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Congress Needs to Show the Hong Kong Protesters It’s on Their Side

[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription It's not often that Congress is lobbied by tens of thousands of marchers in a foreign city who wave American flags and sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” while demanding action on a specific piece of legislation. But that’s pretty much what happened last weekend in Hong...

Bolton’s Departure Will Fundamentally Alter Trump’s Iran Policy

[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription Whether national security adviser John Bolton was fired by President Trump or he quit is irrelevant. The change in foreign policy leadership will have a profound impact on how this administration’s Iran policy is shaped and implemented. While it’s fair to call both Bolton and...

It’s Time to End America’s Blank Check Military Aid to Israel

[aggregation-styles] Forward Last month, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez declared that American aid to Israel is “something that can be discussed” in Washington. Her comments made news precisely because America’s policy of giving Israel billions in aid without expecting any policy changes in return hasn’t actually been discussed — or at least...

The End of One of the World’s Most Successful Political Parties

[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription Britain’s Tories are arguably the most successful political party of the modern age. The Conservatives have ruled Britain more than 50 of the 90 years since 1929 (the country’s first election with equal suffrage for men and women). But this week, we watched the beginning...