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Ignatius: Erdogan’s defiance of West hurts Turkey’s progress
The latest in a string of anti-American moves jeopardizes efforts to build a democracy in Turkey.
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McArdle: Free ride might be over for ride-share customers
Drivers and investors have subsidized Uber and Lyft. When they catch on, riders could pay much more.
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Milbank: On coal, trade, ‘Trump people’ bear brunt of his hoax
Trump’s policies and promises have failed to delivery prosperity to those most faithful to him.
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Ignatius: Is nation ready for Mueller report, regardless?
Rather than resolution, the report is likely to allow each side to cherry-pick its conclusions.
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Milbank: Rep. Omar as guilty as Trump on ‘dual allegiance’
The congresswoman’s doubts of pro-Israel Jews’ loyalty is no better than his anti-Muslim rhetoric.
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Robinson: Give Trump an approving audience, and this happens
Speaking at CPAC, the president gives a two-hour address of rambling incoherence and old grievances.
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Harrop: U.S. laws on cannabis send message: Grow, Canada
U.S. laws regarding marijuana and even hemp leave legal markets here all to our northern neighbor.
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Milbank: Unless we save Principled Republican, all is lost
Concerned only for their next election, the GOP agrees to go along with Trump’s ‘dangerous precedent.’
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Saunders: No defense of Trump, yet, no case against him
The Cohen hearing turned up scant convincing evidence that Trump colluded with Russian agents.
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McArdle: Next Chicago mayor to face crippling pension crisis
And we should pay attention, because the issue will soon loom for other large metropolitian cities.
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Ignatius: Trump had to walk away; North Korea wasn’t ready
The failure in Hanoi should now persuade both sides to begin long, careful talks, absent the pomp.
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Parker: Why does Trump take the word of murderous tyrants?
By blithely accepting Kim’s word on Warmbier’s death, Trump sends a dangerous signal to other despots.
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Robinson: Will GOP heed Cohen’s warning about serving Trump?
If you think Cohen is sad-eyed, wait to see what 10 years of subservience will do to Republicans.
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Schwab: What’s so funny ‘bout peace, love and Green New Deal?
Yes, it’s light on detail and has no shot in the Senate, but there’s value in its aspirations.
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Petri: A mercifully condensed transcript of the Cohen hearing
In which one hour of testimony and five of grandstanding is boiled down to the good stuff.
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Ignatius: Our long national nightmare is just beginning
The Cohen hearing shows Mueller’s report won’t be the final word; prepare for a long political battle.
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Harrop: Some questions after Bezos’ tangle with the Enquirer
Jeff Bezos shows that if money can buy privacy it doesn’t come with the good sense to protect…
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Milbank: Cohen may be conman, but Trump put him up to the con
The president’s former fixer serves as a warning to those in the GOP who continue to follow blindly.
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Milbank: At home and abroad, Trump has fondness for ‘bad boys’
And Trump’s crush on Kim Jong Un could lead to dangerous concessions to the North Korean leader.
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Parker: Including women in draft forces look at gender, war
In striving for viewing women as the equal of men, do we ignore the inequality inherent in war.