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Stephens: Oval Office debacle not what Ukraine nor U.S. needed
A dressing-down of Ukraine’s president by Trump and Vance put a peace deal further out of reach.
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Brroks: Signalgate explains a lot about why it’s come to this
The carelessness that added a journalist to a sensitive group chat is shared throughout the White House.
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Schwab: Pronatalism and the birth of a nationalism
The Trumpian push for more births seems contradictory to its lack of concern for women and children.
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Harrop: Democrats should heed Canada’s win against Trump
The Liberal Party and its leader, Mark Carney, played to identity politics: Canadian identity.
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Kristof: What a nation loses when anyone is ‘disappeared’
Members of my family disappeared in Nazi and Soviet control. A survivor, my father found himself in the…
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Welch: State’s gun permit law harms rights, public safety
Making it more difficult for those following the law to obtain a firearm won’t solve our crime problem.
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Comment: Trump faithful need to take a chill pill
The president is struggling because his most ardent supporters have overestimated threats to the U.S.
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Dowd: Instead of leaders we get Trump’s vicious sewing circle
Women were once deemed unfit for office as too emotional. Trump’s Cabinet is stocked with Real Housewives.
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Saunders: Even supporters nervous about Trump’s tariff gambit
Trump’s tough talk worked with NATO, but so far he has little to show from tariff’s economic havoc.
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Comment: War on ‘woke’ could end up killing U.S. innovation
‘Elite’ universities aren’t without fault, but starving research is eroding American competitiveness.
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Brooks: Trump’s greatest strength can also be his downfall
Trump has succeeded in his first 100 days by moving fast and breaking things. That serves his opposition.
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Harrop: How can Elon Musk be a genius yet so clueless?
Now that President Trump has what he needs from him, Musk is being discarded, and poorer for it.
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Schwab: Who saw this coming? said no one but Senate Republicans
Take your pick of agency heads; for those who advise and consent, there was no sign of trouble…
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Stephens: The daily unraveling of President Face-Plant
Recent events show the stark absence of the adults in the room who saved Trump in his first…
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Burke: A distressing accounting of what Trump has wrought
Not even 100 days into his second term, the president is implementing the worst of Project 2025.
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Brooks: How did we get here? By not bothering to read.
Trading literacy for screen time has cost us — kids and adults — our ability to reason and…
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Harrop: Trump’s war against elite universities is a smokescreen
Washington’s conservatives are enthralled by the Ivies. The ultimatums are simply a distraction.
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Brooks: Trump divides and conquers; we must unite and build
In his isolated attacks, Trump has divided our loyalties. It’s time for a civic and civil uprising.
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Stephens: Solving ‘Iran problem’ is about more than the bomb
To eliminate the threat, an agreement must seek an exchange of ‘normal for normal.’ That won’t be easy.
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Schwab: Is there a hole for us to get sick in?
How can conservatives justify the flouting of due process in sending away any without conviction or charge?