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The president reacted to the slaughter in Syria with resignation.

He’s entering office with low unemployment and high growth thanks to Obama.

The Trump administration, with support from the GOP Congress, is likely to tear up the federal social safety net.

Sholom Rubashkin was sentenced to 27 years for bank fraud based on perjured testimony and prosecutorial misconduct.

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She instructs the panel that she chairs to spring into action.

The Russian leader showed us how dangerous the Internet can be.

Russell Moore faces censure for his opposition to Donald Trump.

Forces taking the city back are behaving themselves, and humanitarians are celebrating.

We should complete our evolution toward democracy and elect our presidents directly.

Trump’s attorney general nominee rushes to the defense of civil forfeiture, a.k.a. policing for profit.

We have every reason and right to question where God can be found in a world that offers no certainty written in the sky.

I’ve got two words for everyone.

The hacking has significant ramifications for national security and requires a coordinated investigation and response.

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The grounding commitment is to human moral equality, as in the Declaration of Independence.

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President Nicolás Maduro’s latest decree moves the country toward its breaking point.

In 2016, the reef saw the worst devastation of coral ever recorded, scientists confirm.

A new report details the shortcomings of D.C.’s programs.

Rolling every act together into a “wave” of violence is misguided, and misunderstands the nature of global terror.
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Donald Trump's version of Christmas has nothing to do with Christ.

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When Americans sing carols about the ‘Little Town of Bethlehem’ this Christmas, they should keep in mind who lives there.

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Today, we have to be the Maccabees.

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Chris Cillizza's Worst Year in Washington (and Entertainment, and Media, and Business, and Sports)

The images that drove the debates of 2016.

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‘A Man Called Ove,’ by Fredrik Backman, ‘Hamilton,’ by Ron Chernow, ‘The Whistler,’ by John Grisham and ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ by J.D. Vance, top this week’s bestsellers lists

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Genetically engineered crops allow farmers to be better stewards of land.

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The Old Dominion has a lot of experience in public-private partnerships to build roads.

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Promises of cuts to social services mean we should plan now to make up the difference.

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Too many questions remain unanswered.

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I can’t undo what I did, so every day, I work to prove I was worthy of rehabilitation.

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