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Nixon wanted — and got — his decent interval between the United States pullout of Vietnam and the inevitable North Vietnamese takeover. Afghanistan’s interval was never going to be decent, but I…

Our abandonment of the Afghans who helped us, counted on us, and staked their lives on us is a final, gratuitous shame that we could have avoided.

State Department mailbox crashes under weight of thousands of SIV applications

The U.S. has a responsibility to protect Afghans from the mass atrocities of the Taliban.

The situation in Afghanistan is dire. But it is not too late to deploy forces to stabilize it, and ultimately turn it around. We can at least avoid the worst outcome, a collapse and slaughter that would be a catastrophe for the people of Afghanistan and a strategic and moral disaster for the United States. […]

While history offered U.S. leaders 3,000 years of warnings, it does not offer them an excuse.

This is not the way to get out of this war.

The administration must act now. Here’s what they must do.

The president faces the crises of his presidency

Salazar, Orban, and the yearning for an American Caesar

On vaccines and voting rights, fear of offending Trump supporters has become too controlling.

The 1/6 hearings begin; and the humiliation of George P. Bush.

Plus: The patriotism of Adam Kinzinger

The MAGA movement sees itself as oppressed and disempowered. It couldn't be more wrong about this, argues Berny Belvedere.

Politico invited Ben Shapiro to produce its Playbook newsletter. Politico staffers were upset. They had a point, writes Berny Belvedere.