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Harrop: It’s not votes or GOP support Trump seeks; it’s profit
Not even a year into his second term, Trump now is motivated by what others can do for…
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Brooks: A theory as to how Trump and others see themselves
A look at what’s behind the thinking of authoritarians and how they use that to order their worlds.
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Welch: Taking the initiative for parents and fair play
Two proposed state ballot measures would strengthen parents’ rights and protect girls’ sports.
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Saunders: Trump has himself to blame for Newsom’s Prop. 50 win
The president’s thirst for more GOP House seats sparked a backlash that Newsom can ride to 2028.
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French: The podcast that surrendered the GOP to its fate
Actually, it’s the ideological split following Tucker Carlson’s interview of Nick Fuentes that sealed it.
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Klein: Democrats had the upper hand. Why did they give in now?
Trump has a higher tolerance for others’ pain than Democrats do. And they made their point with voters.
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Kristof: Trump’s cuts to aid killing more Christians than Jihadis do
At Trump’s insistence, the U.S. has plans to invade Nigeria. A restoration of aid would save far more…
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Schwab: Trump continues course blithely as voters begin to rouse
Against a backdrop of Democratic election wins, Trump continued with the same old, same old.
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Bouie: Election shows Trump as albatross around GOP’s neck
Voters are telling Trump and Republicans that they’ve baldy misread the mandate of the 2024 election.
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Stephens: Why do dumb ideas — from left and right — persist?
A little reflection on past failures ought to be enough to have us keep searching for solutions.
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Burke: If you ever need a TAVR, thank medicine and Medicare
Nothing short of a medical marvel, the procedure replaces a heart valve and proves the value of Medicare.
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Kristof: Once again, world has failed to stop Darfur atrocities
The U.S. doesn’t have to send troops. It can demand the U.A.E stop supplying one side in Sudan’s…
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Schwab: Trump lives the life of a flexible dog, because he can
With a pliant Congress and Court, the president finds every impulse easily bent to his whims.
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Welch: Why is our foot on the gas when the wheel is broken?
State and local governments continue to raise taxes without delivering on promises. How do we fix this?
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Schrager: Can America afford to reopen the goverment?
A deal in Congress that restores health care subsidies would add $350 billion over a decade to the…
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French: Trump has dragged our discourse down to his level
We’re trapped in a dynamic that is tempting many millions of Americans to indulge their worst impulses.
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Schwab: 7 million American demonstrators can’t be wrong
Last Saturday wasn’t a ‘Hate America’ rally of Hamas supporters and criminals. Just concerned citizens.
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Douthat: Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ provides a text for the Trump era
Taylor hasn’t gone to the Trump side, but her embrace of marriage raises questions for a shifting culture.
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Burke: Pardon me? It’s an easy ask if you’re a Trump ‘rogue’
A pattern — and a revelation about crime — emerges as you scan Trump’s list of pardons and…
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Dowd: Hegseth unwittingly challenges journalists to do their jobs
The ‘War’ chief’s demands of reporters, rejected even by Fox News, will only increase scrutiny on him.