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There’s a way for Biden to talk about the economy. This isn’t it.

President Biden speaks during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 5. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) ...

11.09.2023 9

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Trump won’t profess loyalty to his party. Neither will most Americans.

Former president Donald Trump during a rally in Erie, Pa., on July 29. (Dustin Franz for The Washington Post) Listen 4 min ...

17.08.2023 4

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Gerald Ford has a lesson for Joe Biden. And it’s not about pardons.

Former president Gerald Ford, left, and former House speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (D-Mass.), right, with Rep. Silvio Conte (R-Mass.), in 1987....

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How No Labels is ruining the label of ‘independent’

Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), left, and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman (R) at the Common Sense Town Hall sponsored by the group No Labels, on...

20.07.2023 9

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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) ...

02.06.2023 5

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The quiet race to be the GOP’s biggest loser in 2024 begins

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (left) and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. (AP photos) (David Lane; Sue Ogrocki/The Union Leader/AP) ...

23.05.2023 60

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His name is Kennedy. His campaign is pure Trump.

Jean Tobin wears a hat reading "Make Vaccine Manufacturers Liable Again" before a speech by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announcing his candidacy for the...

15.05.2023 40

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How Joe Biden should solve the Kamala Harris Conundrum

Vice President Harris and President Biden attend an event in the White House Rose Garden on May 1. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) ...

08.05.2023 10

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Ron DeSantis needs to ask himself this question

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) speaks in National Harbor, Md., on Friday. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Comment...

27.04.2023 10

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My neighbor found Lincoln’s hair in his basement. I found a mystery.

In decades of covering campaigns, I’ve seen plenty of historical relics: collections of rare buttons and bumper stickers, boxes full of yellowing...

14.03.2023 30

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The Sierra Club doesn’t want to offend. It won’t persuade you, either.

The Sierra Club's "Equity Language Guide." (The Washington Post) Listen Comment on this story Comment Gift...

06.03.2023 7

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Don’t fret over antisemitism in schools. We have restorative circles.

Robert Dodd, right, principal at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, watches a student walkout on Dec. 22. (Robb Hill for The Washington Post) ...

17.02.2023 100

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I should care more about Hunter Biden. Here’s why I don’t.

President Biden holds his grandson Beau Biden while standing alongside his son Hunter Biden at the White House on July 4. (Demetrius Freeman/The...

10.02.2023 50

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Scott Rolen doesn’t seem like a Hall of Famer. Maybe that’s my fault.

Cincinnati Reds third baseman Scott Rolen fields a ground ball during a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sept. 14, 2010, in Cincinnati. (Al...

28.01.2023 10

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A not-too-deep look at Biden’s presidency so far

President Biden granted author Chris Whipple a single interview, by email. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) Listen Comment...

19.01.2023 10

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McCarthy is the last of three little pigs. He’d best start packing.

A decade ago, when John Boehner was speaker of the House, the knock on him among leading Republicans was that he didn’t know how to corral votes....

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The day the air hockey died

There were plenty of gifts in our house this Hanukkah and Christmas (our family does both), but the present I keep thinking about is the one we gave...

29.12.2022 10

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