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Are Musk and Trump Headed For a Breakup?
Elon's big wake-up call
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Gabe Fleisher
40
Deported for Protesting? The Arrest That's Shaking America
It's setting off alarm bells about free speech, immigration, and executive power
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Sharon McMahon
99
Washington’s Crypto Power Grab – a Game-Changer or a Disaster?
Trump is pushing to make the U.S. the “crypto capital of the world.” But who really wins?
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Sharon McMahon
54
Cutting “Foreign Waste” Sounds Good. Until You See the Cost
From famine warnings to countering extremism, here’s what America is really losing by gutting USAID
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Elise Labott
51
My Weekly Recommendations
What I'm reading and listening to this weekend
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Sharon McMahon
8
My Thoughts on the Democrats -- and Why They’re Losing the Fight Against Trump and Musk
This isn’t going to be a fact check of the president’s address to Congress, although there is plenty to fact check.
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Sharon McMahon
228
From the Press Gallery: The State of the Union Is on Life Support
Inside the room where it happened—and why this tradition may not survive
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Gabe Fleisher
101
This Debate Isn’t About DEI -- it's About Power. Here's Why.
A historian unpacks the deeper forces at play.
 • 
Jemar Tisby, PhD
67
Would You Pay 3% in Taxes? Here's How Billionaires Do It
Billionaires probably pay a lower tax rate than you do.
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Sharon McMahon
162
Zelensky/Trump Fallout: What's at Stake for America
by Elise Labott, an Edward R.
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Elise Labott
300
My Weekly Recommendations
Things to read, watch, and listen to
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Sharon McMahon
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February 2025

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