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Pat Buchanan, running against George H.W. Bush in 1992, used divisive talk like Trump, and also appealed to the economically and culturally stressed.

Bush 41 was ‘an American closer,’ says GOP rival Buchanan

May 31, 2019 at 4:27 p.m.

Could former President George H. W. Bush have defeated current President Donald Trump? In a way, it already happened — in 1992 — although nobody would have known it at...

Surrounded by family, Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, talks about the election results in the 4th Congressional District at the Utah GOP headquarters in Salt Lake City on Nov. 26, 2018. After two weeks of vote counting, Love conceded to her Democratic challenger.

A black Republican dream deferred — again

May 31, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

Rep. Mia Love was a rising star in Republican Party ranks until she wasn’t. Even before the America-born daughter of Haitian immigrants was elected to Congress in 2014, she was...

Incoming U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., with reporters after a group photo with freshman members of the 116th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 14, 2018.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an anti-Trumper who is surprisingly Trump-like

May 31, 2019 at 4:27 p.m.

What do President Donald Trump and Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have in common? For starters, they both have a gift for driving their critics crazy. Add Ocasio-Cortez Derangement Syndrome, the point...

Migrants who are part of the caravan on a truck near Mexicali, Mexico, en route to Tijuana, on Nov. 20, 2018.

How the U.S. can help caravan migrants stay home

May 31, 2019 at 4:27 p.m.

When a caravan of Central American families seeking asylum in the United States was almost a thousand miles away, President Donald Trump called it a “national emergency” on Twitter and...

President Donald Trump, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on Nov. 14, 2018, plugs the First Step Act as a reasonable concession that gives former inmates a second chance while keeping violent criminals off our streets.

Help us to thank you for prison reform, Mr. President

May 31, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

Thank you, Mr. President. In this season of giving thanks, I want to express my gratitude to President Donald Trump for softening his longstanding knee-jerk lock-’em-up attitude toward criminal justice,...

Stephen Colbert has feasted on Trump takedowns, his ratings soaring more than 20 percent to reach No. 1 in his time slot in the first quarter of 2018.

How Donald Trump made political comedy grate again

May 31, 2019 at 4:16 p.m.

Remember election night in 2016? CBS’ late-night host Stephen Colbert, visibly shocked on his live Showtime special by Donald Trump’s mounting victory, declared somberly, “I’m not sure it’s a comedy...

CNN journalist Abby Phillip asks President Donald Trump a question as he speaks with reporters Nov. 9, 2018, in Washington. Trump criticized Phillip, saying she asks "a lot of stupid questions."

Is President Trump a racist — or does he just act like one?

May 31, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

To those who complain that I never seem to have anything positive to say about President Donald Trump, now hear this: I appreciate his lack of ability to hide his...

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House on Wednesday, Nov. 7. Almost lost in his exchanges with reporters was the olive branch he offered to House Democratic leaders.

President Trump 2.0: No more ‘Crazy Maxine’?

May 31, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

Did anyone expect at least a hint of humility from President Donald Trump after Democrats won control of the House of Representatives? If so, they don’t know our transactional president....

Democrat Lauren Underwood, who defeated incumbent U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren in the race to represent the 14th Congressional District, smiles as a supporter takes her photo during her election night party at the Kane County Fairgrounds on Nov. 6, 2018, in St. Charles.

Congratulations, Democrats, now it’s time to get to work

May 31, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

Dear Democrats: Congratulations. You had your big chance in this week’s midterm elections to blunt President Donald Trump’s demagoguery, and you didn’t totally blow it. That’s not a small thing....

Emergency personnel work Nov. 2, 2018, outside the Hot Yoga studio in Tallahassee, Fla., after a gunman shot several people, killing two.

When refusing to hear ‘no’ turns lethal

May 31, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

Like other so-called incels, Scott Paul Beierle’s complaint about women who failed to see how wonderful he was might have been simply funny, were it not so pathetic and, in...

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