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Opinion Joe Holley

Ken Paxton isn’t the only Texas Republican in trouble

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The governor and lieutenant governor are in unexpectedly tight election battles.

Opinion Editorial Board

Trump hits pause on a free-trade beef

Opinion George F. Will

Amid an August of mounting danger, a frivolous, oblivious president

Opinion Tom Price

A cancer vaccine would be a miracle of science — and the free market

Opinion Kathleen Parker

‘I’m not that informed’: A rare Senate vacancy triggers a test for Trump

Opinion Zachary Karabell

Trump is bad for America. But he might be good for the world.

Opinion Newt Gingrich

The Welfare Reform Act at 30: Work is still the answer

Opinion Editorial Board

Trump’s industrial policy meets red state politics

Opinion Elie Kaunfer

Why two Jewish holidays have me thinking of No Kings

Opinion Fareed Zakaria

What Odysseus can teach us about liberalism

Opinion Megan McArdle

A sociologist’s perspective on the Jason Arday story

Opinion Letters to the Editor

Ro Khanna: A one-time wealth tax is progressive and patriotic

Opinion Letters to the Editor

I’m a University of Michigan senior. The school shouldn’t coddle freshmen.

Editorial Cartoons

Opinion Edith Pritchett

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