Byron York
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Can Al Franken be rehabilitated?Jul 26, 2019 1:00 am - By Byron York Al Franken, the Minnesota Democrat and former "Saturday Night Live" star forced out of the Senate in late 2017 by #MeToo allegations, is back in the news. ...
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Push-ups won't help waning Biden campaignJul 23, 2019 1:00 am - Can a candidate who is leading the field by 12 points be weak? That's the question of Joe Biden's run for the Democratic presidential nomination. The fact is, Biden's ca...
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Dems 2020 task: Convince voters to overlook economyJul 12, 2019 1:00 am - On Oct. 28, 1980, in the final debate of his race against Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan asked a question that has come to define presidential politics. "Next Tuesday all o...
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York: Resistance to Donald Trump takes a threatening turnJul 04, 2019 1:00 am - The toxicity of the resistance to President Donald Trump has risen in recent days, with the nation's most respected newspapers publishing rationalizations for denying Tr...
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What now, for those who denied a 'crisis' at the border?Jun 26, 2019 1:00 am - Congress is debating emergency humanitarian aid to care for migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border. The need is obvious. With virtually no barrier to stop them, thousands of...
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Three reasons Trump-Russia hasn't turned into WatergateJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - Why haven't efforts to impeach President Trump gained Watergate-style momentum? The lack of energy has created a sense of bafflement and disappointment among some of the...
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Dems' Trump dilemma: impeach, imprison -- or bluff?Jun 14, 2019 1:00 am - Is there any doubt that many Democrats agree with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi when she says she wants to see President Donald Trump "in prison"? After the Mueller report,...
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Law enforcement, media have changed standards for TrumpJun 06, 2019 1:00 am - One of the more unfortunate effects of the Trump-Russia investigation - and there have been many - is the weakening of traditional standards of argument and proof in the...
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As Barr mulls declassification, a familiar tune from criticsMay 30, 2019 1:00 am - In February 2018, the House Intelligence Committee released the so-called Nunes memo. In four pages, the document, from the committee's then-chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, r...
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Mueller changed everythingMay 23, 2019 1:00 am - From now on, the Trump-Russia affair - the investigation that dominated the first years of Donald Trump's presidency - will be divided into two parts: before and after t...