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“Grant,” Chernow’s must-read of 2017, debunks Southern mythmaking
Photo for The Washington Post by Michael RubensteinRon Chernow in his Brooklyn Heights home. The author of numerous lengthy biographies, most notably “Hamilton,” has written a 1,074-page book on...
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It’s not too early to handicap the 2018 elections
Joe Raedle, Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump speaks during a Dec. 8 rally in Pensacola, Fla. Trump urged voters in nearby Alabama to support Roy Moore, who later lost his U.S. Senate race to Doug...
View ArticleFreedom Caucus in the spotlight as shutdown looms
The House Freedom Caucus styles itself as the principled champion of limited government and the rule of law. More often, its members are partisan gunslingers, attack dogs during President Barack...
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Trump’s “Fake News Awards” have a sinister subtext
Alex Edelman, AFP/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump speaks with reporters outside the White House on Oct. 7, 2017. President Donald Trump is firing up a stunt on Wednesday to try to shame news...
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Democrats, don’t veer left if you want to win
Thinkstock by Getty Images Over the past 10 weeks, Democrats have won three critical elections that could presage more successes this fall, and that also expose the pitfalls posed by factions trying...
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Nearly everyone loses if immigration deal fails
Andrew Harnik, The Associated PressThe U.S. Capitol is seen at sunrise last Friday. Congress is preparing for a major debate over immigration, including whether to protect young “Dreamers” from...
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Republican candidates face a dilemma on Trump
Brent Lewis, The Denver PostColorado’s U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman of Aurora faces re-election this year in a district that Hillary Clinton carried in the 2016 presidential election. Unlike this year’s U.S....
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The left’s shoddy attack on Dianne Feinstein
Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Associated Press fileSen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks on Capitol Hill on July 12, 2017. Democrats in California are showing how the party could undermine its own cause...
View ArticleIn the White House, experience really does count
I covered a lot of campaigns this year and none was more exciting than Beto O’Rourke’s race for a U.S. senate seat in Texas. Richard Ojeda, an old-fashioned blue-collar Democratic House contender...
View ArticleOpinion: OK, Democrats, don’t flunk your first test
Now we know that Democrats really did ride a blue wave on Nov. 6 to take control of the House of Representatives. Let’s see if they can avoid getting dragged underwater by a messy election of party...
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