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Who Will Stand Up to Trump on Ukraine?

Who Will Stand Up to Trump on Ukraine?

In their silence, Republicans are betraying the Ukrainians, national security and their own party’s values.

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Refusing to Carry Out Trump’s Flagrantly Dishonest Orders

Refusing to Carry Out Trump’s Flagrantly Dishonest Orders

The Trump administration is trying to bake quid pro quo deal making, coercive tactics, loyalty tests and other dishonorable practices into American...

17.02.2025 100

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Trump Dares the Courts to Stop Him

Trump Dares the Courts to Stop Him

The president is challenging the constitutional order.

13.02.2025 200

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Trump’s Shameful Campaign Against Transgender Americans

Trump’s Shameful Campaign Against Transgender Americans

Trump’s attacks on trans people are on the wrong side of history and humanity.

09.02.2025 100

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Now Is Not the Time to Tune Out

Now Is Not the Time to Tune Out

Trump’s presidency demands your attention.

08.02.2025 300

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Trump’s Test of the Constitution

Trump’s Test of the Constitution

Two weeks in, the president is quickly moving to eliminate tools of accountability.

01.02.2025 20

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You Asked for This Cease-Fire, Mr. President. Make Sure It Holds.

The fate of the Israel-Hamas agreement will require huge effort.

23.01.2025 60

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Trump and Biden Find Common Ground in Abusing Their Pardon Powers

If it wasn’t already clear — after nearly 250 years — that the pardon power is a standing invitation to abuse and corruption, two presidents...

23.01.2025 10

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Trump’s Opening Act of Contempt

To open his term with such an act of contempt toward the legal system is audacious, even for Mr. Trump.

22.01.2025 550

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Restoring Fiscal Control Can’t Wait Much Longer

Since the start of the new year, the bond market has been urging Congress to come to terms with America’s spiraling budget problems. Soon it might...

22.01.2025 10

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Standing Up to Donald Trump’s Fear Tactics

There is a real risk that the nation’s institutions will succumb to Trump’s campaign of intimidation and not do their jobs.

18.01.2025 200

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The Fed’s Stress Tests Are Facing a Stress Test

The Federal Reserve faces a reckoning: Sometime soon, it’ll probably have to subject its stress tests to public scrutiny, highlighting serious flaws...

18.01.2025 10

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Laken Riley Act Should Be a Priority for Both Parties

Democrats finally seem to be converging on a more serious approach to immigration enforcement. It shouldn’t have taken a drubbing at the polls last...

17.01.2025 10

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Trump’s Delight in Disruption Threatens the Economy

Just how far President-elect Donald Trump will press his promises on trade and economic policy once he takes office is hard to say. One thing is...

16.01.2025 10

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TikTok Sale Should Be Trump’s First Deal

On Friday, the Supreme Court signaled it would likely not be TikTok’s savior. If President-elect Donald Trump wants to play the role, he should do...

14.01.2025 10

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A Big Idea to Solve America’s Immigration Mess

Fixing America’s broken immigration system starts with acknowledging that the United States needs more people.

12.01.2025 300

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Britain Has Failed Vulnerable Children for Too Long

The scale of Britain’s child-exploitation scandal almost defies belief. Between the late 1980s and the early 2010s, thousands of young girls, mainly...

10.01.2025 7

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Milei’s Strong Start Has Proved Skeptics Wrong

Javier Milei’s first year as president of Argentina has confounded his critics. Most viewed his promises of radical reform as crazy or unworkable....

09.01.2025 8

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The US Health-Care System Is Flawed By Design

The middlemen that comprise a growing share of America’s convoluted health-care system find themselves in a bind. The public is angry about the...

08.01.2025 20

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Will Scott Bessent Be a Loyalist or a Moderating Voice?

Investors seem both reassured and intrigued by the prospect of Scott Bessent as the next Treasury secretary. Reassured, because Bessent is...

07.01.2025 5

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To Shorten the War in Ukraine, Tighten Oil Sanctions for Real

As Bloomberg News has reported, President Joe Biden is considering ramping up sanctions on Russia before he leaves office, hoping to pressure...

03.01.2025 10

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Republican Budget Gimmicks: Just Say No

Even before taking office, the Republican Party’s new majority has become deeply split over the legislative path ahead. Some lawmakers want to...

01.01.2025 6

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Tether and Trump Could Be a Dangerous Combination

Perhaps nothing encapsulates the perils of crypto better than Tether Holdings Ltd. Tether is a so-called stablecoin. It addresses one of...

27.12.2024 90

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Starmer's EU Reset Is Overdue and Overly Modest

Judging from the reaction, you might think that UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer had just lost a war. One former cabinet minister labeled Starmer’s...

