Jonathan Allen
Former Chief Political Correspondent
Latest articles by Jonathan Allen


Emails released by the House Select Committee on Benghazi show the panel may be more interested in Hillary Clinton’s role in going to war in Libya than in the terrorist attacks in Benghazi.


Hillary Clinton focused on racism and guns in a speech on Saturday, seizing the reasonable center after Republican candidates refused to address them in the wake of the Charleston murders.


Hillary Clinton is tangled up in trade


Barack Obama’s trade agenda comes down to a series of Senate votes next week. The plan requires Democrats to trust Republicans and the president.


The GOP is making a last-ditch play to save President Barack Obama’s trade bill. It requires some procedural wrangling and a whole lot of trust between the parties.


President Barack Obama’s push for fast-track trade authority is all but dead. And there’s no strategy for reviving it.


Hillary Clinton’s campaign stopped a reporter from getting on a van for the press. This is what happened next.



Hillary Clinton gets a lot of grief for not having an overarching vision for the country. That should stop now. Her speech on Saturday nailed the vision thing.


“I may not be the youngest candidate in this race, but I will be the youngest woman president in the history of the United States.”