David Faris

Donald Trump has long said that pardoning members of the mob he sent to sack the Capitol that day was going to be one of his first orders of business,

The country has one political party that can govern but not consistently win elections, and another that can win elections but can't seem to govern.

Vice President Kamala Harris is weighing her options, including trying to succeed Gavin Newsom as California's governor in 2026 or even making another presidential run in 2028.

The Assad regime survived on violence and complicity. But to be sustainable in any authoritarian context, that violence cannot be wielded every single day.

One of the least compelling arguments against President Joe Biden's Dec. 1 pardon of his troubled son Hunter is the idea that it will give President-elect Donald Trump an excuse to abuse his own pardon powers.

Since the election of Donald Trump as the 47th president on Nov. 5, the slow-building fury among Democrats against President Joe Biden has reached a fever pitch.

As Democrats sort through the wreckage of their 2024 catastrophe, they would do well to take some time to reflect on the path forward rather than jumping to knee-jerk conclusions.

Unlike in 2016, Democrats don't look like they will have the popular vote/Electoral College split to fall back on as a rationalization.

Over the past few weeks, Trump and his allies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars airing a series of vile attack ads against trans Americans, a vulnerable gender minority.

It is without a doubt one of the most inexplicable stretch-run decisions I've ever seen from a major party nominee, and it is a sign of deep, structural delusion inside the Harris campaign

The past decade has seen a dramatic public opinion turn against immigration across the democratic world.

Since the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision, American politics have been flooded by a tsunami of spending by a dizzying array of organizations.

On one hand, last night's vice presidential debate between Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) was almost nostalgic.

The GOP nominee and former president, Donald Trump, and his fellow Republicans started off this cycle with an enormous advantage on the economy and in about six short months have managed to blow it.

America has become a violent tinderbox since the former president commandeered our political system in 2015, and nothing about that will change as long as he maintains his grip on the Republican Party.

In retrospect, Trump's blizzard of conspiracy-fueled hallucinations should have been expected given that notorious grifter and conspiracy-monger Laura Loomer was photographed getting off his plane in Philadelphia.

House Republicans, in their infinite wisdom, are planning to once again engage in their favorite parlor game of terrorist-and-hostage with the federal budget.

Last week Area Rich Man Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. ended his flailing presidential bid and endorsed GOP nominee, and former president, Donald Trump.

Last night Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a relatively brief, bracing acceptance speech that ran for fewer than 40 minutes.

Last night President Biden delivered an energetic, 52-minute speech very late on the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Overall, the public's mood, according to benchmark public opinion instruments, has been sour for about 20 years. What is going on out there?

Today, Vice President Kamala Harris announced that her running mate in the 2024 presidential election will be two-term Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, an unexpected strategic decision with clear upsides and downsides.

Democrats need to be extremely careful not to slip into a mode of condescending mockery of white working class culture as a whole.

President Joe Biden's abrupt Sunday announcement that he would abandon his re-election campaign instantly blew apart the dynamics of the 2024 campaign.

In the aftermath of Saturday's dreadful assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, the United States is palpably tense.

Widespread concerns about his age, unpopularity, and inability to forcefully defend his own administration's policy record have been causing panic on the left since at least late last year.

Since his disastrous debate performance two weeks ago, President Joe Biden has done little to reassure us that he is still capable of running a vigorous and successful campaign for president

Well, so much for hoping that President Joe Biden would rise to the occasion. In last night's CNN debate he stumbled out onto the stage looking like he didn't know if he could make it to the podium.

Apart from the fact that this bill has no chance of becoming law, it will also do nothing to address the problem it purports to solve.

A Delaware jury today found President Biden's son Hunter guilty on three charges of lying on a federal firearm application.