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Sanctity of Marriage Goes Out Window in Donald Trump Administration

When Donald Trump takes office today as the nation’s 45th president, he will usher in the era of the trophy wife, something Washington hasn’t seen since President Ronald Reagan, who was married twice, although Nancy Reagan had been his wife for 38 years when he took office. Every other president in the nation’s history, including all other 20th century presidents up to President Obama was faithful to their marital oath....

Donald Trump’s Big Lie: Why He Won’t Bring Back Manufacturing Jobs

Donald Trump will never be able to bring back manufacturing jobs, a campaign promise that helped him win traditionally Democratic states like Michigan and Pennsylvania and propel him into the White House. It was a false promise from the get go, and a new study shows why. Aside from Trump’s Ohio Carrier plant public relations stunt, he won’t keep his promise because he can’t, according to a new Brookings Institution study....
Donald Trump's refusal to stay up to speed on intelligence matters could lead to another serious lapse like the one that led to the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. (Photo by Robert Giroux/ Getty Images)

Trump Still Blowing Off Security Briefings, Increasing Risk of Terror Attacks

Donald Trump’s refusal to attend regular intelligence briefings is increasing the nation’s risk of being caught off-guard by a terror attack that could come from the “most complex and diverse array of global threats” faced by the United States in decades. Trump’s failure to stay up to speed on international developments could delay a U.S. response to a global crisis or cause an intelligence failure like the one before the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks....

Trump Bizarro World Takes Shape Through Lies, Intimidation, Vindictiveness

Donald Trump is already setting a pattern of lies, intimidation and vindictiveness that likely will mark how he’ll operate as chief executive. His administration will be a Bizarro World, where all rules, traditions and protocols no longer apply. In Bizarro World, everything is weirdly inverted or oddly opposite of the real world–an apt metaphor for Trumps’s governing style....