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Biden embraced Trump’s tariffs. It might be his undoing.

Cranes remove containers from a Yang Ming cargo ship in Tacoma, Wash., in 2019. (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo) Listen 5 min Share...

12.04.2024 10

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How Trump fills a void in an increasingly secular America

A supporter prays during a rally featuring Donald Trump in Greensboro, N.C., on March 2. (Scott Muthersbaugh for The Washington Post) ...

05.04.2024 30

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Liberals must not use illiberal means to defeat Trumpism

Ronna McDaniel at a 2022 GOP event in D.C. (Alex Brandon/AP photo) Listen 5 min Share Comment on this story ...

29.03.2024 50

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How to beat the backlash that threatens the liberal revolution

Opinion How to beat the backlash that threatens the liberal revolution By Fareed Zakaria Columnist | Follow author Follow...

22.03.2024 100

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Putin is in it to win it in Ukraine. Are we?

Russian President Vladimir Putin during an interview in Moscow on Tuesday. (Gavriil Grigorov/AP) Listen 5 min Share ...

15.03.2024 10

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Amid the horror in Gaza, it’s easy to miss that the Middle East has changed

The flags of the United Arab Emirates and Israel are seen on a bridge in Netanya, Israel, in August 2020. (Ariel Schalit/AP) Listen 5...

08.03.2024 30

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On Gaza, Biden increasingly looks ineffective and weak

A Palestinian boy walks amidst the rubble at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday. (Ibraheem Abu...

01.03.2024 30

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Carlson, like the populist right, dislikes what makes America great

Tucker Carlson checks his notes before conducting an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow this month. (Gavriil...

16.02.2024 60

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In responding to Iran, the U.S. should take the Godfather’s advice

The guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) fires a Tomahawk land attack missile on April 14, 2018. (Kallysta Castillo/U.S. Navy via AP) ...

02.02.2024 50

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The U.S.-China relationship is back on track. Let’s hope it stays that way.

President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before meeting on Nov. 14, 2022, in Bali, Indonesia. (Alex Brandon/AP) ...

27.01.2024 10

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At Davos, all eyes are on America’s presidential election

Donald Trump at the White House on July 23, 2018. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Share Comment on...

19.01.2024 50

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Israel’s war in Gaza isn’t genocide, but is it proportionate?

Smoke from an Israeli strike rises above a neighborhood in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Dec. 20. (Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images) ...

12.01.2024 10

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Americans are far too pessimistic about the future

The White House on Dec. 1 in Washington. (Kent Nishimura for The Washington Post) Listen 4 min Share Comment on this...

05.01.2024 90

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The U.S. is its own worst enemy on foreign policy

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin share a toast during a reception in Moscow in March. (Pavel...

15.12.2023 70

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The Self-Doubting Superpower

Most Americans think their country is in decline. In 2018, when the Pew Research Center asked Americans how they felt their country would perform in...

12.12.2023 20

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Another casualty of war: Free speech on campus

Demonstrators at Harvard University show their support for Palestinians in Gaza during a rally in Cambridge, Mass., on Oct. 14. (Joseph...

10.11.2023 9

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Israeli leaders shouldn’t neglect the history of fights against terrorism

Israeli soldiers in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon on Nov. 1, amid increasing cross-border tensions between Hezbollah and Israel as...

03.11.2023 40

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The U.S. has forgotten the role it should be playing in the Middle East

President Biden pauses during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Oct. 18. (Miriam Alster/Pool Photo via AP) ...

20.10.2023 10

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The best response to Hamas would be to keep the Saudi deal alive

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid shakes hands with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates, during a...

13.10.2023 5

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To tame the deficit, America needs a national sales tax

A man shops in a grocery store in Monterey Park, Calif., on Jan. 24. (Philip Cheung for The Washington Post) Listen 5 min ...

06.10.2023 8

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A peace deal between the Saudis and Israelis could change everything

President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on...

29.09.2023 30

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Biden shouldn’t repeat the mistakes of industrial policies past

President Biden steps out of an electric Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck last year. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Listen 5 min ...

22.09.2023 8

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Democrats need to admit that they’re wrong on immigration

Members of the National Guard fortify a barrier to deter migrants along the bank of the Rio Grande on Wednesday. (Adrees Latif/Reuters) ...

15.09.2023 10

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Ukrainians are determined to persevere, but they worry that their allies aren’t

A funeral ceremony for rescuer Ruslan Koshovyi in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday. Koshovyi was killed by Russian troops in the city of Hostomel during the...

09.09.2023 40

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