100 Days: President Trump hit his 100th day in office today, an artificial productivity benchmark by which new presidents are judged. He has judged himself to be the best. “I don’t think there has ever been a president in this …

It’s Scary: President Trump told an interviewer from Reuters that the US could have a “major conflict” with North Korea if it conducts another nuclear test. “There is a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict …

Wish List: The White House yesterday released President Trump’s sketchy plan for tax reform, a one-page bullet point list of changes that would be a windfall for the wealthy and provide some relief for more average taxpayers. The plan did …

Trumped Again: A federal judge in San Francisco yesterday blocked President Trump’s move to deny federal funds to so-called “sanctuary cities.” US District Judge William H. Orrick ruled that Trump is out of bounds trying to use federal aid as …

100 Days: While dismissing the first 100 days of a presidency as an artificial standard, President Trump is putting on a political and PR campaign to make his first 100 days look great. Although he’s already declared that he has …

French Toast: France’s far right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen finished a close second in elections yesterday and moves on to a May 7 runoff. Emmanuel Macron, a centrist and political newcomer who supports staying in the European Union, finished …

Quod Erat Demonstandum: Hundreds of thousands of people, if not more than a million, marched in 600 locations around the world yesterday in defense of science and scientific facts that are under assault under the Trump administration. They carried signs …

Terror and Nationalism: The Paris police officer killed Thursday by a terrorist on the Champs-Élysées was an openly gay man who had been one of the officers to respond to the mass attack on the Bataclan concert hall in 2015. …

World: One Paris police officer was killed and another wounded yesterday on the famous Champs-Elysees by a gunman firing a machine gun. The shooter was killed by other officers. Witnesses said the gunman got out of a car driven by …

Killing O’Reilly: Fox News is without a prime time star after firing its chief moneymaker Bill O’Reilly two and a half weeks following the NY Times exposure of his $13 million history of sexual harassment and financial settlements. A statement …