Doyle McManus

Doyle McManus Watch on Washington WASHINGTON — Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee as the next director of the FBI, has big plans. He has…

A column is a recurring opportunity to err in plain sight, then repent, Doyle McManus says. Election years offer extra chances for bad guesses.

I spent much of 2024 warning readers that a second Trump presidency would do serious damage to American institutions , beginning with democracy and the rule of law.

I spent much of 2024 warning readers that a second Trump presidency would do serious damage to American institutions, beginning with democracy and the rule of law.

President Biden said he couldn't sit back and let Trump have eight years in the White House. He failed.

"We are in a battle for the soul of this nation," Biden said as he began his campaign in 2019.

WASHINGTON -- By the standard President Joe Biden set himself, the core purpose he proclaimed when he ran in 2020, it is impossible to assess his one-term presidency as anything but a failure.

Trump wants to acquire Greenland from Denmark, absorb Canada as a very large 51st state, and retake the Panama Canal.

By Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's campaign excursions into foreign policy were few and far between.

Donald Trump's campaign excursions into foreign policy were few and far between. He promised to build a stronger military and keep the country out of war. He said he would bring peace to Gaza and end the war in Ukraine on “Day One,” never offering details.