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Would the state delegations pick a president based on party majority control of the delegation, the winner of the popular vote in each state or their own calculations as to who is best for America? Precedent suggests that delegations use secret ballots, which means individual law...

…, and NSA announced their joint conclusion that “Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election.” From the Steele dossier, to the steady leaks from the U.S. intelligence community, to testimony and statements from the leadership of U....

…mber tried to kill it until it had been vetted by his bureaucracy. After three went this way, Reagan ended the meeting. Presidents make big bets, administrations don’t. Here are some ideas: 1. Iran — next president will be forced to make a big bet. 2. Egypt — Importnace is clea...

…versee the case for the government. Pak, a former Georgia lawmaker, was appointed Atlanta's chief federal prosecutor by President Trump in October 2017. HOUSE OVERSIGHT 031392 The Justice Department is still under a Friday deadline for prosecutors to confer with the victims' atto...

…an that would force states to give more funding to public higher education, one of the key cost drivers in tuition. The president recognized the issue, touting a proposal that he has made before — a “Race to the Top” incentive fund of $1 billion for higher education. This fund wo...

…nd positively with agreement on key points, the deal has been softened enough compared to what was originally sought by President Obama, and is going to face a tough challenge being approved by a skeptical Congress, which is in fact proposing to impose new sanctions on Iran. Nig...

…interests in things staying as they are that the system basically cannot change—at least not of its own free will. The President of the United States could help make the changes needed, but he won’t. Here is a piece from then-Senator Obama’s education speech given during his cam...

…y (some agents loved him and some hated him); but | get your point. Couple of things: 1. This the investigation of the President. It is only as good as public confidence in it can be (subtracting the conspiracy theorists on both sides). We just can't have someone with this kind...

…home to floating restaurant Pizza Pi. A wealthy financier long associated with the rich and powerful, including former President Bill Clinton and President Donald Trump, Epstein, 66, was convicted in 2008 of procuring a child under the age of 18 for prostitution. An investigati...

…cademics, celebrities, heads of state and world leaders flying on Epstein’s jets in the early 2000s. Among them: former President Bill Clinton, former national security adviser Sandy Berger, former Colombian President Andrés Pastrana and lawyer Alan Dershowitz. 2011 March: Two...

…omatic Relations. It exposed beyond the possibility of concealment what China really thinks of noninterference. The MCA president lost his seat. This was not the only instance of insensitive behavior by Chinese diplomats in Malaysia. In 2015, the previous Chinese ambassador saw...

…ired to participate in a moot court competition. My opponent was a classmate named Taft, one of whose ancestors was the President of the United States and the Chief Justice; another a senator from Ohio and the third the mayor of Cincinnati. It is fair to say at that time that Taf...

…nd Thomas Pickering addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Ambassador Jeffrey, a former assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor, is author of the new Institute study Moving to Decision: U.S. Policy toward Iran. Ambassador Pickering served in...

…k Arafat himself orchestrated the violence. Maybe he couldn’t have stopped it completely. But I have no doubt — nor did President Clinton — that he stood aside and let it happen. Even worse — since he did have control over them — his security forces, with arms that Israel had pr...

pleased to honor Vice President Al Gore with this year’s special Humanitarian Tribute. With nominees this year ranging from Willem Dafoe, Adam Sandler and Robert Pattison to Margot Robbie, Lois Smith and Mary J. Blige, this year’s ceremony looks to be the most star studded ever....