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In Canberra, disappointment

CANBERRA — It was disappointment from start to finish around the USA vs. Australia match in the Bush Capital, won comfortably by the American...

The UK’s World Cup diplomatic mullet

While Boston and Dallas have been taken over by marauding Scotland and England fans, Washington, D.C., this week welcomed a (slightly) more sedate British...

Campaigns get in the game

You don't have to rely on The Discourse to know whether soccer is finally being embraced by America. Political ad spending targeted to catch...

Obama’s Irrelevance

‘He has taken a complete back seat in an era that his own co-partisans define as a hinge point on the future of the...

The Senate and Majority Rule

The president is quintupling down on his demands that the Senate pass the SAVE America Act.

The Fantastical Abstract World of the Democratic Socialists

When you ask Darializa Avila Chevalier to make concrete sense of her worldview for anyone who doesn’t subscribe to her outlook, she can’t do...

A Unanimous Court Draws the Line on Disarming Drug Users

This case inspired strange bedfellows, with pro-drug organizations allying with gun-rights groups, so perhaps it’s fitting that it’s also a case where Justices Thomas...

Boston College historian compares White House UFC event to 19th-century lynching

Boston College historian compares White House UFC event to 19th-century lynching: "It's not really a stretch to say that the same impulse that created the UFC fight on the White House lawn is the impulse that really pushed lynching in the late 19th century..."

Trump shows off newly refurbished Qatar-donated Air Force One jet

President Trump on Friday introduced the newly refurbished aircraft donated by Qatar that will serve as Air Force One, calling it a "flying White House with a level of luxury no one has ever seen before."

Tax the rich? California voters will decide in November; other states could follow

The anti-billionaire movement has taken hold in California, where voters provided enough signatures to force a landmark ballot initiative that would levy a one-time, 5% tax on the state's richest residents.

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