Graham West
Tensions between the United States and Iran have been on a steady decline over the last two years, but the past week or two have seen things getting alarmingly worse. A series of escalatory moves - starting with the deployment of additional U...
After (falsely) claiming total exoneration from the release of a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report, President Trump has dug in his heels even further, telling reporters that the White House was fighting "all the subpoenas" f..
Just days ago, President Donald Trump finally signed a bipartisan bill to keep the U. government open and functioning for longer than a stopgap amount of time. It was an extraordinary step to address what one might call an "unusual" emergency...
At the tail end of last week, the Department of Defense released an overdue report on the effects of climate change on military bases in the United States. What we got fell short, to say the least...
William Barr is relatively qualified, especially for a Trump nominee. W. One would assume that prior experience would have prepared him for a strong showing in his confirmation hearing this week before the Senate Judiciary Committee...
On Dec. That's an important boast to remember a month later, as the government shutdown approaches its fourth week. Most recently, he stormed out of an Oval Office meeting with legislators after they refused to accept his demands...
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has had a whirlwind two weeks. At one point last week, thanks to some confused reporting, it looked like the deputy attorney general was already gone...
Months ago, the Senate Judiciary Committee reviewed, discussed, and passed bipartisan legislation that would protect Special Counsel Mueller from a politically-motivated firing. Now, House Democrats are trying a different tactic...
It has been a tough week in court for the president's former men. This is only Manafort's first of two trials; his next, to address his failure to register as a foreign agent, will begin in September...
I used to root for crazy. When I watched someone who I thought was little more than a pompous, know-nothing goofball descend from his gaudy golden escalator to kick off his campaign, I thought he'd be nothing more than a laughingstock and a sideshow...
This week, the first consequences of President Trump's choice to violate the P5+1's nuclear agreement with Iran have emerged. Our allies and partners in the European Union and beyond, however, don't see it that way...
The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is an independent, bipartisan body responsible for key aspects of voter registration, election administration, and technical guidelines for voting systems. Both times, they have failed...
Full Archive
- 05/16/2019 Trump or Bolton: Who’s the Boss?
- 04/28/2019 Oversight is Not Optional in Democracy
- 02/22/2019 An Unusual Emergency
- 01/25/2019 Climate Change Remains a Threat at Home
- 01/20/2019 Trump’s Attorney General Pick Falls Short
- 01/10/2019 Trump’s Ego is Keeping the Government Shutdown
- 10/03/2018 Rosenstein Remains at Risk
- 09/20/2018 Just Three Republicans
- 08/24/2018 All the President’s (Former) Men
- 08/16/2018 Democrats: Don’t Root for Crazy
- 08/08/2018 America First or America Alone?
- 08/05/2018 Why is Election Security a Partisan Issue?
- 07/26/2018 Lordy, There Are Tapes
- 07/19/2018 Groveling Before Putin has Consequences
- 07/12/2018 The Benefits of NATO
- 06/14/2018 Supporting Diplomacy but Opposing Trump’s Summit
- 06/07/2018 Border Separations are Simply Immoral
- 05/24/2018 A Russia Refresh
- 05/17/2018 Democrats Fail, Yet Again, To Check Trump’s Nominees
- 05/13/2018 Wider Consequences of Pulling Out From Iran Deal
- 05/04/2018 So Much for the Threat of Political Correctness
- 04/26/2018 Finally, a Presidential Speech in Washington
- 04/19/2018 The Right-Wing Terrorism Threat
Graham F. West is a political communications professional living in Maryland. He currently serves as the Communications Director for Truman Center for National Policy and Truman National Security Project, though views expressed here are his own.
Column Archive
- 05/16/2019 Trump or Bolton: Who’s the Boss?
- 04/28/2019 Oversight is Not Optional in Democracy
- 02/22/2019 An Unusual Emergency
- 01/25/2019 Climate Change Remains a Threat at Home
- 01/20/2019 Trump’s Attorney General Pick Falls Short
- 01/10/2019 Trump’s Ego is Keeping the Government Shutdown
- 10/03/2018 Rosenstein Remains at Risk
- 09/20/2018 Just Three Republicans
- 08/24/2018 All the President’s (Former) Men
- 08/16/2018 Democrats: Don’t Root for Crazy
- 08/08/2018 America First or America Alone?
- 08/05/2018 Why is Election Security a Partisan Issue?
- 07/26/2018 Lordy, There Are Tapes
- 07/19/2018 Groveling Before Putin has Consequences
- 07/12/2018 The Benefits of NATO
- 06/14/2018 Supporting Diplomacy but Opposing Trump’s Summit
- 06/07/2018 Border Separations are Simply Immoral
- 05/24/2018 A Russia Refresh
- 05/17/2018 Democrats Fail, Yet Again, To Check Trump’s Nominees
- 05/13/2018 Wider Consequences of Pulling Out From Iran Deal