The president wants to get Palestinians back to the negotiating table, but offering them rhetorical support for a state won’t earn back their trust.
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North and South Korea Are Playing America Against China
As the two Koreas affirm binding ties, world powers are forced to come along for the ride.
The Connecticut Dem Showing How to Be Pro-Business and Pro-Labor
Ned Lamont has displayed a heterodox balancing of entrepreneurship and worker’s advocacy.
This Shady Consultant Is Paying Guiliani While He’s Also Trump’s Lawyer
Louis Freeh’s path from FBI director to representing corrupt clients is a distinctly Washington story.
The Disturbing Symmetry Between Trump and Kavanaugh
The president’s Supreme Court nominee has made it clear that he would rule to protect him from prosecution.
How Democracy Summer School Became a Thing
Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin wants to breed the next generation of America’s political leaders.
Our Troops Are Still Dying in Afghanistan. For What?
America’s longest-running war is a lost cause. The Trump administration should get us out of it.
How America’s KKK Is Exporting Its Hate Overseas
David Duke and Richard Spencer may be banned from dozens of European countries, but their virulent ideas are being embraced by a growing fringe.
The Other Kind of ‘Troops’ John McCain Championed
At a time when his party increasingly preferred military might over soft power, the Arizona senator still defended the work of diplomats.
The Time We Tried to Convince John McCain to Run as a Democrat
In 2002, it wasn’t as crazy as it sounds today. And it could have made a lasting difference on our politics.
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