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Thiessen: Krauthammer has been my friend, mentor, guide

Having read him for years, I want to think and write just as Krauthammer has in his long…

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Quebec debacle shows Trump will sink the economy, too

At least one person is enjoying every minute of the president’s disgraceful antics: Vladimir Putin.

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Robinson: Trump-Kim summit is worth the try

The two may agree to talk more and threaten less — an outcome the whole world should applaud.

Life

Would a rose by any other name smell like brewing tea?

This column takes a look at the differences between hybrid tea, floribunda and grandiflora roses.

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Schwab: The Trumpist cult gets the ‘president’ they craved

They neither recognize nor care about how their leader is degrading our nation.

Business

Seattle mayor’s free community college idea has some merit

We don’t know how it would be paid for, but students failed by the K-12 system need a…

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Saunders: Trump bucks pardon process, but so did Lincoln

Trump’s pardons skip a review by the Department of Justice, but that’s as it should be, say some.

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Ignatius: Democrats need to find voice on Trump’s tariff push

Many in the GOP are raising objections. Democrats must now decide where they stand on trade.

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Milbank: Oh, say can you see Trump saluting his ego

Snubbed by the NFL’s Eagles, Trump fumbles his staged patriotic White House rally.

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Harrop: Trump’s immigration policy mean-spirited, ineffective

Wider use of E-Verify would humanely move enforcement from the border to the employment office.

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Parker: Swatting at the Bee in the bonnet of Barr’s defenders

A tit-for-tat firing — Samantha for Roseanne — makes sense only if your world is defined by politics.

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Milbank: How Bill Clinton helped bring us to this point

Clinton’s handling of the Lewinsky scandal eroded standards enough to pave the way for Trump’s abuses.

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Thiessen: Google’s distaste for mililtary work makes no sense

Employees said they didn’t want to work with the Pentagon. What’s so objectionable about saving lives?

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Robinson: Trump’s claim he can pardon himself is telling

Trump’s lawyers have shifted arguments away from his innocence and now claim he is above the law.

Business

Who should foot the bill on the first date? #WhoPays

Some advice on avoiding awkward silences when the restaurant check arrives.

Opinion

Saunders: Trump can move beyond pardons to prison reform

Kim Kardashian made her case for a convicted great-grandma. Others are working for a broader fix.

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Milbank: Was Obama ahead of his time, or are we behind ours?

Yes, we elected a black president, but that only fueled the current fever of white insecurity.

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Parker: Barr’s tweet was racist; excusing it is worse

And the rejection of Barr’s excuses by ABC and others may show that things are getting better.

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Robinson: Roseanne fooled into thinking racist tweet was safe

Did Trump’s success with dog-whistle tweets lull Barr into thinking she could get away with it?

Opinion

Schwab: Now for something different — Trump tells truth

And for something completely different, Sid finds something nice to say about the president.