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Schumer's filibuster promise means Gorsuch headed to Supreme Court

Contrary to media reports Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s promise to invoke a filibuster signals the success, not the failure, of Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination.

Saikrishna Prakash

A Force for Good

Feeling overwhelmed by the news lately? Here's some good news to read instead. It came to my inbox from the commander of the USS George H.W. Bush, Captain Will Pennington. His email is the best thing I've read in weeks, and I wanted to share it as an antidote to the seeming chaos here in D.C.

Mary Kate Cary

What to Expect When You're Expecting Acosta as Labor Secretary

“I think the jury is out on who he is,” former Deputy Secretary of Labor Chris Lu, who was appointed by Barack Obama, said of Acosta.

Chris Lu

The Nixonian Strategy Behind Trump’s Obama Lie

Buchanan’s words resonated with many conservatives, including those who had disliked Nixon for such liberal policies as the opening to China, detente with Russia, wage and price controls, and a general acceptance of the welfare state. “That all changed with Watergate, which conservatives saw as a scandal trumped up by the liberal media to bring down a Republican president,” wrote Nicole Hemmer, a historian at the Miller Center of Public Affairs.

Nicole Hemmer

The Emperor Has No Clue

Incurious and unfocused, Trump seems unwilling to engage on most major issues. Messaging plans, when they exist, are often scuttled by presidential tweets, and Fridays see Trump racing out of the Oval Office as early as he can, eager for the comforts of his Mar-a-Lago resort. Sixty days in, Trump's emperor in absentia mode of governance is proving disastrous.

Nicole Hemmer

New Supreme Court nominee promises to be independent

Dr. Barbara Perry, Director of Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center and a former Judicial Fellow at the US Supreme Court, told The Independent that no person with “a nomination has been denied a hearing, since hearings have been in place” in the 20th century.

Barbara Perry