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McArdle: What matters in EU Parliament vote? Dissatisfaction
With Greens and nationalists gaining some ground, who won matters less than the anger behind the vote.
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Harrop: Lessons in two stories of survival faced alone
What a lost yoga teacher and a trapped farmer shared was the ability to stay calm, focused on…
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Milbank: Today’s Trump metaphor: bad sumo wrestling
Of course, Trump enjoyed the sumo display; a style where illegal moves are used fits his administration.
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Rampell: Congress isn’t obsessed with impeachment; media are
Aided by pundits, Trump pushes his narrative that Congress is getting nothing done, when it actually has.
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Parker: What’s a few ‘small weapons’ between good friends?
Playing down North Korea’s missile launches, Trump instead talks up Kim’s critique of ‘low-IQ’ Biden.
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Robinson: Expect a summer of discontent from Trump
As consequences mount for Trump, expect the frequency of his false claims and attacks to increase.
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Harrop: Just how is a falling birthrate bad news for U.S.?
Cities are crowded and gridlocked. Teen pregnancies and abortions are down. Do we really want more births?
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Saunders: Partisan politics, not infrastructure, was subject
Neither Trump, nor Democratic leaders expected a deal; they were there to advance their positions.
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Milbank: Trump’s rhetoric of extremes plays to us vs. them
It’s also an aberration in politics, which means we may only need to ride this out.
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McArdle: Why is no one is making money driving people around?
Uber and Lyft are discovering that they need the regulatory monoply they’ve disrupted to make money.
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Rampell: The threat in Trump administration’s war on data
Manipulating official statistics will deepen poverty, hamper democracy and frustrate solutions.
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Robinson: Impeachment can wait; Pelosi has Trump flummoxed
The House Speaker appears in control while Trump reacts wildly to the least of provocations.
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Petri: If only there was something I, Nancy Pelosi, could do
How sad that there isn’t a co-equal branch of government that could exercise its constitutional duty.
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Schwab: Damn the consequences, House Democrats must impeach
A few recognize the risk and yet are willing to ‘die on that hill.’ That’s the definition of…
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Ignatius: ‘Kill listing’ Huawei may be sign of a long trade war
Both Trump and Xi could dig in their positions on the electronics maker, making a deal difficult.
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Ignatius: Europe needs to claim its ISIS fighters in Syria
Syrian Kurds holding ISIS prisoners can’t keep them indefinitely. Europe can’t leave this problem to others.
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Harrop: Trump’s immigration policy is cruel and phony
His ineffective steps are meant only as messaging for his base. Want proof? Ask him about E-Verify.
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Milbank: What to make of a tirade in the Rose Garden
The rage, the Nixonian paranoia and the scattered thinking suggest Trump feels the walls closing in.
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McArdle: Three Republican groups hold reins on impeachment
It requires peeling off support from Trump’s base, party loyalists and those happy with his court picks.
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Milbank: Democrats’ caution with impeachment shows adult side
It may frustrate some in the party, but restraint may mean something to voters seeking normalcy.