Bill Straub: To no one’s surprise, under GOP health plan, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer
WASHINGTON – If, as Forrest Gump’s mom was fond of saying, “Stupid is as stupid does,’’ there is a whole…
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Former Gov. Beshear to give party response to President Trump’s speech to Congress tonight
Former Gov. Steve Beshear will give his party’s response to President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress Tuesday night, “highlighting the…
Bill Straub: From dangerous windbag to beauty, Paul’s view of Trump has evolved since primary battle
WASHINGTON – Sen. Rand Paul is, as the famous line from Oliver Stone’s JFK put it, “a mystery wrapped in…
Jamie Vaught: Books on Obama, 2016 Presidential race among recommended reading offerings
This is the second of a two-part series on recently-published nonfiction books. Spring is still more than a month away…
Bill Straub: Focusing on results and not the theatrics, McConnell thinks Trump is doing just fine
WASHINGTON – It took that great philosopher, John Matuszak, to sum up in a single thought what makes America great….
Gov. Bevin participates in National Prayer Breakfast; event includes more than 4,000 government leaders
Gov. Matt Bevin today joined President Donald Trump and federal, state and local government leaders from across the country in…
Commentary: Marches, Planned Parenthood and balanced reporting on what’s really significant
By Richard Nelson Special to NKyTribune It’s been a week of marches and protests and major policy shifts, but in…
Bill Straub: Despite host of critics, Obama will go down as one of our most consequential presidents
LONDON – The man much of Kentucky loves to hate, a Kenyan pretender who openly worships Allah and has waged…
Bill Straub: Voters in Eastern Kentucky took a gamble on Trump — and may end up paying a steep price
WASHINGTON – It’s beginning to appear that many of the folks residing within the always-stunning hills and hollows of Eastern…
Bill Straub: Kentucky native Pruitt in position to carry out Trump’s environmental dirty work
WASHINGTON – Kentucky has quite admirably endeavored over the past 30 years or so to transform its once moribund system…
Bill Straub: McConnell again placed party above country following election interference by Russia
WASHINGTON – It was some time in early 1987, as I recollect through the haze of almost 30 years, and…
Bill Straub: Bevin’s political future could be behind his late-blooming support of Trump
WASHINGTON – Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin sometimes comes across like Frank Burns in the old, long-running M*A*S*H* television show. He…
Bill Straub: Chao as transportation secretary could place McConnell in a bind over infrastructure
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald J. Trump’s (Egad!) vow to “drain the swamp’’ that is the nation’s capital was thought to…
Bill Straub: Placing party above country, McConnell will now face the reality of a President Trump
WASHINGTON – So, exactly who was that man with a plastered-on grin trailing Donald J. Trump like a labradoodle as…
Billy Reed: Here’s hoping for a Trump epiphany, one that transforms him into gentleman, role model
In my imagination, I am conjuring up a conversation that could take place somewhere in the U.S. before the current…
Bill Straub: Despite Trump’s domination of the white vote, turnout doomed Clinton in the end
WASHINGTON – It might seem an odd time to cite Jesse Jackson at this moment, but I remember covering an…
Richard Nelson: Candidate Trump is a creature of the times — and has been in the making for years
Halloween is past and scarier than any goblin at your doorstep is a bitter political season filled with high pitched…
KYCIR: Clinton continues to out-pace Trump in campaign fundraising in Kentucky
By Alexandra Kanik and Brendan McCarthy Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting With just weeks left until the presidential election, Kentucky…
Generation Z casts their votes in national mock election, and the next President is . . .
By Vicki Prichard NKyTribune reporter Channel One News, a Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company which provides daily news to millions of…
Commentary: Why Trump? The simplest answer: Primarily because he’s not Hillary
By Marcus Carey Special to NKyTribune There is a simple question being asked by many people, republicans and democrats alike,…
Bill Straub: McConnell, other GOP leaders appear to be stuck with Trump … no matter what
WASHINGTON – Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is learning that you can’t be just a little bit pregnant. Touring the…
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in NKY talking about CARA, also addresses Trump, terrorism
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune managing editor U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was at the Northern Kentucky Area Development District…