The House Health Care Disaster Is Really About Taxes  —  I have been a critic of Obamacare since it became law, but the Republican alternative is worse in nearly every way.  —  The American Health Care Act, which was narrowly passed in the House last week, would worsen Obamacare's problems rather than fix them.

House Republicans Go Off the Cliff  —  OVER the last seven years, the Republican Party has engaged in increasingly elaborate political suicide attempts.  The G.O.P. has nominated cranks and erstwhile witches and Todd Akin in winnable Senate races.  It has engaged in Somme-esque trench warfare within …

Condoleezza Rice: Don't be reassured by Marine Le Pen's expected defeat in France  —  WASHINGTON — Former secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warns against feeling reassured by the expected defeat of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election Sunday.