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Biden’s State of the Union Address Holds a Chance for a Fresh Start

The president plans to use his first State of the Union address since Republicans took control of the House to call for bipartisan cooperation. Neither...

Biden’s Handling of Secret Documents Complicates the Case Against Trump

The cases are markedly different in their particulars. But they are similar enough that as a practical matter, Democrats will have a hard time using...

25 Years Later, Looking for Lessons in the Clinton Scandal

Revelations about Bill Clinton’s sex-and-lies affair forever transformed Washington’s politics. Now, President Biden’s team seeks to fend off its own less-tawdry investigation.

A Year After a Fiery Voting Rights Speech, Biden Delivers a More Muted Address

On Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, the president assured an audience at Ebenezer Baptist Church that its side in the struggle would, indeed, overcome someday....

The History of Presidents and Special Prosecutors

Since the dark days of Watergate, every president but one has faced a special prosecutor scrutinizing them or their associates. President Biden now joins the...

Biden Administration Defends Student Loan Cancellation at Supreme Court

In a brief filed with the justices, the president’s lawyers argued that his administration acted within its authority in moving to forgive hundreds of billions...

How Diane Foley Made It Her Mission to Prioritize US Hostages Overseas

Ms. Foley, whose son was killed by terrorists in the Middle East, has pressured the White House under three presidents to raise the profiles of...

‘It’s Personal’: Biden Highlights Law Helping Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits

President Biden has long blamed the brain cancer that killed his son, Beau, on toxic exposure during the Iraq war.

Glimpses of Democracy

Dissent carries power even in repressive, authoritarian states.
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