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Burke: ‘Big One’ will hit one day; today’s the day to prepare

Could be weeks. Could be years. But a massive quake will hit the Northwest. Plan and prepare now.

 

French: From Day 1, impunity for friends, fear for critics

Trump telegraphed his intent by pardoning the Jan. 6 rioters and yanking security from a former ally.

 

Dowd: The day that Trump’s world collided with reality

Not that he’d say so, but Trump blinked when the markets reacted poorly to his tariff plan.

 

Stephens: Oval Office debacle not what Ukraine nor U.S. needed

A dressing-down of Ukraine’s president by Trump and Vance put a peace deal further out of reach.

Brroks: Signalgate explains a lot about why it’s come to this

The carelessness that added a journalist to a sensitive group chat is shared throughout the White House.

Harrop: Democrats should heed Canada’s win against Trump

The Liberal Party and its leader, Mark Carney, played to identity politics: Canadian identity.

Schwab: Pronatalism and the birth of a nationalism

The Trumpian push for more births seems contradictory to its lack of concern for women and children.

Kristof: What a nation loses when anyone is ‘disappeared’

Members of my family disappeared in Nazi and Soviet control. A survivor, my father found himself in the U.S.

Comment: Trump faithful need to take a chill pill

The president is struggling because his most ardent supporters have overestimated threats to the U.S.

Welch: State’s gun permit law harms rights, public safety

Making it more difficult for those following the law to obtain a firearm won’t solve our crime problem.

Comment: War on ‘woke’ could end up killing U.S. innovation

‘Elite’ universities aren’t without fault, but starving research is eroding American competitiveness.

Dowd: Instead of leaders we get Trump’s vicious sewing circle

Women were once deemed unfit for office as too emotional. Trump’s Cabinet is stocked with Real Housewives.

Saunders: Even supporters nervous about Trump’s tariff gambit

Trump’s tough talk worked with NATO, but so far he has little to show from tariff’s economic havoc.

Brooks: Trump’s greatest strength can also be his downfall

Trump has succeeded in his first 100 days by moving fast and breaking things. That serves his opposition.

Harrop: How can Elon Musk be a genius yet so clueless?

Now that President Trump has what he needs from him, Musk is being discarded, and poorer for it.

Schwab: Who saw this coming? said no one but Senate Republicans

Take your pick of agency heads; for those who advise and consent, there was no sign of trouble ahead.

Stephens: The daily unraveling of President Face-Plant

Recent events show the stark absence of the adults in the room who saved Trump in his first term.

Burke: A distressing accounting of what Trump has wrought

Not even 100 days into his second term, the president is implementing the worst of Project 2025.

Brooks: How did we get here? By not bothering to read.

Trading literacy for screen time has cost us — kids and adults — our ability to reason and conclude.

Stephens: Solving ‘Iran problem’ is about more than the bomb

To eliminate the threat, an agreement must seek an exchange of ‘normal for normal.’ That won’t be easy.