President Joe Biden is commuting the death sentences of 37 federal inmates, giving them life without parole. The politics — and the timing — are awful.
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Debra J. Saunders
Debra J. Saunders is the White House correspondent for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. dsaunders@reviewjournal.com … @DebraJSaunders on Twitter. 202-662-7391
Departing Biden administration staff members are spilling the beans about the absentee president and the hard work to keep him out of the public eye.
Donald Trump sues pollster J. Ann Selzer and The Des Moines Register, who got the presidential race wrong by 16 points just before Election Day.
The president-elect’s Florida presser clears the air as Joe Biden heads to Delaware, sells off pieces of border wall and prepares to leave office.
Presidential pardons are not just for the Biden family.
Penny not guilty. Subway riders exhale.
Nearly five years after the COVID shutdown, almost one-third of federal employees are working from home — even the bathtub. There are calls for change.
The Trump nominee for defense secretary likely isn’t qualified for the job, but anonymously sourced allegations about his personal life are the story.
In going back on his word, the lame-duck president just made it easier for Donald Trump to issue pardons in his upcoming second term.
It turns out boys in girls’ locker rooms is not a good election plank. Who knew?
Turkey. Gravy. And Truculence are on the menu. Why not add a helping of listening?
Joe Biden paused deportations and welcomed illegal crossings when he halted “Remain in Mexico.” The country is worse for it and elected Trump to fix it.
Mike Waltz has the complete skill-set to be national security adviser, and the president-elect has great choices available for attorney general.
The president-elect makes clear that his team will prioritize protecting Israel and enforcing immigration law.
Contrary to what the president is telling Americans, we are not in a struggle for the soul of America. His party is searching for a scapegoat.
A recent Wall Street Journal poll of leading economists put the probability of the United States going into recession over the next 12 months at 63 percent. Conventional wisdom is that the Federal Reserve Bank will continue raising interest rates to combat stubborn high inflation, thereby slowing the economy and causing gross domestic product to […]