The struggle over Obamacare might be ending. Obamacare won.
In 2024, both parties have backed away from extreme ideas to upend the health-care system.
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Donald Trump should be protected as if he were a sitting president
Political violence is contagious. Those protecting the former president need to be extra vigilant.
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Trump’s latest tax pandering reveals a dismal debate on the debt
Neither Trump nor Harris seem willing to take on the deficit challenge — though their relative levels of irresponsibility are very different.
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Sports betting is bad for America’s financial health. New data shows it.
States with legal sports gambling have lower credit scores, more bankruptcies and delinquent loans.
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'Never again’ is not enough to stop the genocide of Myanmar’s Rohingya
Seven years after a genocide against Myanmar’s Rohingya, a new campaign of ethnic cleansing is underway.
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How Harris could answer the ‘are you better off’ question
New Census data show household incomes just recovered from the pandemic. There’s still reason to be optimistic.
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Not even winning Pennsylvania can justify this bad move on U.S. Steel
Blocking Nippon Steel’s bid might help Democrats win Pennsylvania. But it will come at a high cost.
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In the shadow of Trump, a Harris candidacy takes shape
The vice president won Tuesday’s presidential debate on both tone and substance.
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In Venezuela, the U.S. can squeeze the dictator’s oil lifeline
In Venezuela, it is time for the United States and its allies to respond with strong new sanctions, and stop the oil lifeline to the regime.
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Threatening a shutdown, Trump reminds voters what his first term was really like
Republicans threaten to hold up funding the government unless Congress makes voting harder.
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Montgomery County shouldn’t pave over a Black community’s past
A Maryland Supreme Court decision continues the battle over a historic cemetery in Bethesda.
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China’s long arm brings police-state methods to American shores
China is apparently not content to run a police state just at home but is extending repression and subversion into the United States.
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Will the Republican ticket fail this revisionist World War II history test?
Tucker Carlson plays host to a crackpot who calls Churchill the “chief villain” of World War II. Republicans, especially JD Vance, need to repudiate it.
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The final call for Georgia’s democracy
The U.S. should throw a lifeline.
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In this free speech fight, Musk’s X has marked the right position
Elon Musk is in the right in his dispute with Brazilian authorities.
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These are the asteroids that scare scientists. Are we prepared for them?
Global cooperation is, unsurprisingly for a threat that comes from the stars, essential.
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Hong Kong sedition verdict threatens more than just press freedom
A sedition verdict in Hong Kong will have ramifications for the reputation of the city’s courts and its economic future.
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How to save the D.C. Metro once and for all
Metro needs a stable source of funding. It’s time to spell out what that is.
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America has two presidential candidates. Let’s compare them.
With two months to Election Day, the candidates are just getting started.
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To really tackle climate change, here’s what Washington needs to do
The U.S. should refocus its climate strategy to speed up the poor world’s access to clean energy technologies.
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