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Petri: I may be a bloodsucker, but keep me out of politics

As a proud bedbug, I am apolitical. I’ll make a blood meal at a Trump resort or the…

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Ignatius: Macron gambled, failed on bid for U.S.-Iran talks

Both Trump and Iranians are playing coy as others try to broker a resumption of negotiations.

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Petri: Don’t let little things like law or barriers stop you

You must build that wall, no matter the obstacles. Because I will be there at the end to…

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Milbank: Funny or not, should we take Trump’s ‘jokes’ seriously?

Why stop with hurricanes when we have a stockpile of nukes? There are plenty of applications.

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Parker: Finding global solutions across nations’ borders

When a nation holds a global resource like the Amazon, how do we balance competing interests?

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Ignatius: It’s happened; we’re finally tired of Trump’s ‘winning’

Everybody’s squawking in the Trump age, and pollsters say the public increasingly is tuning out.

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McArdle: Right isn’t who should worry about ‘woke’ capitalism

Corporations themselves are seeing the problems created by allowing it room to grow in the workplace.

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Milbank: If Biden is a gaffe machine, he’s at peak output

It’s easy to blame age for losing a few steps, but Biden has been tripping over his tongue…

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Milbank: Is Trump president or a timeshare salesman?

Sit through the sales pitch and you’ll get, well, nothing. But Trump will profit by hosting the G-7.

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So, atomic bombs don’t kill people, either?

In the Associated Press story in the Aug. 6 Herald (“Trump vows action after shootings but gives few…

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Petri: Think your career is toast after stint in Trump admin?

Take this easy quiz and learn what your future holds. Tip: Some resume fudging recommended.

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Robinson: Trump’s Obama envy is reaching new lows

Obsessed with the comparison, Trump is desperate — and lying — regarding their records of achievement.

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Harrop: Inslee’s departure shows something wrong with process

That he and two others have left the field early shows a lack of focus on the demands…

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Burke: If Trump’s backers are unmoveable, do I stop pushing?

With supporters unimpressed by fact or reason, maybe it’s time to give attempts at persuasion a rest.

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Petri: Moon has tough time watching Earth do this to itself

Those fires in the Amazon? Do you realize what that smoke is doing to your lungs?

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Saunders: Decorum on White House lawn and in the Twitterverse

Even a conservative columnist isn’t safe from attacks from the bruised ego of Sebastian Gorka.

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Milbank: You’ve heard of Fact Checker; here’s the Gut Checker

More subjective, but just as telling, let’s review Trump’s week for his beastly unpresidential acts.

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McArdle: When will Trump backers admit: ‘OK, this isn’t normal’?

If Greenland is so strategically valuable, is it wise to insult the nation you need to deal with?

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Rampell: When bad idea founders, deflect and double down

Tax cuts and tariffs haven’t delivered as promised. Naturally, Trump wants to keep digging the hole deeper.

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Robinson: Trump’s Cabinet can’t — or won’t — manage him

His 35-minute Q-and-A with reporters showed him at his most unfiltered and untethered to reality.