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National Security and Foreign Affairs

October 14, 2017

Democrats in Congress say it would be "illegal" and "catastrophic" if President Donald Trump were to conduct a preemptive nuclear strike on North Korea, and they're calling on Republicans to be far more vocal on this issue.


October 14, 2017

Up in the hills between the San Fernando Valley and West Los Angeles, the intersection of iconic Mulholland Drive and Laurel Canyon Boulevard evokes thoughts of historic Hollywood glamour and the '60s rock and drugs scene.

These days it's also a point of interest to political junkies: It's the spot where Adam Schiff's, Brad Sherman's and Ted Lieu's congressional districts meet.


October 13, 2017
Serious questions arising about the judgment of President Donald Trump call for Congress to step up and provide checks and balances.

The powers of the imperial presidency have been building long before Trump took office.

But the dangers are more apparent than ever.


October 12, 2017

Don't say that we weren't warned.

In a September 2015 speech before the National Press Club in Washington, the Louisiana governor and Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal said:


October 12, 2017

Jared Kushner "enriched himself" by not revealing his ownership of a real estate tech business that raised millions of dollars while he served in the government, said a member of the House Judiciary Committee, calling it part of a pattern of unethical behavior that he believes should cause the White House Senior Adviser to be stripped of his security clearance.


October 11, 2017

When Rep. Ted Lieu of California introduced his bill during the first week of the Trump presidency, it seemed mostly symbolic – a measure to require the president to seek congressional permission for a nuclear first strike.


October 11, 2017

Politics is seldom far removed from Ai Weiwei's art, whether it comes in the form of a memorial to his dissident father, an iconic Olympics stadium in Beijing, Lego portraits of political p


October 5, 2017

Democrats are again calling for Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump to lose their security clearances after another pair of controversies involving the couple.