The Ukraine Conversation:President Trump admitted yesterday that he did talk to the president of Ukraine about former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.   He told reporters in the White House driveway, “The conversation I had was largely congratulatory, was …

Hear the Whistle Blow:Washington is an uproar over a report in The Washington Postthat a US intelligence official was so disturbed by a promise President Trump made to a foreign leader over the telephone that he filed a whistleblower complaint with …

The Persian Puzzle: As President Trump weighs how tough to be on Iran, he has appointed a hawkish new national security adviser, his fourth after just 2 ½ years as President. Robert O’Brien has been the State Department’s chief hostage negotiator. …

Tailpipe: The Trump administration is expected today to revoke California’s authority to set auto emissions standards that are stricter than federal regulations, directly confronting the state’s efforts to fight climate change. When the Trump administration announced lower federal standards earlier this …

Locked and Loaded:President Trump is moving toward blaming Iran for the attacks that crippled Saudi Arabian oil production.  “It’s looking that way,” he said. “That’s being checked out right now.”    Trump boasted of the ferocity of American military power but also …

Locked and Loaded: President Trump said the US is prepared to strike when it gets verification of who was responsible for drone attacks on Saudi Arabian oil production facilities over the weekend.   The attacks knocked out half of Saudi Arabia’s oil …

D Plus: Actress Felicity Huffman was sentenced to 14 days in prison and given a $30,000 fine for her admission that she paid a fixer $15,000 to have her daughter’s college entrance exam questions illicitly corrected.   She also must perform 250 …

Debatable: In the effort to make splashy news in the Democratic candidate debate last night in Houston, Beto O’Rourke promised he would take assault rifles away from gun owners and Andrew Yang said he would run a lottery to give money …

The Vapor Trail: The President who campaigned against government regulation is preparing to start regulating the vaping industry. In the midst of an unexplained rash of vaping-related illnesses and deaths, President Trump said, “We’re going to have to do something about …

The Spy Game:The CIA in 2017 was forced to extract a high-level Russian spy with access to the Kremlin because his cover was in danger of being blown, several news outlets report. The informant was recruited decades ago and became …