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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters The Paradox of Mitch McConnell's Repeal-Only Vote
The Senate majority leader is punishing and rewarding senators all at once—in ways that diminish everybody in his caucus other than himself.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Will Congress Hold Russia Accountable for the Behavior Trump Excuses?
With the president letting Putin off the hook for meddling in elections, it's up to the congressional GOP to defend the integrity of American democracy.
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Laszlo Balogh / Reuters The Falsehood at the Core of Trump's Warsaw Speech
The problem was not so much the speech as the speaker.
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Brian Synder / Reuters The Souring of American Exceptionalism
Commitment to liberalism once distinguished the United States—now, it’s the disdain of American elites for the troubles of their fellow citizens that sets the nation apart.
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Mike Blake / Reuters How Republicans Can Fix American Health Care
The bills before Congress get it wrong—what’s needed is incremental reform in a conservative direction.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters What Happens When a Presidency Loses Its Legitimacy?
Mounting evidence that Trump’s election was aided by Russian interference presents a challenge to the American system of government—with lasting consequences for democracy.
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Scott Morgan / Reuters The Lasting Damage of Trump's 'Tapes' Bluff
The president’s attempt to intimidate James Comey didn’t merely backfire—it may also embolden hostile regimes to conclude his other threats are equally empty.
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Bita Honarvar / Reuters It's Trump's Party Now
The Republican triumph in an affluent, educated Georgia congressional district showed GOP voters standing by their president.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Why Do Democracies Fail?
A new book points to the importance of strong conservative parties—and warns about the consequences when they fall short.
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Jonathan Drake / Reuters Trump Breaks a Promise to his Voters on Immigration
The administration’s decision not to reverse the DACA policy is an announcement that the president played his voters for fools.
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Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters Reinforcing the Boundaries of Political Decency
Assassins attempt veto by murder—making them the enemies of both those who share their politics and those who reject them.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters When Prayer Alone Does Not Suffice
Even as Americans keep the latest victims of a mass shooting in their thoughts, they have an obligation to figure out how to prevent any recurrence.
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Stefan Wermuth / Reuters The Punishment of Theresa May
British voters knocked over the trap the prime minister tried to set for them.
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Brendan Smialowski / Getty / Zak Bickel / ... The Five Lines of Defense Against Comey—and Why They Failed
Trump’s supporters attacked the former FBI director’s testimony, but didn’t manage to discredit it.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Scandal Is What's Already Known
There are many questions that James Comey may answer in his Senate testimony, but the broad outlines of Trump’s conduct are clear.
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Neil Hall / Reuters What Trump Doesn't Understand About Gun Control in Great Britain
British policies have proved remarkably effective—a fact that Saturday’s attack underscores, rather than undermines.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Death Knell for America's Global Leadership
In an op-ed, the Trump administration’s “adults in the room” envision America in the image of its leader: selfish, isolated, brutish, domineering, and driven by immediate appetites rather than ideals or even longer-term interests.
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BPA Agency via Reuters Trump's Trip Was a Catastrophe for U.S.-Europe Relations
Angela Merkel has served formal notice that she will lead the German wandering away from the American alliance.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump's Moral Holiday
The permissiveness of Republican leaders who acquiesce to violence, collusion, and corruption is encouraging more of the same.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters What Defenders of Trump's Right to Fire Comey Are Missing
The question isn’t whether a president can directly control the bureau—it’s whether other institutions, and the public, are going to let him get away with it.
