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Season 4 of the Netflix series shows that ordinary life might be the real prize.
Yes, Thanksgiving is coming. None of us should gather in large numbers just yet.
Devotees dressed in button-downs and tan suits lined up outside bookstores.
Voters have sent a record number of Republican women and minorities to Congress. That's worth celebrating.
From the Catholic Church to the Boy Scouts, the ability to hide information has been lost.
Build back better, and build back fairer.
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None of our problems will be solved by new nukes. So why do we keep buying them?
  • 1 day ago
Some sort of action is required, but not every debt needs to be forgiven.
  • 1 day ago
A closer look at undecided voters suggests the real reason pre-election polls were so off.
  • 2 days ago
Whether Trump will attempt to pardon himself is not the only big question on clemency.
  • 2 days ago
We are willing to work with the United States on joint solutions because of what is at stake for the next generation of Europeans and Americans alike.
  • 2 days ago
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Fortunately they ignored his poisonous advice to “don’t hold back” against counterprotesters.
McConnell and other Trump enablers know he lost the election. Nevertheless, they persist.
The main benefit to Republicans of filling this seat is to deny the opportunity to the incoming president.
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D.C. statehood took a hit, but Virginia Republicans and Maryland Democrats see a bright future.
  • 5 days ago
The former governor says Republicans ought to give people a fair shake.
A memorial brings long overdue recognition to the tens of thousands of American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians who have served in peace and war for two and a half centuries.
  • Nov 11
Their success outside Northern Virginia should show a path forward — and serve as a warning to Democrats.
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