Why is Chuck Schumer doing Donald Trump a favor? The Senate minority leader’s delaying tactics for the president’s nominees are not only uncalled for, but they also distract from the White House’s historic ineptitude at filling the senior ranks of government. So far, the Trump administration has made 163 fewer nominations than former President Barack Obama at the same point, …

On the ground in Iraq and Syria, IS is on the brink of military defeat. Online, however, the group continues to incite its followers to violence, and victory there will take the same kind of sustained effort that anti-terrorist forces brought to the battlefield. The foremost challenge is to identify individuals susceptible to the terrorists’ messages and intervene before they’re …

Donald Trump may not like it, but he can’t—so far— reverse two of Barack Obama’s signature accomplishments: the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Iran nuclear deal. In one emblematic, frustrating day, Trump both saw the failure of the Senate Bill to repeal and replace the ACA and was forced by his advisers to certify that Iran is in compliance …