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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

Peter Bergen writes that Jared Kushner's Middle East peace plan has no chance of success -- though the collapse of any real agreement has been a work in progress since the beginning of President Donald Trump's administration.

Decentralizing the operations of the federal government by spreading its officials more widely around the country has always been a good idea in principle. But the way the Trump administration is trying to do it is badly flawed.

The decision to cancel a retaliatory strike on Iran came with an almost immediate disclosure of what had happened behind closed doors in the White House. Commentators said avoiding an escalation of the crisis was the right call.

In the last few days, President Donald Trump flip-flopped on his order to launch a military strike on Iran and then suddenly delayed his much-hyped mass deportation of undocumented immigrants.

In his recent CNN.com article, Aaron David Miller claims to know the "real" goals of the Trump Middle East peace plan. This is strange, because Miller has not seen the plan or been involved with its creation. I have.

After the United Nations released an independent report this week that concluded Saudi officials killed and dismembered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, President Trump reacted in a way true to his character. He ignored it.

The President said an attack on Iran would not have been a "proportionate" response to Iran bringing down an unarmed US drone. Other good reasons, writes Peter Bergen, include the lack of buy-in from Congress and allies. Trump's decision to pull back is one of the better moments of his presidency.

Biden is not making it easy for black voters, including those black leaders with whom he has built up a reservoir of goodwill over the years, writes Dorothy Brown. As he tries to win the Democratic nomination in 2020, he should be careful--not cocky, not defiant--about rhetoric that offends people of color: the black vote may be his to lose.

Less popular than head lice, root canals and Nickelback. The ultimate fixer upper. The swamp.

The shooting down of a US military drone by Iran on Thursday emphasizes that the conflict between the United States and Iran is deepening.

Like many watching the 2020 presidential race this closely this early, I don't have a favorite yet. My goal this primary season is to help make sure that the women running for President are taken as seriously as the men. So Elizabeth Warren's recent rise in polls is exciting, mostly because of what it can mean about the electorate.

President Trump will try to light a spark under his 2020 campaign as he kicks off his re-election bid Tuesday night in Florida. Coming after reports of terrible internal polling on key battleground states, the President will officially begin the long and grueling pr