Political analyst Charles Krauthammer dead at 68

Pulitzer prize-winning columnist and political analyst Charles Krauthammer has died at the age of 68, according to The Associated Press. Krauthammer, who wrote for The Washington Post and would often appear as a commentator on cable news channels -- particularly Fox News -- died after a battle with cancer in his small intestine, The Post reported. Krauthammer championed the foreign policy of neoconservatism that helped lay the groundwork for the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, according to The Washington Post, which described him as an "intellectual provocateur" and "one of the highest-profile commentators of his generation." He won his Pulitzer Prize for his weekly column in The Post in 1987. At the time, he was also a marquee essayist for Time, the New Republic, the Weekly Standard and the National Interest, The Post reported. On June 8, Krauthammer wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post titled "A note to readers," in which he revealed that he only had weeks to live. "I have been...