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We didn’t default. The Republicans are still a huge problem.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Biden in the Oval Office on May 22. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) Listen 4 min...

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Perry Bacon Jr

Believe it or not, the government just made a decent debt ceiling deal

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Amanda Katz

To fix his court’s ethical woes, Roberts needs to be more like LBJ

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. at an American Law Institute event in Washington on May 23. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post) Listen 6 min...

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Ruth Marcus

Readers respond: Texas, guns, good neighbors and faith

A man wearing a patriotic-themed cowboy hat is seen at a gun-rights rally at the Texas Capitol in Austin in April 2018. (Eric Gay/AP) Listen 7 min...

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Karen Attiah

Child offenders pose a challenge for D.C.: Who’s responsible?

Police crime tape was visible at a day care near the scene where a 17-year-old Roosevelt High School student was fatally shot in Northwest D.C. on...

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Colbert I. King

Two-thirds of new cars will be EVs in nine years? That will not happen.

President Biden drives an all-electric Cadillac Lyriq through the showroom during a tour at the Detroit Auto Show on Sept. 14. (Evan Vucci/AP...

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George F. Will

One reason for the surprise jobs boom? Immigrants are back.

A "now hiring" sign is displayed outside a resale clothing shop in Los Angeles on Friday. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Listen 4 min Comment on this...

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Catherine Rampell

Republicans find an antidote to the madness. Will they take it?

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on May 31 in Washington. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Listen 11 min Comment on this story Comment...

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Dana Milbank

Chris Christie is not in it to win it. His task is more important.

Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie (R) on Sept. 18, 2015. (Chris Keane/Reuters) Listen 5 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article...

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Jennifer Rubin

Biden is delivering on his most far-fetched pledge: Compromise

President Biden acknowledges reporters outside the White House on May 28. (Michael A. McCoy for The Washington Post) Listen 4 min Comment on this...

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David Ignatius

Biden won on the debt ceiling. Why doesn’t he want it to look that way?

President Biden speaks during the commencement ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs on Thursday. (Andrew Harnik/AP) Listen 4...

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Matt Bai

Government incompetence is knocking eligible Americans off Medicaid

The Intensive Care unit at St. Vincent Medical Center building in Los Angeles in 2020. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Listen 4 min Comment on this...

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Catherine Rampell

In a deep red Florida county, a student-teacher revolt shames the right

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. (Nicole Neri for The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Share By now, it’s...

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Greg Sargent

Keith Ellison reflects on the third anniversary of George Floyd’s murder

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Jonathan Capehart

Target stands with the [redacted] community!

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Drew Goins

At least one German politician is serious about arming Ukraine

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius talks to mountain fighters in Hammelburg on May 16. (Daniel Loeb/AP) Listen 5 min Comment on this story...

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Lee Hockstader

The GOP has a field! Are 8 right-leaning columnists happy with it?

I confess I didn’t invite George F. Will, because I figured he writes exclusively in taut 750-word increments. But I gathered the rest of the...

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Chris Suellentrop

DeSantis is sitting on the Ukraine fence. Here are 10 reasons to hop off.

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Drew Goins

This corporation is definitely not a fair-weather ally who just wants your money!

Opinion This corporation is definitely not a fair-weather ally who just wants your money! By Alexandra Petri Columnist | Add Follow May 31, 2023 at...

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Alexandra Petri

As MAGA faces a big defeat, some Democrats worry it will be fleeting

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Greg Sargent

DeSantis’s Ukraine dodge is the opposite of leadership

Campaign buttons for Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis are seen at an event for the Florida governor in Clive, Iowa, on Tuesday....

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Josh Rogin

Race once governed U.S. voting patterns. That’s quickly changing.

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Henry Olsen

Self-driving cars will make roads safer — but not until humans bow out

A camera sensor on a Waymo LLC Chrysler Pacifica autonomous vehicle. (Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg) Listen 4 min Comment on this story Comment Gift...

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Megan Mcardle

The Supreme Court votes for clarity from Congress. How refreshing.

Signage for the Environmental Protection Agency at an event with administrator Michael Regan in College Park, Md., on May 11. (Nathan Howard/AP)...

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George F. Will

How to fix the global audit industry? Get rid of it altogether.

The logo of accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) Listen 4 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Share The big...

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Duncan Mavin

The real manhood crisis is conservatives whining about manhood

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is seen on the screen during a House Jan. 6 committee hearing on July 21, 2022. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Listen...

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Paul Waldman

Biden’s underrated deal-making prowess strikes again

President Biden in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 25. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Comment on this story Comment...

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Jennifer Rubin

This is the ‘America First’ case for supporting Ukraine

As Ukraine begins its spring counteroffensive, a 60 percent majority of Republicans say we should stand with Ukraine until Russia is defeated,...

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Marc A. Thiessen

3 reasons we’re stuck with Trump and Biden

Composite of President Donald Trump and Joe Biden debating in November 2020 in Nashville. (Jabin Botsford for The Washington Post) Listen 5 min...

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Megan Mcardle

Our politics aren’t as bitter as they appear. Even on abortion.

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Gary Abernathy

Why fear of change will drive the GOP presidential primary

A student holds a sign during a rally in support of inclusive Family Life Education outside of Luther Jackson Middle School in Falls Church, Va.,...

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Paul Waldman

Move over, evangelicals. Non-churchgoers now rule the GOP.

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David Byler

An anvil will not crush the economy. At least not today.

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30.05.2023 7

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Drew Goins

Kari Lake’s apparent VP ambitions should make the GOP nervous

Kari Lake speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md., on March 4. (Alex Brandon/AP) Listen 4 min Comment on this...

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Henry Olsen

As Elizabeth Holmes heads to prison, has Silicon Valley learned anything?

Theranos founder and former chief executive Elizabeth Holmes leaves the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on Dec. 17, 2021, in San Jose. (Justin...

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Adam Lashinsky

How the debt ceiling negotiations left an ominous indicator for Biden in 2024

President Joe Biden speaks with reporters after making a deal with Republican Kevin McCarthy. (Michael A. McCoy for The Washington Post) Listen 4...

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Jim Geraghty

The dangerous, idiotic debt ceiling ritual lurches toward conclusion

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Biden in the Oval Office at the White House on May 22. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington...

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Eugene Robinson

‘Succession’ dulled Americans to the poison seeping into their lives

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Michele L. Norris

Erdogan won Turkey’s election. But this is not the end of the story.

Supporters of the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrate in Istanbul on Sunday. (Emrah Gurel/AP) Listen 3 min Comment on this story Comment Gift...

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