Eugene Robinson

The president could end up forcing Senate Republicans to rethink their loyalty to him.

Republicans give the president obedience, yes, but that’s not true loyalty.

You have to wonder whether his egomania might have blossomed into full-scale delusions of grandeur.

Missing from the president’s speech was any sense of humility as a vital aspect of American greatness.

This is the reality of Trump’s America.

The Fourth of July is a D.C. celebration for everyone, not just the president.

If you had an uncle or a grandpa who sounded so divorced from reality, you’d be urgently concerned.

The only question is how much more political damage Trump wants to do to himself and his party before he takes a deal.

A politician can only fail to pull a rabbit out of a hat for so long before losing his audience.

She was a towering, once-in-a-generation vocal artist. This is a very sad day.

The president who boasted of treating women like sex objects is being outplayed at his own tabloid-warfare game by a porn star.

Americans aren’t allowed to buy surface-to-air missiles capable of blowing up airliners. So why are they allowed to buy assault rifles?

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