25.12.2024 8

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Don’t Turn Over US Spy Agencies to Lackeys and Kooks

As he assembles his team for a second term, President-elect Donald Trump is entitled to some latitude, even for his more unconventional picks. Yet...

24.12.2024 6

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Obamacare Is More Popular and Costlier Than Ever

A rude surprise could be in store for the millions of Americans who get health coverage through the Affordable Care Act. If Congress doesn’t act...

21.12.2024 4

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Trump Should Reform Financial Watchdogs. Here’s How

News that President-elect Donald Trump’s team wants to hack away at the forbidding tangle of US bank regulation is welcome in the abstract. In...

20.12.2024 6

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Quantum Computers: Getting Real?

Take it from Niels Bohr: “Those who are not shocked when they first come across quantum theory cannot possibly have understood it.” Much the same...

19.12.2024 40

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Trump Can Pull Us Back From the Nuclear Brink

This is an intercontinental ballisticmissile the U.S. Air Force is launchingoff the shores of California. This is an intercontinentalballistic...

18.12.2024 100

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The Federal Reserve Should Wait Before Cutting Again

Investors see recent inflation data as a green light for the Federal Reserve to trim another quarter point from the short-term interest rate. When...

18.12.2024 5

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Putin’s Weaker Than He Looks. Seize the Opportunity.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to project an image of economic strength while prosecuting the war in Ukraine, as if he could easily...

17.12.2024 30

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New York Clears the Way for 80,000 Homes. It's a Start.

For a city known for its dynamism, New York is burdened with some exceptionally stifling housing regulations. So news that the city council has...

14.12.2024 10

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Nixing the Nippon Steel Deal Is Still a Terrible Idea

The politics surrounding Nippon Steel Corp.’s controversial bid for United States Steel Corp. evidently haven’t improved since November’s election....

13.12.2024 10

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The EU Needs to Rediscover Its Single-Market Compass

Growth in the euro area has been lagging the US for decades now, with GDP per capita across most of the bloc comparable to the poorest US states....

12.12.2024 6

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Syria’s Future Will Be Brighter With US Help

The blindingly fast assault that toppled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad over the weekend may not have been, as President-elect Donald Trump rushed...

11.12.2024 6

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A Bitcoin Reserve Could Be the Biggest Crypto Scam Yet

Does the US government need a strategic reserve dedicated to Bitcoin, as President-elect Donald Trump seems to be contemplating? At risk of...

10.12.2024 100

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$8 Billion for Intel Won’t Fix America’s Chip Problem

Since its enactment in 2022, the Chips and Science Act — a $280 billion splurge intended to revive US semiconductor manufacturing — has been at...

05.12.2024 5

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The Dangerous Precedent of Biden’s Pardon

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05.12.2024 60

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Trump Can Make Weight-Loss Drugs More Affordable

President Joe Biden wants Medicare and Medicaid to cover weight-loss drugs, a proposal that would expand access to the costly but life-changing...

04.12.2024 4

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Smarter Taxes and Higher Revenues Are Vital in 2025

One of the most important issues for Congress next year is tax reform. The main changes in Donald Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act were...

03.12.2024 5

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Payment Scams Are Surging. Banks Need Help

’Tis the season for a surge in financial frauds and scams, a huge and growing problem that caused nearly $500 billion in losses globally last year,...

27.11.2024 2

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The Senate Should Leave No Judgeship Unfilled

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27.11.2024 20

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Trump Wants to Reshape NATO. He Mustn’t Break It

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to finish reshaping the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — a hallmark pledge of his first term. He...

26.11.2024 5

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Election Laws Aren't Optional for Either Party

As America’s unaccountably slow vote-tallying process enters its third week, one thing should now be clear: This should be the last election where...

25.11.2024 3

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Still Figuring Out Medicare Open Enrollment? Good Luck

To the stalwart seniors reviewing their Medicare coverage this fall: Godspeed. The open-enrollment process has become so convoluted that almost 70%...

23.11.2024 20

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US Needs More Missiles to Shoot Down Missiles

Months of combat in the Middle East have proved how central the US Navy’s missile defenses are to protecting assets and allies. The fighting has...

20.11.2024 3

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Crypto’s Coming Back. Here’s How to Avert Disaster

The crypto party seems to be getting restarted. Bitcoin is surging and big players are celebrating amid expectations that President-elect Donald...

18.11.2024 4

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John Thune Must Protect the Senate From Donald Trump

In choosing South Dakota’s John Thune as their new leader, Senate Republicans appear to have recognized a crucial truth: It is in their party’s...

15.11.2024 3

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Trump’s Nominees Suggest Familiar Chaos

If personnel is policy, as the Reagan-era slogan had it, Donald Trump’s second administration is likely to be as idiosyncratic — not to say...

15.11.2024 10

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Mr. Trump’s Reckless Choices for National Leadership

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14.11.2024 100

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