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Biden’s confrontation with Netanyahu was unavoidable

12.05.2024 60

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E.j. Dionne Jr

The Supreme Court’s Republican bias hangs over the Trump immunity case

The conservative justices must navigate a crisis moment of their own making. The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 1. (Kent Nishimura for The...

05.05.2024 20

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A Republican and a Democrat confront our era of bad vibes

A participant reaches for a luminary bag during the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Overnight Walk near the Lincoln Memorial on June 3....

28.04.2024 20

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Do Republicans really care about democracy as much as Democrats? No.

Stickers are displayed as the Wayne County Board of Elections prepares absentee ballots in Goldsboro, N.C., on Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Hannah...

21.04.2024 90

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Trump’s immunity claims tell voters all they need to know about him

Former president Donald Trump in Atlanta on April 10. (Jason Allen/AP) Listen 5 min Share Comment on this story ...

14.04.2024 20

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Joe Biden must go left and right at the same time

President Biden on Wednesday. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Listen 5 min Share Comment on this story Comment ...

07.04.2024 10

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The common lesson from the MSNBC uproar and Trump’s Bible business

President Trump holds a Bible outside St. John's Church across Lafayette Square from the White House on June 1, 2020. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo) ...

31.03.2024 100

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Democrats meddling in GOP primaries isn’t hypocritical. It’s necessary.

Bernie Moreno, the Republican nominee for Ohio's Senate seat, speaks to supporters in Westlake, Ohio, on March 19. (AP Photo/David Dermer) ...

24.03.2024 40

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Schumer said out loud what many of Israel’s friends are thinking

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) leaves the Senate chamber on March 14. (Michael Reynolds/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Listen...

16.03.2024 60

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Biden hoped to be a peacemaker. Now, he knows he must be a warrior.

President Biden delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill on Thursday/ (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) Listen 5 min ...

10.03.2024 40

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How paradoxes of class will shape the 2024 election

President Biden meets with autoworkers on Feb. 1 in Warren, Mich., after the United Auto Workers union endorsed his reelection bid. (Kevin...

03.03.2024 40

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Mike Johnson reveres the Bible. Rosa DeLauro wants him to read it carefully.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on May 17, 2022. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Washington Post) ...

25.02.2024 100

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Senate, accept it: The House got the child tax credit right

Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) at a Senate hearing on Oct. 12, 2020. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Share ...

18.02.2024 30

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Let’s just say it: The Republican problem is metastasizing

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Listen 5 min Share ...

11.02.2024 80

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Why I changed my mind and think Trump should be thrown off the ballot

A supporter of former president Donald Trump at the South Carolina State House in Columbia on Thursday. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images) ...

04.02.2024 300

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Sure, Trump and Biden are old. The similarities end there.

Former president Donald Trump talks to reporters in Londonderry, N.H., on Jan. 23. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Listen 5 min ...

28.01.2024 100

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Trump is not a colossus. And his party is a mess.

Former president Donald Trump arrives for his caucus night watch party in Des Moines on Jan. 15. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) ...

21.01.2024 100

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Might a silent majority be ready to move beyond Trump?

Former president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Newton, Iowa, on Jan. 6. (Jordan Gale for The Washington Post) Listen 5 min...

14.01.2024 30

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Biden wants to be democracy’s candidate. Trump makes that easy.

President Biden delivers remarks at a campaign event near Valley Forge, Pa., on Friday. (Shawn Thew/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Listen 4 min ...

08.01.2024 100

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Why 2024’s vibes are so perplexing: ‘Everybody thinks they’re losing’

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on the last day of trading for the year on Dec. 29. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ...

31.12.2023 10

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You don’t have to be a believer to celebrate the Christmas revolution

The Capitol Christmas Tree is seen on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 2. (Mandel Ngan/AFP, Getty Images) Listen 5 min ...

24.12.2023 10

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With DeSantis struggling, Trump might be in for a Haley surprise

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks in Bettendorf, Iowa, on Monday. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Listen 5 min Share ...

22.12.2023 30

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Ukraine shouldn’t have to pay the price of the GOP’s wedge politics

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) at a news conference on Capitol Hill on Nov. 29. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min ...

17.12.2023 40

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Troubling poll numbers? Biden has a plan for that.

President Biden delivers remarks at the Carpenters International Training Center in Las Vegas on Friday. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images) ...

10.12.2023 10

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How two gun-friendly senators are turning the tide on gun safety

Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) at a Senate hearing on Aug. 3, 2022. (Mariam Zuhaib/AP) Listen 5 min Share Comment on this...

03.12.2023 10

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Democracy faces two threats. Trump is only one of them.

Voters stand in line outside a polling station in Mesa, Ariz., on Sept. 8, 2021. (Matt York/AP) Listen 5 min Share ...

26.11.2023 10

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The GOP’s hollow presidential field is allergic to ideas

Republican presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis stand during a break at the Republican presidential primary debate in Miami on Nov. 8....

19.11.2023 9

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Hey, Joe Manchin! There’s no ‘middle’ in a right-wing GOP.

Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) on Capitol Hill on March 7. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Share ...

12.11.2023 40

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A Democratic blowout gives Biden a chance to regroup and crow a little

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) speaks during an election night rally on Tuesday in Louisville after he was elected to a second term. At right is his...

08.11.2023 2

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Will Kentucky’s Andy Beshear show Democrats how to win Trump Country?

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) at the dedication of a new home in Whitesburg, Ky., in March for a family affected by flooding last year. (Demetrius...

05.11.2023 8

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Virginia’s political lab is testing the mood on abortion, crime and MAGA

A polling station volunteer cleans a voting booth at a polling station in Arlington, Va., on June 20. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Listen...

29.10.2023 40

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The GOP’s speaker chaos is a blessing in disguise

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) after failing to be elected speaker on the third vote on Capitol Hill on Friday. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) ...

22.10.2023 30

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Empathy for Palestinians cannot mean sympathy for Hamas

A woman holds an Israeli flag during a prayer for peace in Warsaw on Friday. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters) Listen 4 min Share ...

15.10.2023 9

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Pope Francis’s synod is radical – but not in the way his critics think

Pope Francis speaks during the first general congregation of the Synod on Synodality at the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on Wednesday. (Vatican Media...

08.10.2023 10

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The GOP’s arsonists lost on the shutdown, but they’re not going away

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill last week. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post) Listen 5...

01.10.2023 30

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Trump isn’t as strong as he looks — his GOP rivals are letting him win

Former president Donald Trump speaks in the District on Sept 15. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Share ...

24.09.2023 10

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It’s not fair, but Kevin McCarthy’s chaos will haunt Biden

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announces a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden on Tuesday. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) ...

17.09.2023 7

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We need a truce in our wars over religion. Here’s a glimmer of hope.

A man holds a cross outside the Supreme Court on May 5, 2022. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Share ...

10.09.2023 8

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