Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, left, is part of a 'revolution of common sense' led by President Donald Trump. Chip Somodevilla ...

That’s something to celebrate given how close America came to careering through the guardrails of its constitutional democracy.

The idea of "common sense" has been central to American politics since the founding of the United States. Politicians still use the phrase all the time — perhaps none more so than Donald Trump. The ...