Allen Abel

Will it last, asks Allen Abel, or will Trump use the last bullet in his revolver to shoot himself in the foot?

Republicans and Dems both claim to sympathize, but the bureaucrats aren’t hungry enough for either side to stand down

Allen Abel: The Democratic women of the 116th Congress are already a force to be reckoned with. But are they a force to banish Trump?

Allen Abel: Two years after his election, Trump is proving his personal creed that power is everything—and damn the cost to his country

Allen Abel: As the president’s hallucinatory world heaves and crumbles, Americans ponder what kind of country they wish to live in—and what kind of people they want to be

Excellence, civility, intelligence, modesty: Words used to describe Bush Sr. recall what a U.S. president can be—and what the current one is not

Allen Abel: Even as the president tweets insults, Santa Claus is giving him the benefit of the doubt. So are a surprising number of voters.

Former NFLer Alan Page was the exception proving the rule, as Trump honoured Elvis, Babe Ruth and a hundred-million donor to Republicans

The mystery of why some men rush toward machine guns, instead of away. And the story of one young soldier who survived to have an ordinary life.

Allen Abel: Declaring victory by defeat, the president returns the Capitol to its regularly scheduled chaos