Jonathan Allen
Former Chief Political Correspondent
Latest articles by Jonathan Allen


Two for the price of one: Hillary Clinton casts herself as an heir to the legacies of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.


He’s lost before on Capitol Hill, but it’s never been this ugly.


Obama lobbied Democrats on trade in a rare visit to Capitol Hill. Here’s what he said.


Hillary Clinton is holding a rally in New York Saturday to make a formal announcement of her campaign. She’ll talk about the example her mom set and tell her audience, “It is your time.”


One of Nancy Pelosi’s best friends ripped her for helping President Obama move his trade agenda forward. This is the story of the fight behind closed doors.


Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and a small army of administration officials descended on House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s office Wednesday to talk trade.


Clinton’s silence on issues that split Democrats reinforces the worst narratives about her candidacy.


One Democratic congressman who is on the fence on trade says nobody in the White House has bothered to ask for his vote.


It’s not clear that unions can defeat the president’s trade agenda. But it is clear they are alienating friends with their hardball tactics.


The quotation about the US posture toward ISIS is making its way around the web: “We don’t yet have a complete strategy.” It may be true, but that’s not really what President Obama said.