What the Impeachment Vote Means to Voters

Jim Geraghty

Making the click-through worthwhile: how today’s impeachment is just the latest chapter in an ongoing four-year fight about Donald Trump and the American presidency; a quote from Nancy Pelosi she probably regrets; wondering what the most unpredictable Hawaii congresswoman wants to do next; and a busy schedule for podcasts.

Today Is Just Another Chapter in a Four-Year Argument: Should Donald Trump Be President?

Over in his newsletter for Axios, Mike Allen writes, “Today is a day we’ll always remember — one that will be studied as long as people study politics.”

Will it?

Whatever your view on impeachment, wasn’t it more or less guaranteed, once Democrats won the House, that an impeachment effort would eventually gain traction and reach 218 votes? Impeachment wasn’t just Rashida Tlaib’s infamous pledge ... Read More

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Write Them Checks

Kevin D. Williamson

Congress devises all sorts of convoluted ways to give money to the poor through the tax code, instead of simply sending them checks.

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The Editors

The Trump administration never has been serious about fiscal reform, and its lack of energy on the issue has encouraged the worst instincts of Congress.

Schiff Suggests Pence ‘Purposefully’ Misled Intelligence Committee about His Call with...

Mairead McArdle

Pence's office has declined to comment.

The Bennet-Romney Proposal Could Be a Family-Policy Turning Point

Sean Speer

The more challenging part is persuading some conservatives that government policy ought to intentionally subsidize families with children.

When It Comes to Impeachment, Nothing Should Be Inevitable

Greg Weiner

Congress must take seriously the grave responsibility of impeachment, which is to make a prudential judgment about the civic health of our republic.

Yet Another Dismal Star Wars Movie

Kyle Smith

The first half of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" isn’t good, and the second half isn’t bad. After eleven films, the only fuel left in the series’s tank is sheer nostalgia, but at least Episode IX doesn’t go out of its way to irritate the audience, the way "The Last Jedi" did.

What a Senate Acquittal in an Impeachment Trial Will Mean

Mona Charen

If, as seems all but certain, Trump is not removed by the Senate, the standard about what is impeachable conduct will have been ratcheted even higher.

Democratic Representative Calls on McConnell to Recuse Himself and Threatens Mistrial

Zachary Evans

"I'm not an impartial juror," McConnell told CNN. "This is a political process. There is not anything judicial about it. Impeachment is a political decision."

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The Point of It All by Charles Krauthammer

Charles Krauthammer

The bestselling book now in paperback—Charles Krauthammer’s most important works, with new preface by Daniel Krauthammer.

This is timeless writing from a giant of a man who “will be missed, and never replaced.”

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