change the fact that his own national intelligence team is attempting to determine whether a foreign power tried to manipulate our election.

President Donald Trump signs an executive order to withdraw the U.S. from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact on Jan. 23 at the White House.

Rubin: Time to hold Republicans accountable on trade

March 11, 2017 at 12:01 p.m.

Conscientious conservatives (there are some, still), libertarians and business interests have struggled to make the intellectual and macro-economic arguments in favor of free trade.

President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 24 in Oxon Hill, Md.

Rubin: Can Donald Trump deliver a serious speech?

February 27, 2017 at 1:22 p.m.

President Donald Trump has, in nearly 40 days in office, not told us what the substance of any -- let alone all -- of his major proposals will look like.

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

Rubin: Bannon and Trump are out for revenge

November 3, 2017 at 5:13 p.m.

Stephen Bannon and Donald Trump are living out a cultural revenge fantasy.

Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster is President Donald Trump's pick to replace Michael Flynn as national security adviser.

Rubin: H.R. McMaster is no Michael Flynn — and that’s a good thing

February 21, 2017 at 12:25 p.m.

Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster is highly respected in the conservative foreign policy community, and a man with little pretense and a great deal of battlefield experience.

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