Allen Abel

The lands fuelling America’s hopes and hatreds have given rise to a contender for the White House

Trump says he has nothing to hide. The Dems show no signs of throwing in the towel. Do American voters still care?

Robert Mueller’s report leaves the Democrats empty-handed and in denial. Next up: the inevitable recriminations.

Allen Abel reports from Washington as the U.S. president enjoys an off-week for Congress and meets an actual fan in Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro

The president’s former personal attorney, on the cusp of doing hard time in a penitentiary for lying to Congress, once again tells Congress his story

If U.S. politics is a sea of rage, Cory Booker and Tulsi Gabbard are swimming against the tide. It sets them apart but ... there be monsters

Allen Abel: Donald Harris’s rebuke over ’pot-smoking joy seeker’ stereotype is one thing the Democratic presidential contender is disinclined to talk about. Another is her time in Canada.

Allen Abel: In declaring a national emergency, the president veers from impromptu slam poetry to claiming he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize. But, hey America, everything’s okay.

Allen Abel: If the state of the union is so happy and prosperous, why are the country’s politics so angry and noxious? Answer: the man at the rostrum.

Back as House Speaker after several years fighting a Republican majority, Pelosi has found her new political mission