Showing results by author "Aaron Blake"

Perhaps the biggest reason Republicans love Neil Gorsuch's selection as President Trump's Supreme Court nominee — apart from his age — is the fact that he's a demonstrated originalist.

"Neil Gorsuch, Antonin Scalia and Originalism, Explained" is from the February 01, 2017 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Aaron Blake and narrated by Sam Scholl.

"In Her Remarks on the Presumptive GOP Nominee, Ruth Bader Ginsburg May Have Trumped Her Usual Outspokenness" is from the July 11, 2016 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Aaron Blake and Robert Barnes and narrated by Sam Scholl.

It's a discussion about White House press secretary Sean Spicer, on his first full day in that job, having taken to the podium and made easily disproved claims about the size of Trump's inauguration crowd.

"Kellyanne Conway Says Donald Trump’s Team Has ‘Alternative Facts.’ Which Pretty Much Says It All." is from the January 22, 2017 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Aaron Blake and narrated by Sam Scholl.

President Trump didn't just consider the most drastic conceivable response to the Russia investigation; he actively tried to do it — until someone stopped him.

"Trump’s Handling of the Russia Investigation Has Never Looked More like a Coverup" is from the January 26, 2018 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Aaron Blake and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

New revelations about his apparently botched testimony are liable to make Democrats — and Comey — a little more than mildly nauseous. And they are going to damage Comey's best defense of his actions.

"James Comey Just Stepped in It Big Time" is from the May 09, 2017 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Aaron Blake and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Puzder became a Democratic target after they failed to take down a number of other, more high-profile Trump nominees — most notably Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price.

A new poll from The Washington Post and ABC News shows many more people view Donald Trump as unqualified to be president and appealing to people's prejudices than say the same of Hillary Clinton. So how is Trump virtually tied?

There are four presidents worse than Donald Trump. One, Andrew Johnson, was impeached. Two, Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, helped set the course for what became the Civil War. And the fourth, William Henry Harrison, died just a bit more than a month into office.

"Trump Promised to Exhaust People With His Wins. A Study Says He’s Already Won ‘Worst President Ever.’" is from the February 20, 2018 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Aaron Blake and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Depending on your interpretation, President Trump either endorsed far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen or suggested that her stock was rising because of a pre-election terrorist attack in Paris.

"Marine Le Pen's Landslide Loss in France Is an Embarrassment for President Trump" is from the May 08, 2017 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Aaron Blake and narrated by Sam Scholl.

In the health care debate, the president was going to force a House vote on the package and dare skeptical Republicans to vote against replacing Obamacare, before abandoning that plan in the face of defeat.

"President Trump Just Had His Bluff Called — Again" is from the April 25, 2017 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Aaron Blake and narrated by Sam Scholl.

One of the chief concerns of President-elect Donald Trump's detractors during the presidential campaign was that the brash and notoriously loose-lipped real estate executive wouldn't be able to handle the delicate balancing act that is diplomacy. It's one thing to make wild claims domestically; it's another to inflame a fellow world power with a careless word or two.

The Republican strategy of ignoring President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court this year paid clear dividends. It didn't appear to hurt them in the 2016 election, and now a GOP president gets to nominate Antonin Scalia's successor. Win-win.

"Why Obama's Mosque Visit Is Criticized — in a Way George W. Bush's Wasn't" is from the Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Aaron Blake and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Alongside Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at an event in New York, Trump reflected on what the House had just done. He took the occasion to bash Obamacare as being terrible, and then he turned to Turnbull.

"Trump's Forbidden Love: Single-Payer Health Care" is from the May 05, 2017 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Aaron Blake and narrated by Jill Melancon.

There have been a few moments in the Russia investigation that, in retrospect, seemed to indicate a notable shift or an expansion. The day President Trump fired FBI Director James B. Comey. The Lester Holt interview. When we first found out about the meeting with the Russian lawyer. The early-morning raid of Paul Manafort's Virginia residence. Michael Flynn's guilty plea.

"Steve Bannon’s Mysterious — and Potentially Pivotal — Grand Jury Subpoena" is from the January 17, 2018 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Aaron Blake and narrated by Sam Scholl.

The Supreme Court just made a major decision without actually issuing a decision. On Monday morning, the justices announced that they would take up a case out of Wisconsin that could result in a ruling on the constitutionality of partisan gerrymandering.

"Democrats Just Got Some Very Good News From the Supreme Court on Gerrymandering" is from the June 19, 2017 The Fix section of The Washington Post. It was written by Aaron Blake and narrated by Sam Scholl.

In the space of a little more than an hour on Tuesday afternoon, life was breathed into three separate and distinct potential investigations of the Trump administration.

There were credulity-straining defenses by the White House in the face of charges against Manafort and Papadopoulos. But they're not going to work now that former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.

"Robert Mueller Just Penetrated the White House Gates With Michael Flynn’s Guilty Plea" is from the December 01, 2017 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Aaron Blake and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

In Gettysburg, Pa., on Saturday, Donald Trump delivered what was billed by his campaign as a "groundbreaking contract for the American voter."

"Every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign," Trump said. "Total fabrication. The events never happened. Never. All of these liars will be sued after the election is over."

The defining moment of Jeff Sessions's time as attorney general has been when he recused himself from oversight of the Russia investigation. That quickly led to the appointment of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, who is now extensively probing President Trump. And by all accounts, it seriously strained Sessions's relationship with Trump, who thinks Sessions should be protecting him and doing his bidding.

"It’s Looking More and More Like Jeff Sessions Is Doing Trump’s Political Dirty Work" is from the January 23, 2018 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Aaron Blake and narrated by Sam Scholl.