Elizabeth Drew

The writer is the author of Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall.

Joe Biden’s Afghan nightmare

It is far from clear why President Joe Biden deserves the obloquy heaped on him for the US evacuation from Afghanistan.

3y ago

Trump Packs the Court His Way

Following the US elections on November 3—although its final resolution may take longer—the partisan arrangements of almost the entire US federal government are subject to change.

4y ago

Who Can Beat Trump?

The US presidential election in November is the most consequential in modern history. Whether the increasingly authoritarian, vindictive, and dangerous Donald Trump wins another four years in power could define the US for a long time to come.

4y ago

The Impeachment Blues

The most dismaying thing about the impeachment proceedings against US President Donald Trump is that they are falling so short of the constitutional gravamen of the issue.

4y ago

Will Trump be removed from office?

For the first time, reasonable people in the United States have begun to speculate that President Donald Trump could be convicted by the Senate and thus removed from office.

5y ago

Will Republicans abandon Trump?

US President Donald Trump’s presidency is in peril. He’s likely to be impeached (the equivalent of an indictment) by the House of Representatives, and it cannot be ruled out entirely that the Senate will vote to convict him and thus remove him from office.

5y ago

Trump’s New Troubles

As the US Congress reconvenes this week after a six-week recess, the administration is mired in controversies, almost all of them set off by President Donald Trump. Trump’s behaviour has been at its most peculiar since he took office, undoubtedly partly owing to

5y ago

What’s behind America’s mass shootings?

After every mass shooting in the United States, Americans and others around the world are confronted with the question of what lies behind this distinctly American horror.

5y ago
September 10, 2021
September 10, 2021

Joe Biden’s Afghan nightmare

It is far from clear why President Joe Biden deserves the obloquy heaped on him for the US evacuation from Afghanistan.

October 29, 2020
October 29, 2020

Trump Packs the Court His Way

Following the US elections on November 3—although its final resolution may take longer—the partisan arrangements of almost the entire US federal government are subject to change.

February 21, 2020
February 21, 2020

Who Can Beat Trump?

The US presidential election in November is the most consequential in modern history. Whether the increasingly authoritarian, vindictive, and dangerous Donald Trump wins another four years in power could define the US for a long time to come.

November 15, 2019
November 15, 2019

The Impeachment Blues

The most dismaying thing about the impeachment proceedings against US President Donald Trump is that they are falling so short of the constitutional gravamen of the issue.

October 20, 2019
October 20, 2019

Will Trump be removed from office?

For the first time, reasonable people in the United States have begun to speculate that President Donald Trump could be convicted by the Senate and thus removed from office.

October 8, 2019
October 8, 2019

Will Republicans abandon Trump?

US President Donald Trump’s presidency is in peril. He’s likely to be impeached (the equivalent of an indictment) by the House of Representatives, and it cannot be ruled out entirely that the Senate will vote to convict him and thus remove him from office.

September 14, 2019
September 14, 2019

Trump’s New Troubles

As the US Congress reconvenes this week after a six-week recess, the administration is mired in controversies, almost all of them set off by President Donald Trump. Trump’s behaviour has been at its most peculiar since he took office, undoubtedly partly owing to

August 18, 2019
August 18, 2019

What’s behind America’s mass shootings?

After every mass shooting in the United States, Americans and others around the world are confronted with the question of what lies behind this distinctly American horror.

April 1, 2019
April 1, 2019

The Mueller Bait and Switch

The American people should have known that something was awry when President Donald Trump's attorney general, William Barr, announced on Friday, March 22, that he had received special counsel Robert Mueller's report and would provide a summary of its findings to certain congressional leaders over the weekend.

January 31, 2019
January 31, 2019

Nancy Pelosi's Great Wall of Resistance

Whoever explained to then-President-elect Donald Trump what it meant to be president—if anyone did—neglected to tell him that on occasion a president loses a policy fight.