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Why the Democratic Party Is Too Afraid of Replacing Biden

On Thursday night, President Joe Biden gave a widely panned performance in the debate against Donald Trump, causing panic throughout…

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Ezra Klein on Why the Democrats Are Too Afraid of Replacing Biden

On Thursday night, President Joe Biden gave a widely panned performance in the debate against Donald Trump, causing panic throughout…

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The American Election That Set the Stage for Trump

In a new book, “When the Clock Broke,” the writer John Ganz examines how the politics of the Trump years…

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Is Biden’s Israel Policy Cynical or Naive?

This week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Middle East speaking to regional leaders about the U.S. push…

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What Israel’s Leaders Can’t—or Won’t—Say About Biden’s Ceasefire Announcement

On Friday, President Joe Biden publicly called on Hamas to agree to what he said was an Israeli ceasefire proposal…

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Why the Summer Could Be Disastrous for Ukraine

This month, the Russian Army has been advancing toward Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, a move that highlights the degree to…

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Is the Biden Campaign Running on False Hope?

President Joe Biden trails Donald Trump by approximately one point in national polls, according to FiveThirtyEight. The gap is larger…

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The Biden Administration’s Have-It-Both-Ways Report on Gaza

On Friday, the State Department declared in a new report that Israel’s conduct during the war in Gaza has “raised…

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Does Biden Understand Netanyahu’s Aims in Gaza?

Last week, President Joe Biden told CNN that he had stopped a shipment of large bombs to Israel out of…

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Gaza’s Unexploded-Bomb Crisis | The New Yorker

Late last month, Charles (Mungo) Birch, who oversees the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in the Palestinian territories, issued…

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