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Trump’s reckoning begins

The New York courtroom where former president Donald Trump’s hush money trial, which began Monday, is being held. (Seth Wenig/AP) ...

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The worst mainstream media habit: Distorting polls for clicks

A voter prepares to leave a voting booth as they take part in the New Hampshire primary at Sanbornton Old Town Hall on Jan. 23 in Sanbornton, N.H....

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The N.Y. case concerns Trump’s only successful voter deception scheme

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Abortion bans can doom autocrats. Look at Poland.

Abortion rights activists in the gallery react during a debate in the Polish legislature in Warsaw on Thursday. (Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo) ...

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Republican denial: They think tyrants won’t come after them

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A new tech privacy bill is a good start, though hardly sufficient

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other social media representatives at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in January. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post)...

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Could the Comstock Act return? I’m answering your questions.

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Don’t overlook these five aspects of Trump’s N.Y. trial

Former president Donald Trump sits with his lawyer Susan Necheles during a hearing in his criminal case on charges stemming from hush money paid to a...

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Jan. 6 convicts aren’t ‘hostages’: Judge decries gaslighting

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How No Labels was thwarted — and a disaster for democracy was avoided

No Labels leadership and guests at National Press Club in D.C. on Jan. 18. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo) Listen 6 min Share ...

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Not all Trump’s transgressions are criminal

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Israel is at a crisis point: The world has had enough

Palestinians inspect a World Central Kitchen vehicle wrecked by an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. (Ismael Abu Dayyah/AP) ...

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Trump’s threats to the rule of law continue

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 25: Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a pre-trial hearing in a hush money case in criminal court on March 25,...

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Republicans’ abortion woes worsen

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What we have learned about the Supreme Court’s right-wingers

A protester holds a sign criticizing Justice Clarence Thomas at a rally outside the Supreme Court on March 26. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/AP) ...

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The recommendation of Eastman’s disbarment is a big deal — for Trump

John Eastman, a former lawyer for Donald Trump, speaks in a video during a June 21, 2022, hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan....

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Will the media learn the right lesson from the Ronna McDaniel debacle?

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Trump benefits from an unequal system. Still, he can’t outrun justice.

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How bad can Judge Aileen Cannon get? I’m answering your questions.

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The GOP shouldn’t count on retaking the Senate. Remember 2010 and 2022?

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is questioned by journalists on Capitol Hill on Feb. 6. (Kent Nishimura for The Washington Post) ...

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The frustrating Israel-Gaza War: Don’t expect Biden to solve the insoluble

Palestinian boys walk amid the rubble of a house destroyed by an Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday. (Said...

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Other than Trump, virtually no one was doing better four years ago

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Trump’s worst enemy is still Trump

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New York judge’s ruling on evidence couldn’t have gone worse for Trump

A view of Judge Juan M. Merchan's seat in the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse in New York on March 12. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Listen 5...

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We ignore Trump’s defects at our peril

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‘Duty to warn’: Ex-Trump advisers can alert voters to his unfitness

Attorney General William P. Barr listens as President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office on Nov. 26, 2019. (Jabin Botsford/The...

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Despite McAfee’s jabs, Willis stays on Trump’s case. For now.

Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee presides in court in Atlanta on March 1. (Alex Slitz/AP) Listen 5 min Share ...

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The House’s move against TikTok goes too far — and not far enough

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Democrats should recognize their very real advantages

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Biden’s budget calls the bluff of supposed GOP budget hawks

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Should Biden debate Trump? I answered your questions.

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‘Trickle-down economics’ is a scam that ignores decades of evidence

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What happened to Katie Porter? A lesson for Democrats.

Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) reads a book in the House Chamber during the fourth day of elections for House speaker on Jan. 6, 2023, at the U.S....

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Forget ‘polarization.’ It’s the GOP’s radicalization.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) with Lara and Eric Trump on Feb. 24 in Columbia, S.C. (Mike Stewart/AP) Listen 6 min ...

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Biden, Republicans and media face critical general election choices

President Biden gives a campaign speech Jan. 5 at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pa. (Caroline Gutman for The Washington Post) ...

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Biden’s State of the Union challenge

President Biden laughs with lawmakers after his Feb. 7, 2023, State of the Union address on Capitol Hill. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) ...

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Justice delayed is justice denied

Demonstrators for and against Donald Trump protest Feb. 8 outside the Supreme Court. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) Share ...

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The Supreme Court did Trump no favors. He’ll be facing a fall trial.

Special counsel Jack Smith makes a statement on June 9, 2023, in D.C (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post) Listen 5 min ...

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Democracy is imperiled globally. Republicans are on the wrong side.

Demonstrators gather Feb. 24 at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to show solidarity with Ukraine on the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of...

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Four ways Biden can make inroads with anti-Trump Republicans

Protesters rally at the Ohio Statehouse in support of abortion rights on June 24, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. (Barbara J. Perenic/The Columbus...

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Voters cannot ignore Trump’s racism

Former president Donald Trump at the Black Conservative Federation gala dinner in Columbia, S.C., on Feb. 23. (Alyssa Pointer/Reuters) ...

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What the Supreme Court told us

Demonstrators for and against former president Donald Trump protest outside the Supreme Court on Feb. 8. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) ...

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Why is George W. Bush silent? Jennifer Rubin answered your questions.

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NRA vanquished: Tish James triumphs again over right-wing hucksters

New York Attorney General Letitia James arrives to hear former president Donald Trump testify in his civil fraud case on Nov. 6 at the state Supreme...

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Imagine if Nikki Haley had started out this way

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley at a campaign stop in Mount Pleasant, S.C., on Friday. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Listen 5 min...

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Dim or disloyal? Republicans again ensnared in possible Russian plot.

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) in D.C. on Dec. 13. (Craig Hudson for The...

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Midterm voters rejected MAGA chaos. So the GOP doubled down on crazy.

Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump storm the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (John Minchillo/AP) Share Comment on this...

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Kamala Harris is an underrated asset

Vice President Harris at a Feb. 6 event in honor of Black History Month at the White House. (Haiyun Jiang for The Washington Post) ...

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Trump idolizes Putin, the man who killed Navalny and invaded Ukraine

Protesters at an anti-Trump rally in D.C. on July 30, 2018. (Michael S. WIlliamson/The Washington Post) Share Add to your...

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Fani Willis turns the tables on her attackers

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testifies Thursday at a hearing in Atlanta. At right is Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee....

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