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Dowd: Trump’s good-looking Cabinet making him look bad
Trump’s toadies are keeping the truth from him and making decisions on their own that dog the president.
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Goldberg: Why Nebraska may make GOP pay for its awful bill
It will be tough for Democrats to win the Senate, but an independent union leader could tip the…
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Saunders: Considering attacks from left, ICE agents must mask
It’s not ideal, but with physical attacks against agents up 700%, the precaution is understandable.
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Tufekci: Link between flood warnings and people wasn’t there
What might have saved many in Texas was a NWS coordinator position eliminated in the DOGE cuts.
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Tufekci: ‘Garbage in, garbage out’ behind AI’s Nazi meltdown
That Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot defaulted to internet hate speech is concerning. Our acceptance is scarier.
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Harrop: Trump Country should brace for less federal disaster aid
Red states have been among the largest recipients of FEMA aid. Trump says he’ll end that help.
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Schwab: Yes, your Medicaid’s gone but you can gloat over gators
What Trump is taking from the social safety net, he’s adding to the cruelty against working immigrants.
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Kristof: Women’s rights effort has work to do in Africa, elsewhere
Girls in Sierra Leone will sell themselves to pay for school. The feminist movement has looked away.
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French: Supreme Court hits a vile industry with its comeuppance
While disagreeing on the best test, the justices agreed on the threat that porn poses to children.
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Welch: A plan to supply drugs to addicts is a dangerous dance
A state panel’s plan to create a ‘safer supply’ of drugs is the wrong path to addiction recovery.
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Douthat: Conservatives sacrificed own goals to pay for tax cuts
Along with its cuts to Medicaid, long-held GOP priorities were ignored in the Big Beautiful Bill.
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Dowd: A lesson from amicable Founding Foes Adams and Jefferson
A new exhibit on the two founders has advice as we near the nation’s 250th birthday in the…
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Saunders: Combs’ mixed verdict shows perils of over-charging
Granted, the hip-hop mogul is a dirtbag, but prosecutors reached too far to send him to prison.
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Brooks: AI can’t help students learn to think; it thinks for them
A new study shows deeper learning for those who wrote essays unassisted by large language models.
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Kristof: Bombing Iran may have set up path for negotiation
Regardless of its effectiveness, what now must follow are talks to end Iran’s push for nuclear weapons.
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Polgreen: Sicker, in debt but free of immigrants at Home Depot
Ignore the cuts to Medicaid and tax cuts for rich; we spending billions on detention centers and ICE.
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Schwab: Taking pride in our own independence from tyranny
Many of us are Americans by luck of birth here; real pride requires commitment to democratic values.
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Burke: Assessing dangers to democracy, knowing how to respond
In judging a threat consider Trump’s intent and his ability to carry out his intentions.
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Dowd: Trump obliterates any sense of reliance on facts, truth
Any attempt to set the record straight is met with charges of having a lack of respect and…
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Saunders: Price to pay for GOP senators who defy the president
Trump wants his Bill Beautiful Bill passed; and soon. Republicans’ future may hinge on it.