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Presidential addresses like Trump's Riyadh speech rely on a faulty premise.
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The intolerance of the president’s Riyadh speech was the intolerance sanctioned by the other Gulf states: anti-Shiism, with frankly sectarian overtones.
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The president says wildly offensive things when the objects of his derision aren’t around, but crumples when he actually meets them.
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In an address full of religious references, the American president avoided the phrase "radical Islamic terrorism."
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An uptick in special-needs diagnoses among students has lead educators to turn to an unlikely source for solace.
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Politics'A Mercy Move for Milwaukee'
As assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland Security, Sheriff David Clarke might have less direct authority than he wields over inmates in the county jails.
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The famous preacher’s son embodies all the contradictions of Trump’s America.
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The U.S. Supreme Court could soon consider whether police can review a cellphone’s whereabouts without a warrant.
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Enslavement is a process, not an identity. The use of the word “slave” obscures that fact.
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A rare strike on Assad regime and its allies signals new dynamics in a long war.
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The reformist president will serve another term, which bodes well for the global nuclear deal.
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