David Graham

The president’s reaction to mass protests in France tells us more about his mentality and domestic politics than it does about French society.

It’s buckling under the weight of strategic errors, staff turnover, and, most of all, the facts.

They clearly violate the intent of the law. But that doesn’t mean they’ll be easy to stop.

The president has left hundreds of appointed roles open—including those that would have a central role in implementing his priorities.

He’s in a predicament of his own creation.

The power to impeach secretaries and other executive-branch officers is not well known, but it’s an effective accountability measure.

The FBI director allowed a Senate hearing to turn into a discussion of bestiality.

The government doesn’t seem ready for a major disaster.

Does he not understand, or does he just not care?

It circumvented the law to pursue alleged September 11 perpetrators. That backfired.