With elections looming, Trump drums up cash, support for January 6 rioters

With elections looming, Trump drums up cash, support for January 6 rioters

One day after January 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump denounced the rioters who violently stormed the Capitol building, breaking through barricades, battling law enforcement and sending members of Congress — who were set to formally certify his re-election loss — running for their lives. “Like all Americans, I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and … Read more

After Ahmed Patel: Can the Gandhis pull Congress out of the mess?

After Ahmed Patel: Can the Gandhis pull Congress out of the mess?

Amid the observations that the passing of Congress leader Ahmed Patel was an irreparable loss to the party, it was forgotten how its fortunes had taken a U-turn in barely three years. In August 2017, the “irreplaceable comrade” acted more like an accomplished commissar, felling the Chanakya of contemporary Indian politics — Amit Shah. In … Read more