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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks about the election of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election in Washington, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Republican Hypocrisy on Trump’s Nominees

by Andrew Rosenthal | Jan 11, 2017 | Opinion

The Constitution and American tradition provide lots of ways for a president to exercise executive power. The president can, for example, create an agenda and propose legislation to Congress to carry it out; appoint cabinet members, with the Senate providing its...

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Donald Trump at the second presidential debate. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Trump’s Win Was Unusual but Not Historic

by Albert Hunt | Dec 31, 2016 | Opinion

Donald Trump’s aides, understanding their leader, vie to be most ostentatious about calling his victory “historic.” That claim deserves close inspection. Certainly Trump’s rise to the White House was unusual and surprising, even if only because...

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Trump rally, Houston, Texas, June 17, 2016. Trish Badger / Reuters

Populism, Real and Phony

by Paul Krugman | Dec 27, 2016 | Opinion

Authoritarians with an animus against ethnic minorities are on the march across the Western world. They control governments in Hungary and Poland, and will soon take power in America. And they’re organizing across borders: Austria’s Freedom Party, founded by former...

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump hugs a U.S. flag as he takes the stage for a campaign town hall meeting in Derry, New Hampshire August 19, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Electoral College to Vote for Trump as a President

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 19, 2016 | World

Washington – Today the electors will convene in the 50 U.S. states to officially designate the next president Donald Trump and the vice president. However, the opposition wishes that a surprise takes place and keeps Trump out of the White House. Yet, the...

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Jeff Sessions,left, Mike Flynn, Mike Pompeo, right. Reuters

Trump Assigns Security, Immigration Hardliners

by Heba al-Qodsi and Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 19, 2016 | World

New York, Washington-The recent appointments announced by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday were greeted with widespread applause by his core supporters and other Republicans. However, these appointments raised the concerns of Democrats as they opposed the...