Jacob Heilbrunn is editor of The National Interest. He lives in Washington DC
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Joe Biden’s approval rating has dropped to 39 per cent, as he suffers from the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, an ongoing crisis at the border with Mexico, and rising Covid cases. Is it a short term dip, could Biden’s pandemic response wipe out the Democrats in the midterms, and will the 78-year-old still be president
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The group has not changed its stripes. Quite the contrary
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Rather than conveying weakness, Biden projected resolve
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The Belarusian opposition leader is Washington’s ‘It Girl’
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It would be splendid to have Trump back in Washington even if only for the month of August
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No matter his personal woes, Evans almost always vouchsafed his listeners something not merely to dig but to cherish
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Poor Chet Baker. He really was born to be blue
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The President’s decades-long experience in Washington is serving him well
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Biden dumped his bipartisan promises overboard in order to score a victory
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How costly is the Texas senator’s trip to Cancun?
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Which is the bigger long-term risk for Republican senators?
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Remain unmoved to the songs on Lifeline and you’re made of much sterner stuff
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Has Joe Biden done as much in his first days as he said he would? Freddy Gray talks to Jacob Heilbrunn about the Trump policies that Biden is keeping, and the ones that he’s already swept away.
He did it. Donald Trump made it through four years, not an accomplishment many of his detractors thought he would achieve, or even wanted him to. ‘See you soon,’ Trump said. A promise or a threat? The truth is that Trump has been badly diminished by his antics in the past few weeks, starting but
‘Send in the troops. The nation must restore order. The military stands ready.’ Aficionados of the New York Times may recall that these sentences appeared as the headline of Tom Cotton’s op-ed in June that led to the departure of the paper’s editorial page editor James Bennet. Bennet resurfaced as a guest author of Politico’s Playbook newsletter
Congratulations, President Trump! It took a while but you’ve finally achieved the American carnage that you purported to descry in your inaugural address four years ago. It would be hard to think of a more symbolically apt end to your presidency. Trump’s shameful, revolting and tawdry taped message late on Wednesday urging his supporters to disband
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’Tis the season for collectible vinyl
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As the Electoral College confirms Joe Biden’s victory, Freddy Gray talks to Jacob Heilbrunn, editor of The National Interest, about whether or not the president-elect, with his centrist appeal, is really a ‘DINO’ – ‘Democrat In Name Only’.
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As Biden secures the Electoral College votes, Trump’s AG ‘resigns’
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Barr has abandoned the quest for the fabled voter fraud that has so preoccupied Trump ever since the evening of November 3
