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O’Brien: Bipartisan Senate report on Trump and Russia is a triumph for truth
Even if the skullduggery the Senate documented didn’t amount to a formal conspiracy, sabotage and malfeasance took place.

O’Brien: Shake Shack, then Harvard: who’s minding that $2.6 trillion?
At some point today, Congress and the White House will sign off on a bill authorizing an additional $380 billion in federal emergency aid for small businesses. The money will...

O’Brien: Trump is cornered by the Saudi drone attacks
A small squadron of drones -- and possibly cruise missiles -- penetrated Saudi Arabia's air defenses on Saturday, laying waste to a significant, valuable portion of two of the world's...

O’Brien: Trump’s “go back” tweets leave no room for doubt Â
As he has so many times since bursting onto the presidential stage in 2015, Donald Trump played the race card on Sunday. He launched nearly three dozen broadsides on Twitter...

O’Brien: Donald Trump’s failures make him even more dangerous Â
Any remaining thoughts that President Donald Trump has been playing three-dimensional chess while everyone else around him is engaged in less sophisticated pursuits should perish with his sudden abandonment of...

Commentary: Attorney General William Barr is cornered by Bob Mueller
During a congressional hearing on April 9, Rep. Charlie Crist, a Florida Democrat, asked Attorney General William Barr if he knew why Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators were reportedly upset...

Commentary: Trump, Putin and a test of presidential power
The president of the United States phoned into Fox News on Saturday night for a non-interview interview about the non-emergency emergency along the southern border.

Guest commentary: Trump was never a great dealmaker. The shutdown proves it.
President Donald Trump's supporters elected him, in part, because they saw him as a wily tycoon and deft dealmaker who could shake up Washington and bring decades of business know-how...

O’Brien: Trump and Kushner put Saudi’s money first
The president will openly and stubbornly put money ahead of the moral and diplomatic issues at play in Khashoggi's disappearance.

O’Brien: Trump worried? We surely must be mistaken
On Sunday morning, President Donald Trump shared his concerns about a meeting he said didn't concern him: "Fake News reporting, a complete fabrication, that I am concerned about the meeting...