Daniel DePetris

Pelosi and her lieutenants have a significant problem —  a growing segment of the Democratic Party doesn’t appear interested in legislating

Politics in America has been toxic for a long time now

Donors are being courted and small-dollar donor lists are being compiled and expanded

He is acting like a man with nothing to lose

Just as Theresa May’s Chequers plan for Brexit was being savaged in Salzburg, EU leaders also found time to engage in their usual response when it comes to the question of migration: a lot of talk, glad-handing, and pats on the back, but very little concrete action. The summit was a two-day affair that encapsulates all

There aren’t many EU politicians with a high profile, but Federica Mogherini, the former Italian foreign minister and, since 2014, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, is one of the exceptions.  Mogherini’s five-year term is up next year. Where she will go after her time expires – back to a fractious and circus-like Italian political

His rival Beto O’Rourke is just four points behind him in the polls

It wasn’t long ago when Italy used to be referred to colloquially as “the sick man of Europe,” a country whose economic situation was stuck in the doldrums, whose political system was always a crisis away from collapse, and whose political class was divided into those who were ineffectual and those who were corrupt. The Italians

From first senator on the Trump train to an Attorney General scorned

Republicans have stuck by Trump through thick and thin…so far

The White House Counsel has spoken to Robert Mueller’s team on three separate occasions.

‘The Great Manipulator’ is back on the warpath on two continents

There was a time not too long ago – less than three years to be exact – when German Chancellor Angela Merkel was at the very top of her game. She dominated German and European politics for over a decade with her clear, effective, but cautious leadership, watching as the German economy solidified its place

The Donald is visiting all the key states he needs to win for a repeat Electoral College victory.

When European leaders met earlier this month to thrash out an agreement on  migration, they succeeded in rescuing German Chancellor Angela Merkel from the precipice. But it is already becoming clear that the deal they struck was more a temporary papering over of ideological differences on migration than a permanent solution. While the EU agreed on the