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Opinion: Sending immigrants to Gitmo will be a fiasco for Trump and everyone else
Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, where the Trump…
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The Left's Goal of USAID Reform Finally Accomplished By...Trump?
Last week, with one fell stroke of his pen, President Donald Trump and government efficiency lead Elon Musk achieved something many on the…
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Congressman: Stop China's Exploitation Our Student Visa Program
Federal authorities recently charged five Chinese nationals who photographed U.S. troops conducting live-fire exercises with the Taiwanese…
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The Chaos in Washington Will Not Spare You
Independently of who you supported in the 2024 elections—or even if you voted at all—you may not be paying a lot of attention to what's…
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Opinion: Trump's Gaza plan echoes decades-old Israeli calls to expel Palestianians
On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes and crimes…
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Opinion: Trump wants to extend the 2017 tax cuts. Here's how that would affect regular Americans
The tax cuts enacted under the first Trump administration largely expire at the end of 2025. President Trump and his fellow Republicans…
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Democrats' Abortion Radicalism Continues To Alienate Americans
Abortion as an issue once cut through the Democratic and Republican Parties, with members from each championing protections for preborn…
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On Ukraine, You Don't Know the Real Donald Trump
President Donald Trump's recent apparent switch of positions regarding Russia and Ukraine is surprising many, but it shouldn't. We write…
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Opinion: A reminder — no one polices men's bodies the way we police women's bodies
While we’ve been distracted by wildfire tragedies, and the dizzying stream of Project 2025-inspired directives flowing from the Oval…
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Opinion: Trump's focus on retribution distracts from the nation's real domestic enemies
It is no secret why President Trump forced out FBI Director Christopher Wray, his first-term pick to be the nation’s chief law enforcement…
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80 Years Later, We Forget the Lessons of Auschwitz at Our Peril
By Greg Schneider and Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat Jan. 27 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, where…
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Opinion: Trump promised to end the Ukraine war, but neither side is ready
Earlier this month, a full moon blocked Mars from view. Historically, some have taken that as a sign for peace as Mars has been the…
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Opinion: It's now clear that America's death penalty is dying one generation at a time
The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The number of new…
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Speaking Without Fear in the Second Age of Trump
For many people, the dawn of the second Trump administration is a dark time. Democrats and Republicans are afraid that their civil rights…
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Opinion: President Trump's Jan. 6 pardons broke his promise to the nation
Promises made, promises kept, President Trump liked to crow during his first term, sometimes deservedly. He’s only days into his second…
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Opinion: It's time to relearn the lessons of Thomas Paine's 'Common Sense'
Jan. 20, 2025 3 AM PT The 2024 presidential election painted a dismal picture — a country split red and blue, a near-even divide,…
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A Call to Action on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Beyond
Every year around this time, I find myself reflecting on my father's dream for our country—a profound vision for justice, freedom, unity,…
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Opinion: If Martin Luther King Jr. were alive, how would he have approached the Trump era?
Unlike the many people who are upset that Donald Trump is being inaugurated on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I see it as a good thing.…
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Opinion: Experts once thought highly of Biden's presidency. Here's how his legacy is likely to change
Our survey of presidential experts a year ago drew attention for ranking Joe Biden 14th among the presidents, ahead of such consequential…
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Opinion: Biden delivered a new 'Roaring '20s.' Watch Trump try to take the credit.
Poor Donald Trump. Twice elected president only to have to clean up the economic messes left to him by Democrats. In 2016, he groused…
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Opinion: What a century-old disaster can teach fire-ravaged L.A. about recovery and rebuilding
A city devastated; neighbors coming to its aid; the hunt for a scapegoat: Though the Angelenos enduring wildfires today lead lives…
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'Making America Healthy Again' Must Start With Better Drug Policy
The Trump-Vance administration has the opportunity to take decisive action to curb the devastating effects of drug normalization and…
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Opinion: The case of the missing Hegseth investigation
For folks who have so harshly turned on the FBI for supposedly targeting Donald Trump over the years, Republicans sure are quick to turn…
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Don't Bother Going Vegan to Save the Planet. Do This Instead
How effective can one person's actions be in fighting climate change and keeping the environment healthy? As a researcher at the…