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Paul Gigot, The Wall Street Journal

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From the award-winning opinion pages of The Wall Street Journal, Paul Gigot, Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn and Kyle Peterson discuss the latest from Washington. Get critical perspective and the analysis you need on developments from the nation’s capital. Join them every weekday. Send your feedback to [email protected]

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Episodes (988)

Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' Tariffs Are Back

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Jul 8, 202521:45pending

Benjamin Netanyahu Comes to Washington With Hopes for Peace

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Jul 7, 202523:27pending

Will the 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' Cost Republicans in 2026?

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Jul 3, 202528:20pending

Trump Tours 'Alligator Alcatraz' but Says Farmers Need a Deportation Pass

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Jul 2, 202522:58pending

The Senate Passes Donald Trump’s 'Big Beautiful Bill'

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Jul 1, 202524:25pending

Unexpected Majorities and Conservative Victories at the Supreme Court

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Jun 30, 202524:52pending

The Supreme Court's Final Hot Summer Rulings

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Jun 27, 202527:17pending

Assessing the Damage to the Iranian Nuclear Program

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Jun 26, 202523:21pending

Zohran Mamdani Gets Closer to Becoming New York's Socialist Mayor

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Jun 25, 202525:18pending

Trump Declares a Cease-Fire in the '12-Day War' Between Israel and Iran

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Jun 24, 202525:29pending

Ron Dermer on the U.S. Airstrikes as Iran Returns Fire

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Jun 23, 202536:27pending

Trump Says He Might Strike Iran—and That He Defines 'America First'

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Jun 20, 202523:32pending

The NYC Mayor's Race: A Socialist vs. Andrew Cuomo

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Jun 19, 202521:11pending

The Senate Is Improving the GOP's 'Big Beautiful Bill'

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Jun 18, 202522:45pending

Trump Halts Immigration Raids on Farms and Hotels. Or Does He?

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Jun 17, 202526:08pending

Will the U.S. Help Israel Eliminate Iran's Nuclear Threat?

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Jun 16, 202530:08pending

Israel’s 'Operation Rising Lion' Hits Iran's Nuclear Program

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Jun 13, 202522:21pending

Who's Winning the Los Angeles Deportation Fight, Donald Trump or Gavin Newsom?

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Jun 12, 202520:28pending

The RFK Jr. Purge at the CDC Vaccine Panel

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Jun 11, 202520:54pending

Republicans Want Answers on Joe Biden's Decline and 'Autopen'

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Jun 10, 202527:21pending

Protests Against Donald Trump’s Deportations Erupt in Los Angeles

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Jun 9, 202522:33pending

The Trump-Musk Divorce / The Supreme Court's Busy June

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Jun 6, 202522:16pending

Does History Show Trump’s Tariffs Are Doomed to Fail?

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Jun 5, 202529:39pending

Elon Musk Denounces Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

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Jun 4, 202522:57pending

Ukraine's Surprise Drone Operation Hits Russian Bases

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Jun 3, 202522:11pending

Donald Trump Takes On the Conservative Judiciary

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Jun 2, 202523:46pending

Elon Musk Says Goodbye to DOGE and D.C.

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May 30, 202522:36pending

Courts Say Trump's Tariffs Are Illegal

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May 29, 202521:38pending

Donald Trump's Latest Tariff Threats, on iPhones and the EU

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May 28, 202524:19pending

Donald Trump Says Vladimir Putin Has 'Gone Absolutely CRAZY'

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May 27, 202524:10pending

Trump's Latest Swing at Harvard: Taking Away Foreign Students

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May 23, 202524:28pending

How Speaker Mike Johnson Passed the GOP's 'Big, Beautiful Bill'

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May 22, 202521:25pending

Joe Biden's Decline, the 25th Amendment, and the Political Price

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May 21, 202520:55pending

The Feds Charge a Congresswoman With Assaulting an ICE Agent

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May 20, 202523:27pending

Will Democrats and the Press Own Their Joe Biden Mistakes?

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May 19, 202521:42pending

The GOP Holdouts on Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

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May 16, 202525:40pending

What Trump's Middle East Trip Says About His Foreign Policy

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May 15, 202521:42pending

Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order and the High Court

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May 14, 202526:33pending

What's in the House GOP's ‘Big Beautiful’ Tax Bill?

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May 13, 202521:56pending

The U.S. and China’s Tariff Rollback / Qatar Offers Trump a Jet

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May 12, 202521:52pending

Columbia's Latest Anti-Israel Disruption, as Trump Threatens to Tax Harvard

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May 9, 202527:03pending

A Thaw in the Trade War as the U.S. and U.K. Make a Deal

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May 8, 202522:07pending

The GOP's Huddle on Its 'Big Beautiful Bill'

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May 7, 202523:42pending

Stranded in Newark? The FAA's Air-Traffic Control Mess

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May 6, 202526:34pending

Paul Gigot Interviews Jason Riley on 'The Affirmative Action Myth'

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May 5, 202531:18pending

Trump's Trade Wars and the Decline in U.S. GDP

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May 2, 202524:41pending

Donald Trump Dismisses Mike Waltz as National Security Adviser

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May 1, 202525:12pending

The Supreme Court Debates St. Isidore, the Religious Charter School

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Apr 30, 202523:44pending

The FBI's Arrest of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan

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Apr 29, 202523:43pending

The First 100 Days of Donald Trump 2.0

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Apr 28, 202526:56pending
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