The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.

Two watchdog offices inside the Justice Department are tasked with investigating misconduct. Both have seen significant staff departures under Trump, partly from efforts to shrink the government.

Money once used for crucial national-park repairs is now financing Trump’s redecorating projects.

Could it have something to do with our politics? With the sociopath in the Oval?