From ripping up the White House Rose Garden to redoing Air Force One and the Kennedy Center, it’s Mar-a-Lago gilt versus Camelot taste.
Margaret Carlson
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In Trump’s Washington, the Nomination “Sherpas” Do the Heavy Lifting. Just ask Kennedy, Gabbard, and Hegseth
They usually have the reputation and bipartisan cred that the nominees lack
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For Marco Rubio, Bad Timing Was Great Timing
He lost to Trump in 2016 but he’s living his best life as Secretary of State, approved unanimously by his Senate colleagues.
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On Capitol Hill, a Day of Celebration and Gnawing Memories
The biennial swearing-in day for members of Congress and the quadrennial count of presidential electors went off as smoothly as a Tesla, but no one could forget four years ago.
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Bobby Kennedy Jr., We Know Ye Too Well
If you’re Catholic and of a certain age and grew up inspired by (at least some) of the Kennedys, watching a delusional RFK Jr. join the Trump administration is the final blow
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Kamala Harris, On The Brink
The vice president is tantalizingly close to victory or a heart-breaking defeat. Either way, she’s used the campaign’s final hours to show who she is and to reveal Donald Trump’s descent into darkness.
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Harris Shows How to Dismantle a Would-Be Dictator
Harris Shows How to Dismantle a Would-Be Dictator. Humor, ridicule, gut punches, and that look of puzzlement and contempt were just some of the tools the vice president used to take down Trump.
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We Watched Joe Biden Struggle
We Watched Joe Biden Struggle. The incumbent president’s painful performance was no match for Trump’s unabashed barrage of lies.
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Trump’s Payoff to Stormy Was the Best $130,000 He Ever Spent
Could Teflon Don lose his grip on a third of the country because 12 twelve ordinary Americans did their duty, even the one who said he gets all his news from Truth Social? When Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts of masterminding a scheme, it exposed him for all to see as a […]
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Marjorie Taylor Greene, Bowed But Not Broken
Her latest attempt to knock off a House Speaker ran into the calm determination of Mike Johnson. How long can she stay muzzled?
