Opinions P.M.: What Mark Meadows’s anger at Rashida Tlaib says about our racial politics

Michael Cohen was supposed to provide 'bombshell' testimony. It didn't explode.; The Hanoi summit failure exposes Trump's weak diplomacy

The Plum Line What Mark Meadows's anger at Rashida Tlaib says about our racial politics A white man takes umbrage, and everyone rushes to assuage his anger. By Paul Waldman · Read more Michael Cohen was supposed to provide 'bombshell' testimony. It didn't explode. The testimony was embarrassing, but it actually helped clear the president of some claims. By Marc Thiessen · Read more   The Hanoi summit failure exposes Trump's weak diplomacy He was right to reject Kim's empty promises, but failure was all but inevitable because of the president's scattershot approach to the dangerous nation. By Editorial Board · Read more   It's been a bad week all around for the president New doubts about peace, prosperity and character. By Ed Rogers · Read more   No, the North Korea summit was not a loss for Trump Trump proved his critics wrong and shrewdly walked away from the negotiating table. By Henry Olsen · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Sean Hannity throws Trump a Reaganesque lifeline in Hanoi Compares the moment to a watershed event in diplomatic history. By Erik Wemple · Read more   France is prepared to extend its nuclear deterrent to Germany It's the latest sign European leaders are losing faith in their alliance with the United States. By William Drozdiak · Read more   Recommendation to indict Netanyahu shows Israeli democracy is healthy — for now So far the checks and balances built into our young democracy are holding up in the face of serious pressures. By Yohanan Plesner · Read more   Must Democrats make it easy for Trump? The party can be ideologically pristine or it can win in 2020. It cannot do both. By Jennifer Rubin · Read more   PostEverything Republicans won't vote to remove Trump from office, no matter what Cohen said There are still far too many political incentives for the GOP to stick with the president. By Matthew Dallek · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   The Republican Senate majority is imperiled They've tied themselves to Trump and will go down with the ship. By Jennifer Rubin · Read more   Will Canada learn the wrong lesson from Wilson-Raybould's testimony? The conclusion one is expected to draw from this scandal is that attorneys general should be afforded deference to make prosecutorial decisions with little oversight by the elected head of government. By J.J. McCullough · Read more   The Trump administration wants to censor doctors. It's unprecedented — and unethical. Politicians aren't doctors. They shouldn't tell us how to practice medicine, and they need to stop interfering in the critical doctor-patient bond. By Leana Wen · Read more   The biggest surprise from the Cohen testimony Who knew there would be a redemptive arc? By Christine Emba · Read more   The Michael Cohen hearing felt like a Fox News rant Trump's backers know they can't defend him, so they attack his critics. That's Fox News. By Erik Wemple · Read more   Recommended for you Get The Trailer newsletter News and insight on political campaigns around the country, from David Weigel. 435 districts. 50 states. Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings. Sign Up

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