Matt Kwong
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Trump calls Mueller's report 'total exoneration' — but lawyers say questions over obstruction remain
It was a good day for the U.S. president. What it wasn’t, though, was a "complete and total exoneration," as Donald Trump claimed in a tweet on Sunday. → Read More
Trump had a bad week, pundits say. But his base is all smiles at CPAC
It was arguably a rough week for U.S. President Donald Trump. But try telling that to the Trump diehards packing a harbour-side hotel at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland, who said their faith in the president remains unshaken. → Read More
How Trump just undermined his case for an emergency over the border wall
With a self-defeating sound bite on Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump embarked on a legally dubious "emergency" course to build his border wall, setting up a constitutional clash and sparking anxieties among Republicans about how a future Democratic president might someday return the favour. → Read More
A new progressive wave is exposing the Democratic rift over Israel — just the way Republicans want it
The politics of Israel has struck a divisive chord between old-guard Democrats and the party’s freshman class of 2019 — a fissure that’s likely to deepen approaching the 2020 primaries, and as public opinion polling shows Americans are increasingly willing to be more broadly critical of Israel. → Read More
Democrats hoping to run against Trump in 2020 suffer from lack of name recognition
Democratic candidates vying to challenge U.S. President Donald Trump in next year's presidential election are struggling with issues of name recognition. → Read More
Shutdown reprieve just 'eye of the storm' for some anxious U.S. federal workers
The U.S. economy is expected to lose $3 billion from the partial government shutdown over U.S. President Donald Trump's demand for border wall funding, congressional researchers say, as 800,000 federal employees return to work after a 35-day unpaid furlough. → Read More
'Glimmer of hope' or 'kabuki drama'?: Expect both as U.S. Senate votes to end shutdown
Republicans know it, as do Democrats: Thursday's Senate votes on a pair of competing bills to reopen the government will likely do nothing to reopen the government. Whatever happens will be viewed as setting the table for more serious negotiations to come. → Read More
With report of Trump telling Cohen to lie to Congress, the whiff of impeachment grows stronger
If true, the explosive report by BuzzFeed News that Trump told his former fixer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow deal isn't just another bombshell. → Read More
Giuliani just made it a lot harder for Trump to cry 'witch hunt'
U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani went from "no collusion" to helping to legitimize the Robert Mueller probe during a CNN interview this week. It could be a sign that Trump's legal team is bracing for something big. → Read More
Truce on U.S.-China tariffs brings relief for now — but risks extending a trade war later
As the White House trumpets a 90-day pause on new tariffs between the U.S. and China, trade experts warn the truce might just push a trade war to the spring, delaying the inevitable to a time when U.S. President Donald Trump has less leverage. → Read More
Trump strategists see migrant caravan as a political 'silver bullet' for U.S. midterms. They might be wrong
The caravan of 7,000 Central American migrants advancing mostly on foot towards the U.S. border has emerged as a major talking point for President Trump. It's unclear whether the issue will inspire voters for the midterms. → Read More
Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation could give Democrats the 'rage edge'
Judge Brett Kavanaugh's promotion to the U.S. Supreme Court is now all but assured. What's less certain is whether conservative voter motivation, wrought by outrage over Democratic efforts to stop his nomination, was just a short-term "sugar high" for Republicans. → Read More
Obama returns with a thoughtful rebuke of Trumpism — and in 3 words, Trump shows why it might backfire
The return of Barack Obama to the campaign trail ahead of the midterm elections gives President Donald Trump exactly what he wants: a foil. → Read More
The U.S. midterms are coming. Here's a cheat sheet
With just a few days to go, here's how the U.S. midterm elections work — and how they'll reshape the American political landscape ahead of the next presidential election in 2020. → Read More
Why Manafort's trial matters for Trump — even if it has nothing to do with Russian collusion
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort will enter a federal courtroom in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday for his criminal trial on bank and tax fraud charges — the first member of the president's inner circle to face off with special counsel Robert Mueller's team. Here is what you need to know. → Read More
In a divided U.S., therapists treating anxiety are hearing the same name over and over: Donald Trump
In these politically polarized times, many anxious Americans are losing sleep, obsessing over news, bickering with friends and raging on social media, according to therapists interviewed across the country. Some experts have even given the unofficial malady a name: Trump Anxiety Disorder. → Read More
3D-printed 'downloadable' firearms are coming as soon as Wednesday. They could reshape U.S. gun control
U.S. lawmakers are horrified that a recent settlement by the Trump administration goes into effect this week, allowing anyone with access to a 3D printer to create their own firearms with a few mouse-clicks. The self-described anarchist behind the plan seems to believe this could be the end of gun control. → Read More
These Trump voters support the U.S. president's comments on Russia — and his walkback, too
In a conservative pocket of Maryland on Tuesday, loyalists of U.S. President Trump shrugged off his remarks favouring Russian leader Vladimir Putin over American intelligence findings, lauding Trump for correcting a "mistake" and rationalizing foreign meddling in the 2016 election. → Read More
Trump's 'déjà vu' Eurotrip: Upcoming Putin, NATO summits raise concerns after G7 debacle
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with NATO leaders in Brussels this week right before his planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. → Read More
Why Trump's next U.S. Supreme Court pick isn't likely to spell reversal of Roe vs. Wade
Whoever gets the post, legal scholars say, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy likely won't lead to the outlawing of abortion. At least not in the way many progressives and pro-choice advocates fear. → Read More