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Commentary: A better way to pay for extending the Trump tax cuts

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One of the first orders of business in 2025 for Congress and the incoming administration will be the extension of President Donald Trump’s signature 2017 tax law, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), most of whose individual provisions are set to expire late next year. There’s one problem: America’s debt trajectory is unsustainable.

Even if ...Read more

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Commentary: The IRS shows what government efficiency really looks like

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Between all the talk of fiscal commissions and efficiency agencies, it seems like the question of the day is how to make the U.S. government operate more proficiently. There is no shortage of ideas on what should be cut and by how much. Before any actions are taken, officials should take a look at a recent research paper published by a set of ...Read more

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Lisa Jarvis: RFK Jr. was just the start of Trump's bad public health picks

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President-elect Donald Trump’s stunning appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services has given way to a slate of nominees for key health agencies that portend worrisome changes in how the US approaches public health.

With the exception of former Florida Representative Dave Weldon, nominated for ...Read more

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Commentary: Is bird flu a risk yet to people?

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You may have encountered the term “ bird flu” increasingly online and in the media. It refers to a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A, classified as H5N1. Wild birds carry and transmit this flu, though most do not get sick from it. However, it has been detected in birds and mammals at farms such as poultry and dairy cows and has the ...Read more

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Commentary: Why understanding the 'other side' is more important than ever

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For some of us, just reading the title of this piece may be irritating — even maddening. If you’re scared about Trump’s election, being asked to understand the “other side” can seem a distant concern compared to your fears of what might happen during his presidency. If you’re glad Trump won, you may be tempted to say, “We’ve won;...Read more

POINT: Mass deportations -- Unfeasible, expensive and would undermine other goals

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President-elect Donald Trump has promised to carry out the largest deportation of undocumented immigrants in American history. His appointment of Thomas Homan, a former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as border czar signals his commitment to that promise.

There are 11.7 million people residing in the United States ...Read more

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Commentary: Presenting my opera 'Blue,' here and now, feels all too apt

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In rehearsal at Lyric Opera of Chicago for my two-act work, “Blue.” I had gone to bed on election night with a mixed sense of hope and dread and woke up Wednesday morning with a deep sense of grief, betrayal, fear, anger, disbelief and loss.

The efforts that I had taken, and my one vote, combined with those of millions of others, hadn’t ...Read more

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Martin Schram: The making of a president's legacy

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Of all the campaign promises and crisis-fixing commitments president-elect Donald Trump assured us he will quickly fulfill, two pledges are in urgent need of each other. Not starting on day one – now!

We’re talking about: (1) the first promise Trump made to us – about finally securing our southern border; and (2) the last commitment Trump...Read more

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Tyler Cowen: Don't take away Americans' freedom to charge it

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When Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump agree on something, it’s a sign that trouble is afoot. And last week, the senator from Vermont said that he would gladly work with the president-elect to cap credit card interest rates at 10%, a promise Trump made during the campaign.

Their complaint is simple: Americans who have to pay 20% or 30% interest...Read more

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Commentary: How Latinos found their voice in Donald Trump

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Donald Trump won 46% of the Latino vote, according to some exit polls highlighting the complexity and nuance of this demographic, which pundits too often mischaracterize as monolithic, or worse, an aggrieved minority. Against most expectations, a significant portion of moderate to conservative Latinos turned out for Trump, delivering critical ...Read more

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Editorial: The Senate must stand up -- RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard have to be rejected

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On Saturday afternoon, at 4:17, Donald Trump used his Truth Social to announce the last of his cabinet secretaries, Brooke Rollins for USDA, finishing naming the 15 positions far faster than any other incoming president. His speed might be because he’s been here before, so he knows what he’s doing, which is definitely fine, or he’s not ...Read more

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Editorial: With five words, Trump kills a free-press measure that had bipartisan support

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The apparent death of the PRESS Act in Congress should alarm Americans on two levels.

One, the measure — acronym for Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying— seeks to shield a vibrant free press from coercive government intrusion.

But, two, even those who fail to understand the necessity of an uncowed press to the health of a ...Read more

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Commentary: Was Trump elected due to sexism, misogyny and racism?

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As should be expected, the Democratic Party and its supporters are casting blame for the results of the 2024 presidential election. Many are looking inside the party and its ideology, policies, candidates and messaging, as they should. But some are trying to blame sexism (even misogyny) and racism for the failure of a woman of color to win the ...Read more

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Gustavo Arellano: A thank you to the undocumented on the eve of Trump's deportation storm

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Donald Trump won't be sworn in as our 47th president for two more months, but he's already pleasing his base in one way:

Undocumented immigrants and their allies are running scared.

The former and future commander in chief repeatedly vowed during his campaign to start mass deportations the moment he enters office. Those affected are taking ...Read more

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Joe Battenfeld: Trump's rock the boat transition picks supported by most Americans, poll says

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President-elect Donald Trump has rocked the boat and roiled critics with some of his controversial transition picks and campaign promises but most Americans believe that’s just what he should be doing.

Nearly six in 10 American adults approve of the way Trump is handling his transition, according to a CBS/YouGov poll, a shocker for the ...Read more

COUNTERPOINT: Deportation will restore faith in US management of immigration

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President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to launch an intensive campaign of immigration enforcement, or “mass deportations” for short, is feasible and will be beneficial to Americans.

While there will be some increased costs to boost enforcement, the return on investment is significant and comes in the form of more jobs for Americans, and ...Read more

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Editorial: Lame-duck Biden makes a hot spot hotter

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The Biden administration has failed to distinguish itself on the world stage over the past three years. The president is apparently eager to keep that lamentable record intact as he leaves the Oval Office.

From the botched Afghanistan withdrawal to the failed appeasement of Iran’s mullahs, from the tepid support for Israel in its battle ...Read more

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Commentary: Trump skipping FBI checks threatens national security

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President-elect Donald Trump has been bypassing FBI background investigations for his cabinet appointees in favor of screening by private companies. The reasons?

The normal process can be slow. And it can reveal embarrassing personal information. Of course, it can! But those are not reasons to scrap an important safeguard to our national ...Read more

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Trudy Rubin: Memories of her Holocaust survivor father guided Amy Gutmann's tenure as ambassador to Germany

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The last thing former University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann ever imagined was becoming U.S. ambassador to Germany, the country from which her Orthodox Jewish father barely escaped with his life.

Born in the tiny town of Feuchtwangen in Franconia, 23-year-old Kurt Gutmann realized shortly after Adolf Hitler came to power that he had ...Read more

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Editorial: Not the case: Donald Trump runs out the clock on federal cases

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Special Counsel Jack Smith has moved to dismiss both federal criminal cases against Donald Trump on the simple premise that he will be president once more in less than two months’ time, and longtime Department of Justice policy dictates that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted.

So, at long last, the attempted election overthrow case and ...Read more

 

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