Analysis by Aaron Blake, CNN

8 Articles

Breaking down the looming House vote on the Epstein files

This coming week is expected to deliver the moment that House Speaker Mike Johnson has been forestalling in…

Republicans are ridiculing ā€˜No Kings.’ A striking new poll shows Americans aren’t laughing

Republicans have spent many days trying to marginalize the massive anti-Trump ā€œNo Kingsā€ rallies held across the country…

The GOP’s redistricting gambit is not ā€˜the will of the people’

Republicans are ratcheting up their extraordinary efforts to tip the scales of the 2026 midterm elections by redistricting…

Why the Comey indictment is different from the Biden DOJ’s indictment of Trump

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Thursday. The news came just days after President Donald Trump forced…

Takeaways from FBI Director Kash Patel’s testimony on Jeffrey Epstein

FBI Director Kash Patel this week became the first prominent Justice Department official to testify under oath since…

Democrats are doing better than ever in Trump-era special elections

President Donald Trump last year turned heads by telling his Christian supporters that, if they voted for him…

The GOP once labeled things like Trump’s Eric Adams gambit a scandal

So many of the things President Donald Trump has done in his second term could have been scandals…

Trump’s empty threats on Russia sanctions

For years, Donald Trump criticized presidents for empty threats.He often pointed to then-President Barack Obama failing to enforce…