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DOGE Is Done, But the Wreckage Remains

by Anne Kim August 26, 2026September 8, 2026

A Radically Simple Plan to Fix Higher Education

by Kevin Carey August 26, 2026August 26, 2026

Sen. Susan Collins has voted with Donald Trump 95% of the time. Her midterm opponent should let voters know she's given the unpopular president an "A" grade.

The Scarlet Letter Midterms

by Jonathan Alter August 25, 2026August 25, 2026

A couple exits the Northumberland County Assistance Office, which helps residents apply for and manage Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, in August 2026.

Books

Death by a Thousand Papercuts

by Anne Kim August 25, 2026August 24, 2026

Trump’s deficits and ballooning U.S. debt are rattling the bond market. Clinton’s approach to budget surpluses offer a blueprint.

What Donald Trump Could Learn from Bill Clinton About the Bond Market

by Robert J. Shapiro August 25, 2026August 25, 2026

Streamer Hasan Piker in Detroit.

How 2026 Is Not Like 2006

by Bill Scher August 25, 2026August 25, 2026

Renee Good's ICE shooting was filmed by bystanders. Most shootings into allegedly "weaponized vehicles" produce no competing footage at all.

Law and Justice

Narrative Vehicles

by Susan Berardi August 24, 2026August 24, 2026

The tanker Boracay that allegedly belongs to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, is seen in October, 2025, off Saint-Nazaire, France’s Atlantic coast.

Russia’s War on Ukraine

Beyond Virtue Signaling on Ukraine and Russia

by Tamar Jacoby August 24, 2026August 24, 2026

The White House and its new helipad and the ballroom, right, under construction, are pictured on the South Lawn, as seen from the Washington Monument, August 23, 2026, in Washington.

Law and Justice

The Roberts Court: Poised to Bless the Trump Ballroom

by James D. Zirin August 24, 2026August 24, 2026

DOGE Has Made Americans Less Safe

by Anne Kim August 23, 2026August 21, 2026

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