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Why Would Trump Aide Paul Manafort Rip Off a Russian Mobster?

Manafort deal looks like a textbook example of Russian money laundering.

2:12 PM, Aug 17, 2016

By Chris Deaton

Why would he seemingly be so foolish as to rob a mobster of millions of dollars? Read more

In Campaign Shake-Up, The Donald Pivots From 'Trump' To 'MORE Trump'

Hosted by Michael Graham.

1:40 PM, Aug 17, 2016

By TWS PODCAST

The WEEKLY STANDARD Podcast with online editor Michael Warren on Donald Trump's pivot... to more Trump. Read more

Trump Has Decided To Live in Breitbart's Alternative Reality

The only place more Trumpian than Trump.

1:05 PM, Aug 17, 2016

By Stephen F. Hayes

Eleven weeks before the general election, with polls showing Donald Trump staring at a potential electoral rout, the New York businessman decisively ended speculation that he would “pivot" to end the race a more "presidential" candidate by naming Stephen Bannon, chairman of Breitbart News, as the campaign's new chief executive. Read more

KRISTOL: 'Breitbart' Should Change Its Name

Pro-Trump outlet doesn't reflect Andrew Breitbart's legacy.

1:00 PM, Aug 17, 2016

By Jenna Lifhits

THE WEEKLY STANDARD editor Bill Kristol lamented the fall of Breitbart News Wednesday in the wake of Breitbart chairman Stephen Bannon's appointment as chief executive for the Trump campaign. Read more

Explaining the Trump Campaign's Missing Millions

11:56 AM, Aug 17, 2016

By Mark Hemingway

On Monday, I wrote about questions surrounding the Trump campaign's finances. Specifically, a Huffington Post report was circulating noting that the topline FEC numbers suggested that the Trump campaign burned through $63 million last month. I contacted the Trump campaign, which offered no comment on that spending figure. Read more

Trump Campaign Chief Manafort Linked to Millions in Illegal Ukrainian Payments

10:40 AM, Aug 17, 2016

By Mark Hemingway

Earlier this year, Michael Warren wrote about Paul Manafort's involvement with the Trump campaign. From the outset, there were questions about his lobbying for foreign strongmen, particularly his involvement with Viktor Yanukovych and Russian interests in Ukraine. "Manafort was instrumental in remaking Yanukovych's image into that of a pragmatic businessman who could bring order to a divided country (sound familiar?) ahead of Ukraine's 2010 election," wrote Warren. However, while it was long suspected, evidence is now emerging that Manafort's efforts in Ukraine went well beyond simple political consulting. Read more

KRISTOL: Trump Can't Pivot

"What does a pivot mean when you're a man like Donald Trump?"

10:15 AM, Aug 17, 2016

By Jim Swift

Tuesday night on CNN's Erin Burnett Out Front, editor William Kristol discussed the news that Donald Trump refuses to pivot towards a traditional presidential campaign. Read more

Breitbart News Head Is Now Campaign CEO in Trump Team Shakeup

Paul Manafort is out, Stephen Bannon is in.

9:34 AM, Aug 17, 2016

By Michael Warren

The chairman of the right-wing news and opinion website Breitbart is now effectively in charge of the Donald Trump presidential campaign. Read more

Prufrock: The Attack on Free Speech, Rejecting Western Civilization, and the End of Democracy

9:30 AM, Aug 17, 2016

By Micah Mattix

The best in books and arts from around the web, including: Mark Twain in Heidelberg, Adam Kirsch on Lara Vapnyar’s Still Here, and more. Read more

North Korea's Defecting Diplomats

Deputy ambassador to Great Britain makes a great escape.

8:04 AM, Aug 17, 2016

By Ethan Epstein

So there is a reason for countries to host North Korean embassies after all. Sure, rather than the spade work of actual diplomacy, North Korea's "diplomats" use their embassies to export counterfeit cash, go on illegal shopping sprees for their leader, and issue terrifying threats against defectors. But it turns out that the embassies have at least one salutary function: They can serve as an escape hatch for elites determined to flee the regime. Read more

Kristol: 'Hillary Has Paid a Huge Price' for Her Email Scandal

10:35 PM, Aug 16, 2016

By Jim Swift

On CNN's Erin Burnett Out Front, editor William Kristol discussed Hillary Clinton's email scandal and how it has hurt her campaign.

