Roadblocks prevent Trump from deporting millions of illegal immigrants
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Local judges and officials aren’t the only obstacle to Trump’s immigration enforcement
Charles Lipson
Charles Lipson is the Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University of Chicago, where he founded the programme on International Politics, Economics, and Security.
Friday
Friday
Another spring, another round of anti-Semitism on campus
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What’s different is that the Trump administration is finally taking a strong stand
Monday
Trump takes a hammer to the universities
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And there are plenty more tools he can use
Monday
How to deal with the student mob
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The line between free speech and violence is clear
Thursday
Trump’s ‘on-again, off-again’ presidency
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The President is taking America for a bumpy ride
Monday
Trump only harms himself by floating the idea of a third term
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The courts and the public will render the classic New Jersey verdict, ‘fuhgeddaboudit!’
Thursday
PBS and NPR should never have received public funding
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A democratic government should not sponsor news programs
Friday
Will Putin give peace a chance?
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He still demands huge chunks of Ukraine and other dramatic concessions
Monday
Columbia exemplifies the failure of universities
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Ideological zealotry and rampant antisemitism are allowed to flourish
Wednesday
It's morning in Trump's America
Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night was the most powerful, rousing, and pointed of any presidential address in decades. The first line captured the theme of the night. “America is back…and we are just getting started.” It ended with a peroration that his administration would “take up the righteous
Tuesday
What’s behind the vicious attacks on Elon Musk?
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He’s doing big things, but he’s also a way to attack a popular president
Monday
Trump’s presidency is an ink-blot test for America
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Democrats see a dictator. Republicans see a strong leader fulfilling his promises.
Sunday
The deeper meaning behind Trump’s blizzard of actions
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He has two overriding goals: to build a lasting MAGA movement and to roll back the bureaucratic state
Friday
When government officials are threatened, they deserve protection
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That includes former officials, even if they are the president’s political opponents
Wednesday
Donald Trump is a president in a hurry
“The First Hundred Days” was the iconic phrase for Franklin Roosevelt’s rapid-fire acts as the new president. Donald Trump intends to top that with “The First Hundred Hours.” Three months is far too slow for the new president. He made that clear by signing some 200 executive orders on his first day back in office.
Friday
Biden opens the jailhouse door
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The president’s ability to issue mass pardons is essentially a royal prerogative to change the law and court decisions
Monday
When is a fire an earthquake?
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When it opens a gaping hole under failed politicians and their policies
Sunday
What is DoGE’s hardest task?
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Can it roll back the regulatory state and accelerate growth?
Monday
The legacy of Jimmy Carter
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An honorable man who failed as president and succeeded in later years
Monday
The winners and losers in the fight to keep the government open
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They cut the pork but signaled problems for the Trump administration
