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A Cold War double feature, with echoes today
Plus: See ya, Tucker. Who can fix India's democracy? Many women can't afford to leave their abusers.
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Drew Goins
7 hours ago
Tucker Carlson, a terrible individual, leaves Fox News
By
Erik Wemple
7 hours ago
Tucker Carlson’s ouster is another sign that MAGA is shrinking
By
Greg Sargent
9 hours ago
We’re seeing the end of an era for loose-cannon hosts
By
Jim Geraghty
10 hours ago
McCarthy’s debt plan needs an endgame. Here’s what it could look like.
By
Henry Olsen
10 hours ago
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Gary Abernathy
Fear for our democracy runs both ways, but only half of that story gets told
April 18
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Danielle Allen
How big should the House be? Here’s what readers suggested.
March 30
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Karen Attiah
The LSU-Iowa backlash shows what Black female athletes are up against
April 5
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Rana Ayyub
Why India’s media are complicit in the Adani Group scandal
February 15
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Perry Bacon Jr.
Biden isn’t doing enough in the fight against Republican extremism
April 18
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Matt Bai
My neighbor found Lincoln’s hair in his basement. I found a mystery.
March 14
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Max Boot
Should South Korea go nuclear? That’s a decision for Seoul, not Washington.
April 24
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Brian Broome
The Bud Light controversy reminds us how toxic masculinity can be
April 20
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Paul Butler
I helped revise the D.C. criminal code. Biden and Bowser are wrong.
March 14
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David Byler
How megadonors circumvent laws to give huge checks to politicians
April 17
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Jonathan Capehart
Doug Emhoff is the antidote to toxic masculinity
March 4
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Kate Cohen
It’s time to cancel diet culture — if not for ourselves, for our kids
April 17
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Rokhaya Diallo
This Ramadan showed how France isn’t comfortable with Muslim athletes
April 22
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E.J. Dionne Jr.
McCarthy’s debt ceiling plan is theater unworthy of a high school gym
April 23
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Christine Emba
How alarming are Florida’s higher-ed reforms? Students weigh in.
April 19
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Abraham Jiménez Enoa
Cuba tried to save its baseball team. Its efforts had unintended consequences.
March 28
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Jim Geraghty
We’re seeing the end of an era for loose-cannon hosts
April 24
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Hugh Hewitt
Dan Crenshaw howls into the TikTok hurricane
April 4
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James Hohmann
Marco Rubio’s plan to wean America off its China addiction
March 9
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David Ignatius
Russia hasn’t stopped maneuvering for greater control of the web
April 20
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Theordore R. Johnson
Tim Scott 2024 is all about Eagle Scout Trumpism
April 19
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Robert Kagan
The America trap: Why our enemies often underestimate us
January 19
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Vladimir Kara-Murza
Vladimir Kara-Murza’s last statement to Russian court: A reckoning will come
April 10
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Colbert I. King
3 ways to honor D.C. autonomy and relieve the federal treasury
April 21
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León Krauze
The tragedy in Juárez is what a migration deterrence policy looks like
March 30
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Charles Lane
Nicaragua’s political future emerges from Ortega’s political prison
April 5
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Adam Lashinsky
Silicon Valley faces another make-or-break moment
March 20
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Heather Long
The powerful lesson from 18 million workers getting a pay raise over $15
March 26
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Christy E. Lopez
Cities should get rid of their toxic crime-suppression units
January 31
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Sebastian Mallaby
From bank runs to a credit crunch, the financial future looks bleak
March 17
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Ruth Marcus
The justices’ abortion pill ruling is as good as it gets for this court
April 21
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Micheline Maynard
Why the senseless Michigan State shooting could spark real change
February 14
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Megan McArdle
For conservatives, Dylan Mulvaney should be a role model
April 21
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James McAuley
Macron remade French politics. Now he’s paying the price.
June 20
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Dana Milbank
Republicans follow their new leader, Marjorie Taylor Greene
April 21
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Michele L. Norris
A different kind of inauguration in Annapolis
January 21
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Helaine Olen
Companies hate remote work — till it’s time to fire you
April 12
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Henry Olsen
McCarthy’s debt plan needs an endgame. Here’s what it could look like.
April 24
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Kathleen Parker
To protect wildlife, Delia Owens has been willing to make enemies
April 21
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Sergio Peçanha
Hug an election denier
January 18
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Alexandra Petri
We will hold the country hostage until our demands are met — once we know them
April 21
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Ramesh Ponnuru
Why gun control advocates keep failing
April 22
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Catherine Rampell
The GOP takes another misguided stab at defunding the tax police
April 20
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Rick Reilly
Meet the Queen Kong of Hoops, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark
March 29
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Jason Rezaian
With a heavy weight on his shoulders, Evan Gershkovich is standing tall
April 19
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Keith B. Richburg
In Hong Kong, face masks are finally optional — but distrust remains
March 19
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Amanda Ripley
This element is critical to human flourishing — yet missing from the news
March 30
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Molly Roberts
We’ve seen the Discord leaker’s story before
April 17
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Eugene Robinson
DeSantis’s political war on Disney makes Trump look reasonable
April 20
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Josh Rogin
Chinese police stations in NYC are part of a vast influence operation
April 19
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Alyssa Rosenberg
The parents’ rights movement keeps ducking parental responsibilities
April 10
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Jennifer Rubin
Republicans’ ‘best’ issue on the debt is still horrible
April 24
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Greg Sargent
Tucker Carlson’s ouster is another sign that MAGA is shrinking
April 24
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Natasha Sarin
Regulators missed Silicon Valley Bank’s problems for months. Here’s why.
April 3
Lawrence H. Summers
The moral and legal case for sending Russia’s frozen $300 billion to Ukraine
March 20
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Ruy Teixeira
How DeSantis could beat Biden
April 18
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Marc A. Thiessen
Downloading TikTok is like downloading a Chinese spy onto your phone
April 20
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Karen Tumulty
How state legislatures went off the rails
April 24
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Bina Venkataraman
What a tiger at the National Zoo can tell us about the future of wild sex
April 12
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David Von Drehle
Matthew Kacsmaryk calls the right-leaning judicial branch’s bluff
April 12
Paul Waldman
Enraged by GOP debt limit extortion? Blame MAGA’s moderate enablers.
April 21
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Leana S. Wen
The Checkup With Dr. Wen: Who should get a second bivalent booster?
April 20
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Erik Wemple
Tucker Carlson, a terrible individual, leaves Fox News
April 24
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George F. Will
The county seized her condo, sold it and kept all the money. Not nice.
April 24
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Jason Willick
Why DeSantis and Trump are hyping the death penalty
April 22
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Fareed Zakaria
Biden’s course correction on China is smart and important
April 21