Burnett asked given the revelation that the FBI will be releasing its classified notes to Congress, whether or not further releases of Hillary's emails could help her campaign.

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The Man Who Created Political TV Out of Nothing

Freddy the Beadle Barnes remembers John McLaughlin.

7:32 PM, Aug 16, 2016

By Fred Barnes

John McLaughlin was a Jesuit priest, unsuccessful Senate candidate in Rhode Island, and White House aide to Richard Nixon. But he won’t be remembered for any of that because he did something a lot bigger. He changed TV political commentary and made it faster, funnier, and far more watchable—in other words, a whole lot better. Read more

FBI Sends Clinton Investigative Report to Congress

5:41 PM, Aug 16, 2016

By Chris Deaton

The FBI has sent investigative materials into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server to Capitol Hill, including notes from the Bureau's interview with Clinton, it was reported Tuesday. Read more

Report: Washington Post Op-Ed Writer Failed To Disclose Ties To Iran Deal 'Echo Chamber'

4:37 PM, Aug 16, 2016

By Jenna Lifhits

A professor who penned an op-ed in the Washington Post arguing for the Obama administration's $400 million payment to Iran did not disclose his ties to a group that paid experts to advocate for the Iran deal in the public sphere, the Washington Free Beacon reported Tuesday. Read more

Clinton Ally and Pennsylvania AG Found Guilty of Perjury

Democrat Kathleen Kane resigns.

3:57 PM, Aug 16, 2016

By Jenna Lifhits

Clinton ally and Pennsylvania attorney general Kathleen Kane was forced to resign from her post Tuesday after a jury found her guilty of nine criminal offenses. Read more

Christian College Sues Feds Over Title IX Abuses

Oklahoma Wesleyan is the first school to challenge the sexual assault guidelines.

3:55 PM, Aug 16, 2016

By Alice B. Lloyd

A small evangelical college in Oklahoma has become the first school to sue the federal government for its overbearing Title IX enforcement—possibly paving the way for others. Oklahoma Wesleyan University in Bartlesville has joined an existing lawsuit against the federal Department of Education first filed by a former University of Virginia law student, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported Monday. Read more

KRISTOL: If I Were Trump's Campaign Manager, the First Thing I'd Do Is...

Hosted by Michael Graham.

2:44 PM, Aug 16, 2016

By TWS PODCAST

The WEEKLY STANDARD Podcast with editor William Kristol on his advice for the Trump campaign. Read more

Clinton Acolyte Won't Say Clinton Is Honest and Trustworthy

Neither candidate in N.H. Senate race gives their presidential nominees ringing endorsement.

2:39 PM, Aug 16, 2016

By Chris Deaton

The Democratic candidate for Senate in the battleground state of New Hampshire declined to say Hillary Clinton was honest and trustworthy Monday morning after being asked three separate times. Read more

A Special Entertainer

Garry Marshall, 1934-2016.

2:09 PM, Aug 16, 2016

By Larry Miller

We mourn those closest to us when they die: parents, relatives, family, friends. When a leader or athlete dies, an obituary is good; it’s something to share. Read more

Video: Did Hillary Perjure Herself?

Clinton's sworn statements contradict the FBI's evidence.

1:34 PM, Aug 16, 2016

By Michael Warren

Did Hillary Clinton commit perjury at a congressional hearing about the Benghazi attack? That's what two House Republican committee chairmen are asking the Justice Department to investigate. On Monday, House Oversight chairman Jason Chaffetz of Utah and House Judiciary chairman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia wrote a letter to the U.S. attorney in the District of Columbia. The letter noted multiple examples of the former secretary of state making statements at her October 2015 appearance before the House Select Committee on the Benghazi attack that contradict evidence presented by the FBI following its investigation into Clinton's private email server. Read more

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