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Milbank: The problem with Trump’s probation administration

Blame the current chaos and churn on the border and Iran on the president’s preferred use of ‘actings.’

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Petri: What Trump’s ‘she’s not my type’ defense really says

How is it that we shrug when the president implies assault is a compliment when someone is his…

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Parker: Millennials, you might be happier as conservatives

Considering the challenges you face, you might find conservative policies suit your needs better.

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Ignatius: Demonizing one another won’t span political divide

Conversations — and real attempts to understand our political opposites — might help heal divisions.

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Milbank: Good thing Trump is there to save us from Trump

Imagine if the president hadn’t stopped the president from bombing Iran and imposing tariffs on Mexico.

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Robinson: We shouldn’t look away from crisis of Trump’s making

Witnesses are describing horrifying treatment of migrant children in detention centers at the border.

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Harrop: How much of a country do you see waiting in line?

Overcrowding at tourist destinations have some considering the advantages of a staycation.

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Saunders: Joe Biden backtracked on the wrong thing

Biden could have shown his moderate cred by sticking with the Hyde Amendment, not siding with racists.

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Parker: Both Biden and Booker could have put it better

Biden had other ways to illustrate his point. Booker was blatantly trying to score political points.

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Petri: A brief history of the world, as tweeted by Donald Trump

From the wheel to a planet of the sharks, a look how we got here and why there’s…

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Petri: How Democrats should have answered Time’s questionnaire

Forget climate change. What we want to know is: What’s your favorite comfort food while campaigning?

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McArdle: Facebook wants to be your bank; what could go wrong?

The social network already faces broad-based mistrust. Running a currency system won’t help.

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Robinson: Biden a known quantity; that’s advantage and curse

His attempt to speak for bipartisanship was pure Biden and shows the challenge ahead for his campaign.

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Schwab: On brink of war, how to trust leader of 10,000 lies?

We now may be asked to follow a president into war. By what standard can we believe Trump?

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Ignatius: Backed into corner, Iran tries to fight its way out

Neither side wants war, but the incremental escalation brings the U.S. and Iran closer to the brink.

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Harrop: High time high heels dropped from work dress codes

Women should insist that they no longer be required to wear painful and damaging high heels at work.

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Milbank: World leaders know flattery works with Trump

The latest example: To win continued support, Israel named a settlement for Trump in the Golan Heights.

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McArdle: Hong Kong proof Chinese people still want democracy

Of the city’s 7.4 million people, 2 million jammed streets to protest an extradition law. And they won.…

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Parker: Eight years after Haiti’s quake, pilot recalls mission

What started as relief flights of medical supplies has turned into schools that will help hundreds of kids.

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Petri: Well, we know what the border crisis definitely is not

If something terrible was happening on the border, we wouldn’t need people using words to alert us.