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Donald Trump

Opinion

Tariffs Offer Latest Example of Trump Remaking the Republican Party | Opinion

The current debates over tariffs are the latest example of the Trump era sending conservatives back to the drawing board.

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Former president Donald Trump

Opinion

The Trump Shooting Sends the Nation Into Uncharted Territory | Opinion

There is a proper focus on the rank recklessness of rhetoric that has exploded political opposition into vicious personal attacks.

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Joe Biden

Opinion

Biden’s Immigration Ping-Pong Will Fail | Opinion

On immigration as well as others not going his way, Biden has no basis for arguing that the facts are on his side.

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Donald Trump appears outside a courthouse

Opinion

Trump Never Stood a Chance Against His Political Enemies and Their Courts | Opinion

It was not a glib take to say he could not get a fair trial on the island of Manhattan. Every dark suspicion held by skeptics has been confirmed. The fix was in.

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Donald Trump and Joe Biden

Opinion

Biden Launches a Hail Mary | Opinion

Biden needs some way to insulate himself from the possibility of being replaced as the nominee. Risky though it may be, debating Trump may provide such protection.

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Kristi Noem

Opinion

Kristi Noem’s Political Career Just Took a Big Hit | Opinion

America isn’t buying South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem’s testimony on the gravity of Cricket’s sins.

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Nikki Haley

Opinion

When Haley Inevitably Exits, What Comes Next? | Opinion

How many primary defeats does it take for Nikki Haley to get the message that she will not be the 2024 Republican nominee?

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Trump signs at New Hampshire polling site

Opinion

The GOP Primary Was Short, but Worth the Hype | Opinion

What are the lessons of this hiccup of a primary season? As state after state delivers delegates to Trump, what will history record?

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Ron DeSantis

Opinion

DeSantis Should Have No Regrets. No One Could Beat Trump and His Indictments | Opinion

DeSanti’s problem was not a campaign badly run, but a campaign unfortunately timed at a moment when Trump-loving GOP voters couldn’t quit him.

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Joe Biden

Opinion

Biden Is a One-Term President | Opinion

Democrats are in a singularly unenviable position, eyeing a troubled nation led by a president in obvious decline, with no alternative nominee in sight.

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Republican debate

Opinion

In the Second GOP Debate, It’s a Race for Second Place | Opinion

No one on the Wednesday night stage will inch toward Trump or dispatch any competitor with some obviously pre-planned zinger.

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Trump supporters outside GOP debate

Opinion

Ukraine Standoff Will Grow as a 2024 Campaign Issue | Opinion

As Republicans and Democrats file into polling places, we will still be hearing hawkish politicians tell us Ukraine is a “vital” national interest.

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Joe Biden speech

Opinion

Like It or Not, Dems Are Stuck With Biden | Opinion

Mounting an intra-party challenge to an incumbent president burns bridges with elected officials and donors.

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Coast guard searches for Titan sub

Opinion

What Made the Titan Submersible Tragedy a National Obsession? | Opinion

After the implosion of the Titan submersible at the location of the Titanic wreckage in the North Atlantic, we have an opportunity to reflect.

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Uvalde

Opinion

Gun Control Will Not Save Our Children. We Honor the Victims of Uvalde With Real Solutions | Opinion

Our best remembrance of victims is tied directly to a commitment to improve the moral fabric of the country our current kids are growing up in.

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Allen TX shooting memorial

Opinion

Allen Massacre Tests Texas Values | Opinion

No legislative or societal shift can undo the evil that has been done. All we can do is absorb the shock and try to figure out how to reduce future horrors.

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Ukrainian flag

Opinion

Ukraine Policy Battles Do Not Make the Leaker a Hero | Opinion

We did not need a leak to make clear the slim chances of success in Ukraine, and when leaks occur, we do not need to react with delight if the result is a fleeting political win.

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Questions Abound

Opinion

Justices Are Allowed to Have Friends | Opinion

I don’t pretend that they are ruling because of what their rich friends believe.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to Iowa

Opinion

Trump Team’s DeSantis Obsession Is Telling | Opinion

The hyperventilations are particularly odd when a sensible strategy exists for Trump’s team.

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Deborah Appleman Says Cancel Culture Affects Teaching

Opinion

Deplatforming Free Speech is Dangerous | Opinion

When people say, “because I disagree with what you said, you should lose your platform for saying it”, that’s a dangerous road.

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Opinion

Ukraine Fatigue Builds on the Horizon | Opinion

Mitch McConnell and other Republicans still selling America as the first responder to a variety of global hot spots may soon be greeted with louder pushback.

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