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Schwab: Trump lives the life of a flexible dog, because he can

With a pliant Congress and Court, the president finds every impulse easily bent to his whims.

 

Schrager: Can America afford to reopen the goverment?

A deal in Congress that restores health care subsidies would add $350 billion over a decade to the debt.

 

Welch: Why is our foot on the gas when the wheel is broken?

State and local governments continue to raise taxes without delivering on promises. How do we fix this?

 

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French: Trump has dragged our discourse down to his level

We’re trapped in a dynamic that is tempting many millions of Americans to indulge their worst impulses.

Douthat: Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ provides a text for the Trump era

Taylor hasn’t gone to the Trump side, but her embrace of marriage raises questions for a shifting culture.

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Schwab: 7 million American demonstrators can’t be wrong

Last Saturday wasn’t a ‘Hate America’ rally of Hamas supporters and criminals. Just concerned citizens.

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Burke: Pardon me? It’s an easy ask if you’re a Trump ‘rogue’

A pattern — and a revelation about crime — emerges as you scan Trump’s list of pardons and commutations.

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Dowd: Hegseth unwittingly challenges journalists to do their jobs

The ‘War’ chief’s demands of reporters, rejected even by Fox News, will only increase scrutiny on him.

Kristof: Stop seeing Israelis, Palestinians in good vs. evil terms

Both have the right to exist. Both are guilty of atrocities. Both must recognize the other’s humanity.

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Dowd: The gold that President Trump will never hold in his hands

The Nobel committee will note Trump’s work to end the war in Gaza, but also his brutality in his own nation.

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Kristof: Portland isn’t ‘burning’; Trump should leave it alone

It isn’t the ‘war-ravaged’ hellhole that Trump and Fox News claim. Does he want to incite violence?

Schwab: Peace in our time, but where can we get some of that?

If peace lasts in Mideast, give Trump his due. But where’s the goodwill for his fellow Americans?

Welch: Over-budget, delayed, Sound Transit needs major reforms

Its board should be elected directly to allow more accountability for costs and project timelines.

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Douthat: Why can’t Trump’s foreign policy inspire his domestic policy

The president should take a cue from his successes overseas. He can start by ignoring ideology.

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Schwab: Take the fork in the road or stick a fork in democracy

When troops kick down doors and zip-tie kids, when food aid is destroyed, there’s a choice to be made.

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Burke: The lie that shut down government could cost you more

J.D. Vance and others in the GOP lie about what Democrats seek in a budget deal. We’ve seen it before.

Kristof: Portland to meet Trump’s guard call-up with nude cyclists

A very Portland response may be the the best way to answer Trump’s version of a Praetorian Guard.

Dowd: The stuff that nightmares are made of; AI takes Hollywood

Actors and others are alarmed by the latest starlet: Tilly Norwood, an AI creation that doesn’t age.

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Schwab: After the last week, we could all use a Tylenol

Trump dispenses medical advice, obedient lawyers, travel advisories and calls up Gen. Mayhem.

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Dowd: If you’re not worried about AI, time to take another look

Elon Musk’s Grok is turning young men inward, while AI advances faster than we can grasp its power.