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Kamala Harris has met the moment

The votes haven’t been counted, but it’s not too soon to declare that Vice President Kamala Harris has come through the presidential campaign like...

01.11.2024 10

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Trump and Putin need each other

Be angry and disgusted by news reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military intelligence service has been pumping out deepfakes and...

26.10.2024 70

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Deceptive or delusional? Trump recalls ‘love and peace’ on Jan. 6.

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Youngkin dances to Trump’s deceitful tune

12.10.2024 100

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This election isn’t about changing minds

04.10.2024 6

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Why answer prayers with ridicule?

My previous column, “A vanishing hope for peace in the Holy Land,” drew comments from some who jeered and ridiculed the faith of people praying...

28.09.2024 20

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A vanishing hope for peace in the Holy Land

Events this week combined to underscore my length of days, the devastation in the Holy Land — and how the two are drawn together. On Tuesday, my...

21.09.2024 30

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Donald Trump through the looking glass

Asked about the Jan. 6 insurrection during Tuesday’s presidential debate, Republican nominee Donald Trump said, “I had nothing to do with that...

14.09.2024 30

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The sound of gunfire, endlessly repeating

It’s become a routine: Shots fired. Students and teachers take cover. Police arrive. Dazed students, hands raised, evacuate. Shooter neutralized....

07.09.2024 20

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Close encounters of the Trump-Harris kind

In last week’s CNN interview with Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Dana Bash asked Harris about Donald Trump: “I was a...

03.09.2024 50

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The question Trump should be asked every single day

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Trump’s shameful belittling of the U.S. military

Returning Trump to the White House would be a disservice not only to the armed services, but also to the nation. Republican presidential...

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Where are D.C.’s government watchdogs?

We know unscrupulous opportunists lurk. We need leaders committed to making sure they can’t defraud the public. D.C. Council member Trayon...

22.08.2024 20

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The U.S. attorney comes calling for Trayon White

20.08.2024 10

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My prayer for Donald Trump — and the rest of us

17.08.2024 100

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A rerun of Chicago ’68? Only if Harris lets it happen.

Democrats will hear echoes of their disastrous gathering more than a half-century ago, but they can’t let them determine the future. The...

15.08.2024 40

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The kind of chant only Donald Trump could love

Voters with shared values can’t let the perfect be enemy of the good. Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz arrive at...

10.08.2024 70

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The bumpy road from the D.C. Home Rule Act to Initiative 83

07.08.2024 20

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Trump is much worse than ‘weird’

His astonishing self-regard has been on full display of late. Donald Trump speaks at the Believers Summit in West Palm Beach, Fla., on July...

03.08.2024 100

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The NABJ wasn’t the audience Trump was aiming at

His ignorant, insulting comments were aimed at the MAGA crowds watching from afar. Former president Donald Trump speaks at the National...

01.08.2024 70

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We have seen the attacks on Harris before

Donald Trump and his supporters are using racism to paint the vice president as inferior. Vice President Harris speaks at the Eisenhower...

26.07.2024 4

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The dark clouds gathering for D.C. self-governance

If the GOP takes control of the White House and Congress, the city will find out who its friends really are. The Republican National...

19.07.2024 3

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My prayer for the protectors

What does it mean to be willing to block a would-be assassin’s bullet? Secret Service agents cover former president Donald Trump during a...

14.07.2024 40

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Biden can have his legacy and bequeath it, too

No Democrat wants the kind of convention they had in 1968 or 1980. President Biden at a news conference during NATO's 75th-anniversary summit...

13.07.2024 7

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The octogenarian club reconvenes

Own where you are, Mr. President. Live with it. President Biden in Harrisburg, Pa., on Sunday. (Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) ...

09.07.2024 60

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D.C.’s food aid system is a shame, and that’s not a snap judgment

The city is being fined $4.4 million for poor SNAP performance. Disgust is a reasonable reaction. Volunteers sort groceries delivered by St....

05.07.2024 10

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Let us declare independence from the monarchial presidency

Two centuries after defeating King George III, we must issue a new Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence is on display...

