Political Op-Eds

Julian Zelizer writes that the nonstop coverage of Trump's racist tweets is exactly what the President has hoped for, because regardless of how the stories evaluate him or his supporters, the message itself keeps circulating in the public square.

What can we expect July 24 when Robert Mueller, the former special counsel, testifies in back-to-back hearings before the House Judiciary and House Intelligence Committees?

Shock is not the right word when I heard the crowd at a Trump rally chanting "send her back." There has been so much shock recently that it is hard to know what to call it anymore.

Donald Trump's attack on four freshman Democratic congresswomen fits into a long tradition of people in power trying to define who is a real American—and an equally long tradition of resistance from those whom the powerful are trying to define out of the country.

Puerto Rican women warned us. They have been alerting us for years that there is a crisis of violence against women on the island. After Hurricane Maria, the crisis became an emergency. Nonprofits that provide services to survivors of domestic violence reported a surge in requests for help.

William D. Hartung writes that the Senate must pass Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee's House bill to restore Congress' constitutional authority and prevent the executive branch from launching unnecessary "wars of choice," like a potential one with Iran

David Axelrod says Joe Biden is likely to face criticism by two of his most aggressive attackers and several feisty progressives who are desperate for a big moment to keep their bids alive, but it gives him a chance to improve on his weak performance in the first round of debates

Dear State Representative Robert Foster and former Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr.,

This year's report misconstrues well-established facts, cherry-picks data, relies on economic theories widely rejected by mainstream economists and entirely omits critical subjects. I correct the record in the Joint Economic Committee Democratic response to the report, which is mandated by law, and was released Monday.

"I am the law and order candidate," GOP nominee Donald Trump proclaimed in 2016, days after a gunman killed five Dallas police officers on July 7, 2016. Many in law enforcement, from patrol officers on up to police executives, were gratified to hear that. And they should have been. For whatever else American presidents are and do, they are required by Section 3 of Article II of the Constitution to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed." Based on this, George Washington and Alexander Hamilton described the president as the nation's "chief magistrate." And in July 2016, candidate Trump clearly acknowledged this most basic duty.

"Send her back" perfectly encapsulates President Trump, his ambitions and his supporters' zeal for punishing and otherizing his detractors, SE Cupp writes. It covers all the features of the Trump doctrine: an appeal to basest instincts, personal animus, racism, xenophobia and revenge.