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Petri: Dear UFOs, excuse us for a millennium while we tidy up
We love visitors, but you caught us at a bad time. (Please, don’t ask us to take you…
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Harrop: How a war hero became a ‘trigger’ for Trump
What was behind the order to keep the USS McCain out of the president’s sight during his trip…
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Burke: Snake oil is still out there; with fine print attached
If you carefully read the disclaimers you’ll understand there’s more salesmanship than medicine inside.
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Milbank: Hood is off Trump administration’s lie about census
Documents show the purpose behind asking about citizenship in the 2020 census: preserving white power.
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Saunders: Trump has himself to blame for raising suspicions
In concealing the truth about an uneventful meeting, Trump attracted the suspicions of investigators.
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Parker: Eulogizing Ollie the Blind Poodle while he’s with us
A blind dog might not seem of much use, but Ollie taught the value of patience in the…
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Ignatius: Mueller’s report landed punches that he then pulled
The special prosecutor’s restraint during the investigation was admirable; afterward, it was frustrating.
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Robinson: Congress has Mueller’s map; now it needs the will
If Trump doesn’t deserve impeachment, then what must a president do to warrant action by Congress?
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McArdle: Resistant bacteria reproductive health’s real threat
While we’re on the subject of women’s health, a little attention please on the misuse of antibiotics.
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Petri: ‘It’s become clear to me that none of you read my report’
If you have read the Mueller report — and paid attention — Trump wouldn’t still be running around.
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Schwab: Reconsidering the message of a Memorial Day meme
Too often, our war dead didn’t die for freedom, but they deserve our thanks and our apologies.
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Ignatius: What most ignore in Mueller’s report is cyber threat
Fortunately, the U.S. Cyber Command hasn’t ignored the cyber threat from Russian and Chinese meddlers.
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Milbank: Mueller’s style is spare, but his message is clear
He couldn’t bring charges, Mueller repeated, but the Constitution provides another avenue to prosecute.
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Dionne: So much for ‘tradition’; McConnell seeks to pack court
After keeping a Supreme Court seat open in Obama’s last year, McConnell says, ‘Oh, we’d fill it,’ in…
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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.