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Schwab: Trump’s one-day dictatorship now day after day
With congressional Republicans cowed and Democrats without feck, who’s left to stand for the republic.
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Welch: Lawmakers ignore needs of families with disabled kids
Two bills would have offered financial assistance to families providing home care. Neither survived.
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Friedman: Rule of law is on the line in Israel and the U.S.
Both Trump and Netanyahu appear poised to force constitutional crises in their quests for power.
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Collins: How well have you followed Trump 2.0’s initial days?
Honestly, if you get a perfect score, why have you not already applied for Canadian citizenship?
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Polgreen: ‘A kind of vandalism’ threatens the First Amendment
There’s a message in the arrest of a legal resident who protested for Gaza: you have no right…
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Stephens: None of this is likely to end well for democracy
Off-again, on-again tariffs. Insulting allies. Turning our backs on NATO and Ukraine. What will it accomplish?
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Schwab: Drugs or narcissism, Trump, Musk outcome no different
Callous firings. Weird insults. Rejection of empathy. Flip-flopping on decisions. This isn’t normal.
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Goldberg: Student’s arrest for protest mirrors Red Scare days
Green card holders are afforded the same speech rights as citizens, meaning anyone could be at risk.
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Burke: Got my bearings back, but bracing for impact
I’ve been watching the early weeks of Trump 2.0. It’s a slo-mo shipwreck that can’t easily be avoided.
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Kristof: It’s looking like it’s the economy after all, stupid
Trump’s and Musk’s incompetence and recklessness may discredit the vandals in D.C. and rein them in.
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Friedman: What Trump is hiding regarding Ukraine
Trump is either a bad negotiator or his support for Russia and Putin is already guaranteed.
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Schwab: No doubt now where Trump stands; not with America
Or at least not with the America that defended democracy here and abroad and opposed dictators.
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Stephens: Justice, long-delayed, arrives for DEA agent’s family
President Trump’s bullying of Mexico may have helped deliver a murderous drug lord to U.S. custody.
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French: Trump doing long-lasting damage to America
His reversal of alliances and gutting of government can’t be simply undone after the next election.
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Friedman: Trump, Vance make clear who’s side they’re on
Never has a U.S. president backed the aggressor in a major war, ignoring even his county’s own interests.
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Schwab: The free world’s watching and recoiling; will we?
Wait too long and too much of our democracy will have been dismantled to restore it to its…
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Stephens: America’s most shameful vote even in halls of U.N.
Trump is turning the United States into a pliant accessory to Vladimir Putin’s war crimes in Ukraine.
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Welch: Local government needs rational leaders, not activists
If you’re thinking of running for office this year, ask yourself if your goals are about service.
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Saunders: ‘Trump effect’ has cut illegal crossings; keep it up
Tough border policies are keeping those numbers down; don’t let up on those efforts.
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Schwab: If I were king, what treasures would I fling
As long as Trump assumes he has the power to shape reality, why is this what he wishes…