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• Maine's Susan Collins: Duty, bipartisan outlook drove decision to stay in Senate
• Trump's move on Iran deal? At its core, a compromise with his cabinet
• The big hope behind the Iranian nuclear pact

Maine's Susan Collins: Duty, bipartisan outlook drove decision to stay in Senate Posted: 13 Oct 2017 02:28 PM PDT Republicans and Democrats – to give her a standing ovation, including a sharp whistle of approval. For many, Senator Collins is a voice of reason and civility in today's highly charged political atmosphere. Indeed, she's been ranked the most bipartisan member of the Senate four-years running.

Trump's move on Iran deal? At its core, a compromise with his cabinet Posted: 13 Oct 2017 01:06 PM PDT Under President Abraham Lincoln, it meant bringing former political foes from his own party into the cabinet. Under President Franklin Roosevelt, it meant forming a diverse, bipartisan cabinet that would present conflicting points of view, allowing the president to draw his own informed conclusions on policy. For President Trump, it has meant – at least on international relations – cabinet and other top advisers at odds with the boss, pitting a more stay-the-course foreign policy against some of the president's more dramatic, and often nationalist, impulses.

The big hope behind the Iranian nuclear pact Posted: 13 Oct 2017 12:29 PM PDT In what Tehran's leaders might call an act of heroic flexibility, President Trump has decided not to blow up a 2015 deal – as he once promised – that has so far curbed Iran's nuclear program. Mr. Trump now seems persuaded of the strategic reasons to honor the international pact. Under the pact, Iran can resume processing uranium in 2031.

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