Joseph Lawler

James Pethokoukis looks at the Democrats’ bidding strategy in the debt ceiling negotiations, and notes that it only makes sense…

It appears that the action on the debt ceiling has shifted to the Senate. With Sen. Tom Coburn rejoining the…

How would Bill Clinton handle the debt ceiling? He would ignore it, invoking the Constitution, and “force the courts to…

James O’Keefe’s crew’s latest: two guys, acting as Russian drug runners who are pimping out their sisters for seed money,…

President Obama will meet with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and other people who’ve taken the “Giving Pledge” at the White…

The Washington Post reports that Senate leaders from both parties are working on a debt limit measure that would be…

President Obama’s nomination of former Ohio AG Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau raises the question of…

At National Review, Dan Foster argues that the Paul Ryan plan, not Cut, Cap, and Balance, should have been the…

Policy guru Keith Hennessey has studied Sen. Mitch McConnell’s “Plan B” for the debt ceiling, and explained it in plain…

Former Car Czar and current senior advisor to the White House Ron Bloom is being cagey with the House Oversight…