04.07.2024 100

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In praise of a vital American institution: The Black family reunion

We’ll have plenty to talk about this year. An 1865 Tennessee Newspaper ad. (National Museum of African American History and Culture) ...

28.06.2024 7

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Don’t forget the races that lead to the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue

Trump and Biden matter, but so does control of Congress A view of the U.S. Capitol dome in D.C. on March 21. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters) ...

21.06.2024 4

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What a good father does for a child

It was a different time, but I learned from the best. Participants in the Million Man March on Oct. 16, 1995. (Dudley M. Brooks/The Post) ...

14.06.2024 10

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Anatomy of a D.C. carjacking: Two paths cross and an innocent life is lost

Leslie Marie Gaines appears to be another innocent victim of the city’s drug trade. A carjacked vehicle collided into a concrete barrier...

08.06.2024 10

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The jurors just rendered a verdict on Bragg’s critics, too

It turns out the Manhattan district attorney knew what he was doing all along. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg at a news conference in...

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Vote like Jan. 6 could happen again — because it can

24.05.2024 20

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D.C. has a CFO for a reason. The council would be wise to remember it.

Since the days of the control board, the fiscal watchdog has helped keep city finances sound. D.C. Chief Financial Officer Glen Lee in April....

17.05.2024 20

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Thinking of not voting? It’s music to Trump’s ears.

Sometimes it’s the people who stay home in an election who matter the most. Protesters in Washington during President Biden’s State of the...

10.05.2024 50

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No one is going to save us and our children but us

Positive Black role models for youths are needed in schools, neighborhoods and, yes, jails. The D.C. Central Detention Facility. (Michael S....

03.05.2024 10

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As youth crime persists, one question looms large (continued)

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26.04.2024 10

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As youth crime persists, one question looms large

Police tape at the Shaw-Howard University Metro stop in D.C. (Astrid Riecken for The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Share ...

20.04.2024 20

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Many D.C. renters need help. But can the city just take their word for it?

D.C. Council member Robert C. White Jr. (D-At Large) speaks as Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) testifies outlining the mayor's fiscal 2025 budget proposal....

12.04.2024 20

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D.C. has a truancy problem. The solutions have to include the home.

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06.04.2024 10

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Holy Week’s promise: Hope for a world that sorely needs it

Members of the clergy pray during the Catholic Washing of the Feet ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on Thursday....

30.03.2024 50

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Rough budgetary waters lie ahead for D.C.

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and D.C. Chief Financial Officer Glen Lee. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post) Listen 4 min Share ...

23.03.2024 40

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U.S. religious freedom effort gets an unwelcome message in Saudi Arabia

Visitors view the 18th-century Diriyah palaces in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in March 2018. (Amr Nabil/AP) Listen 4 min Share ...

18.03.2024 7

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Has the U.S. learned how to help Haiti?

People line up to receive food at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday. (Odelyn Joseph/AP) ...

15.03.2024 10

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The United States cannot afford to be complicit in Gaza’s tragedy

Vice President Harris speaks at the 59th commemoration of the Bloody Sunday bridge crossing in Selma, Ala., on Sunday. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)...

09.03.2024 30

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The blank spaces in Relisha Rudd’s story are the most horrifying

Melissa Young holds flyers of her granddaughter Relisha Rudd, the 8-year-old who disappeared 10 years ago from the D.C. General homeless shelter....

05.03.2024 20

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Does D.C. want a Commanders homecoming?

RFK Stadium seen from the Kingman Park neighborhood in September. (Craig Hudson for The Washington Post) Listen 4 min Share...

02.03.2024 5

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Does the D.C. Council deserve the blame for crime?

D.C. Council member Charles Allen after moderating a panel discussion on youth carjackings in the District on Jan. 30. (Craig Hudson for The...

24.02.2024 10

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Bigtime sports has hardly been a sure bet for D.C.

Fans leave Capital One Arena after a Capitals game in Washington on Feb. 11. (Craig Hudson for The Washington Post) Listen 5 min ...

17.02.2024 6

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Does D.C. know what it’s getting for its anti-poverty millions?

The John Wilson city government building in D.C. (Eric Lee for The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Share Comment on...

10.02.2024 10

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