Elizabeth Drew

The writer is the author of Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall.

Joe Biden’s Afghan nightmare

It is far from clear why President Joe Biden deserves the obloquy heaped on him for the US evacuation from Afghanistan.

Trump Packs the Court His Way

Following the US elections on November 3—although its final resolution may take longer—the partisan arrangements of almost the entire US federal government are subject to change.

Who Can Beat Trump?

The US presidential election in November is the most consequential in modern history. Whether the increasingly authoritarian, vindictive, and dangerous Donald Trump wins another four years in power could define the US for a long time to come.

The Impeachment Blues

The most dismaying thing about the impeachment proceedings against US President Donald Trump is that they are falling so short of the constitutional gravamen of the issue.

Will Trump be removed from office?

For the first time, reasonable people in the United States have begun to speculate that President Donald Trump could be convicted by the Senate and thus removed from office.

Will Republicans abandon Trump?

US President Donald Trump’s presidency is in peril. He’s likely to be impeached (the equivalent of an indictment) by the House of Representatives, and it cannot be ruled out entirely that the Senate will vote to convict him and thus remove him from office.

Trump’s New Troubles

As the US Congress reconvenes this week after a six-week recess, the administration is mired in controversies, almost all of them set off by President Donald Trump. Trump’s behaviour has been at its most peculiar since he took office, undoubtedly partly owing to

What’s behind America’s mass shootings?

After every mass shooting in the United States, Americans and others around the world are confronted with the question of what lies behind this distinctly American horror.

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