Viral News: President-elect Joe Biden says that he will ask Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days in office to drastically reduce spread of the coronavirus.   He told CNN’s Jake Tapper, “Just 100 days to mask, not forever. One hundred …

The Gathering Crowd:Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the political independent who was squeezed out by the Democratic leadership cabal in 2016, announced that he’s running again for president.   Sanders is a democratic socialist who calls for “Medicare for all,” a $15 …

It’s the Coverup That Gets You: The murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has ripped the cover off the veneer of political and social reform glued on the face of the Kingdom by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Trump …

The Lowdown: Barely keeping up with his own headlines, President Trump said he’s considering another $100 billion worth of tariffs on China; he didn’t know anything about the Stormy Daniels deal; he wants 2,000-4000 troops on the border until his …

The State of State: Writing for Politico about the gutting of the State Department under Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, former State official Max Bergman says that, “This is how diplomacy dies. Not with a bang, but with a whimper. …

The Dealmaker: The US threw relations with China into question yesterday with the announcement that the administration has agreed to sell $1.4 billion worth of weapons to Taiwan and is imposing sanctions on a Chinese company and bank for dealings …

Mother-in-Law: After a Supreme Court decision allowing partial enforcement of President Trump’s travel and immigration order, the administration moved quickly yesterday to define the close personal connections that would permit people from six Muslim countries to travel or immigrate to …