Jackie Calmes

Donald Trump doesn't drain the swamp, despite his promises. He just puts his own brand on it, like everything else he touches, and sells it. And he transports it: Wherever Trump is, the swamp creatures swarm to be near him.

Four years ago on Jan. 6, not even most Republicans would have imagined this 2025 anniversary: The West Front of the Capitol — where rioters battled

Did you miss it? Americans could be excused for being unaware that electors recently met in all 50 state capitals and the District of Columbia to cast votes. In nearly every presidential election year, the constitutionally required but largely ceremonial event passes with little notice.

Even Republicans, who have used President Carter to attack Democrats for nearly 50 years, have had to reckon with revisionism.

For my entire career, it's seemed, the Republican Party has run against Jimmy Carter.

In 2016, the American Bar Assn. couldn't say enough good things about Merrick Garland, then the chief judge of the powerful U.S.

In 2016, the American Bar Association couldn't say enough good things about Merrick Garland, then the chief judge of the powerful U.S.

For folks who have so harshly turned on the FBI for supposedly targeting Donald Trump over the years, Republicans sure are quick to turn to the

For folks who have so harshly turned on the FBI for supposedly targeting Donald Trump over the years, Republicans sure are quick to turn to the

Poor Donald Trump. Twice elected president only to have to clean up the economic messes left to him by Democrats.