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Recipes for winter dressing

Edith Pritchett cartoon on winter layering.

By Edith Pritchett8 hours ago

Trump is not a colossus. And his party is a mess.

By E.J. Dionne Jr.Updated 11 hours ago

Biden or Haley? For some Democrats, it’s about who can stop Trump.

By Matt BaiUpdated 12 hours ago

Why the Israeli hostages could be the key to peace

By Jennifer Rubin20 hours ago

Why the Supreme Court ought to punt on Trump’s eligibility

By Jason Willick20 hours ago

COLUMNISTS

The Founders didn’t want a Mar-a-Lago executive branch

December 19

Where is the outrage over Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza?

December 18

In Modi’s India, Gandhi has become irrelevant

January 2

Perry Bacon Jr.

Do these results bode ill for Trump? We answered your Iowa caucus questions.

January 16

Biden or Haley? For some Democrats, it’s about who can stop Trump.

Updated January 21

South Africa’s false charges of Israeli ‘genocide’ carry a heavy price

January 15

Just the idea of Trump winning makes my head explode

November 7

The Black prosecutors taking on Trump know what they’re up against

October 23

Jonathan Capehart

Q&A with Mitch Landrieu: Why doesn’t Biden get credit for his achievements?

November 16

What if Ozempic is the new orthodontia

January 18

E.J. Dionne Jr.

Trump is not a colossus. And his party is a mess.

Updated January 21

The GOP’s debates might be over. And next fall’s are looking iffy.

January 17

Voters face off across three great divides in a Biden-Trump rematch

January 2

The dilemmas of living in a post-religious world

January 9

Poland is a test case for reviving a corrupted democracy

January 18

Marco Rubio’s plan to wean America off its China addiction

March 9

The Houthis sink an arrow into the West’s Achilles’ heel

January 16

Theodore R. Johnson

Why more Black conservatives don’t join the GOP

January 9

The Trump dictatorship: How to stop it

December 7

Vladimir Kara-Murza

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Putin thinks he can bend history to his will

October 12

Colbert I. King

D.C. shoved Black neighborhoods aside. It’s still paying the price.

January 19

Mexico’s heroic journalists are increasingly under mortal threat

January 11

Would Venezuela attack its neighbor? Crazier things have happened.

December 13

Mark Cuban’s Mavs sale signals big change for pro sports franchises

January 17

My car was almost stolen outside police headquarters. Blame U.S. regulators.

January 10

Christy E. Lopez

Why Justice’s report on Minneapolis policing is such a watershed

June 21

Sebastian Mallaby

What just happened: Storm clouds loom for China’s economy

August 18

Courts have long deferred to federal rulemakers. That might end soon.

January 18

Micheline Maynard

Why the senseless Michigan State shooting could spark real change

February 14

Why was the SEC slow on bitcoin ETF? A hacked tweet tells the tale.

January 15

A Republican senator smeared a Biden nominee — and Democrats cowered

January 19

Michele L. Norris

Our true feelings about race and identity are revealed in six words

January 11

Kathleen Parker

In Murdaugh’s world, you don’t have to make stuff up. Just bring the popcorn.

January 19

Sergio Peçanha

Type in your job to see how much AI will affect it

May 9

Alexandra Petri

You served on Donald Trump’s jury. You lost everything.

January 19

The 2024 campaign has left Republicans in a state of confusion

January 15

Forget about securing the border. It won’t work.

January 18

Catherine Rampell

House Republicans try to blow up the border deal they claim to want

January 19

AI-yi-yi, the bots have come for my beloved Sports Illustrated

November 29

Biden’s response to the Houthis must not spiral into a wider war with Iran

Updated January 11

Keith B. Richburg

Southeast Asian dynasties are rising again. That’s troubling news.

November 28

Why we split the world into good and evil — and make decisions we regret

January 4

AI is forcing teachers to confront an existential question

December 12

Eugene Robinson

House Republicans are practicing political nihilism

January 18

A MAGA-created nightmare is unfolding for Ukraine

January 19

Alyssa Rosenberg

Why families struggle to maintain political power

January 18

Why the Israeli hostages could be the key to peace

January 21

Taylor Swift, Janet Yellen and Barbie: The Year of the (Economic) Woman

December 26

How did we get stuck with Biden and Trump again?

January 3

Marc A. Thiessen

What a Nikki Haley or Ron DeSantis win would probably look like

January 17

Trump’s coronation officially gets underway

January 15

A new AI predicts when we’ll die. It says even more about how we live.

January 15

Bina Venkataraman

What a new genetic therapy should teach us about biomedical ‘progress’

December 28

David Von Drehle

Trump carries farm country. But can he win the Chick-fil-A vote?

January 16

The Checkup With Dr. Wen: Why it seems everyone is getting sick this winter

January 18

At Gallery Place, it’s Ted Leonsis vs. one very loud street music act

January 18

It’s an election year, so here comes a ‘manufacturing crisis’ that isn’t

January 19

Why the Supreme Court ought to punt on Trump’s eligibility

January 21

At Davos, all eyes are on America’s presidential election

January 18

Lawrence H. Summers

The cancer of antisemitism is spreading. Colleges must take the right stand.

November 15