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Jack Smith, special counsel appointed by the Department of Justice, and former President Donald Trump.

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As a former AG, I believe Jack Smith had little choice but to indict Trump

Obama’s right. Racism is still America’s ‘fault line’

‘No Hard Feelings’ is a sex worker romcom that won’t admit it

My ride aboard the Titan submersible was thrilling. But catastrophe was never far from my mind

Ten years ago, the Supreme Court gave my wife and me a wedding gift

The Supreme Court can’t afford to sustain another self-inflicted wound

A cautionary tale about the original martyr of White working-class Americans

A year since Supreme Court’s abortion ruling, there’s a real human cost

SE Cupp: The hypocrisy of censuring Adam Schiff

Global Views

Young demonstrators hold placards during a 'Fridays for climate' protest against climate change in Athens on May 24, 2019 as part of a global youth campaign ahead of the EU elections. (Photo by Louisa GOULIAMAKI / AFP) (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP via Getty Images)

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If a 16-year-old can drive, work, pay taxes – why can’t they vote?

US President Joe Biden (L) talks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the opening of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 15, 2022. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / POOL / AFP) (Photo by BAY ISMOYO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Biden is taking a calculated risk on India’s Modi

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with war correspondents at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia June 13, 2023. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

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What Putin’s awkward meeting with Russia’s war bloggers reveals

FILE - The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema speaks during their picket against Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill at the Ugandan High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa on April 4, 2023. Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni has signed into law tough new anti-gay legislation supported by many in the country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad, it was announced Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

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Uganda’s death sentence for ‘aggravated homosexuality’ is outrageous. Here’s the smart way to fight it

The Russian Ministry of Defense released video showing Russian forces rolling their armored vehicles up to the northeastern edge of Kyiv.

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How Russia’s military has improved since last year — and how it’s still vulnerable

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 11, 2022 shows US President Joe Biden (L) addresses the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate from the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, in Washington, DC on June 17, 2022 and China's President Xi Jinping (R) speaks after walking with members of the Chinese Communist Party's new Politburo Standing Committee, the nation's top decision-making body, to meet the media in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 23, 2022. - President Joe Biden will urge Chinese leader Xi Jinping to restrain North Korea's "worst tendencies" and tell him that Pyongyang's arms build-up will prompt an "enhanced" US military presence in Asia, a senior official said November 12, 2022.
In a December 14, 2022 meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit, Biden will tell Xi that China has "an interest in playing a constructive role in restraining North Korea's worst tendencies," National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN and Noel CELIS / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN,NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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This is bigger than just the US and China

PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 14: Piled up rubbish bags are left on the street in front of to Eiffel Tower, during the garbage collectors' strike on March 14, 2023 in Paris, France. On the ninth day of the garbage collectors' strike against the pension reform, garbage cans are piling up in Paris, dozens of filled garbage bags are piled up in the middle of the street. On tuesday, the town hall of Paris counted more than 5,600 tons of uncollected waste. (Photo by Edward Berthelot/Getty Images)

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Did Paris’s rats just win the war?

Colombian President Gustavo Petro shared the photo via social media saying "A joy for the whole country! The 4 children who were lost 40 days ago in the Colombian jungle appeared alive."

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A plane crash, a miracle rescue, and the balm we were all looking for

Leader of Italy's liberal-conservative party Forza Italia, Silvio Berlusconi speaks during a rally of Italy's far-right League party, conservative Brothers of Italy party and Forza Italia party against the government on October 19, 2019 in Rome. - Italy's strongman Matteo Salvini holds a key rally in Rome on October 19 aimed at re-launching the Italian right and making a power-grab for the capital. Some eight special trains and 400 coaches transported supporters from across the country for the "Italian Pride" demonstration. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) (Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Before Trump or Viktor Orban, there was Italy’s Berlusconi

People are evacuated from flooded areas in Kherson, Ukraine on June 7.

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The Ukraine dam disaster demands accountability

Political Op-eds

Hunter Biden leaves after President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 people during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, in July 2022.

Who wins in the Hunter Biden plea deal

History is not on Donald Trump’s side

The Supreme Court honored tribal nations with its decision

Chris Christie goes where his rivals won’t

Trump lost the war of images

Why are so many Republicans running against Trump?

What made Trump’s 31 secret documents so explosive

The real problem with the IRS

Republicans, take a good hard look at where Trump is leading you

Trump’s case is a crucial test for justice in America

The 2024 election is a chance to write a new script

A lesson MAGA hasn’t learned — bonkers threats can’t derail the rule of law

Top issues

TOPSHOT - Taliban fighters escort veiled women marching during a pro-Taliban rally outside the Shaheed Rabbani Education University in Kabul on September 11, 2021.

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Biden’s Afghanistan exit decision looks even worse a year later

A protester holds a placard outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., the United States, June 24, 2022.

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I will never live in the marital shadows again

Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, and Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, testified on the first panel.

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What kind of justice will Ketanji Brown Jackson be?

Representative Liz Cheney, a Republican from Wyoming, listens during a House Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. The top U.S. military leaders yesterday pointed rare criticism at key decisions by Presidents Trump and Biden which they said undermined Afghanistan's military and made it harder for American troops to remain as the nation's government collapsed. Photographer: Olivier Douliery/AFP/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Don’t shed any tears for Liz Cheney

The problem Joe Manchin highlighted is crucial for America’s future

How the Biden administration can ensure mask access to all Americans

What 2020’s pro-Trump phony electors means for 2024

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‘Elemental’ hit me hard in my feelings

Arming America’s grandparents is not the solution to our gun violence crisis

The complicated truth about Juneteenth

I was shocked to learn there was a way to save my hair during chemo

Why I flew to Jamaica to take magic mushrooms … on camera

How to honor Black people on Juneteenth

This TV mom changed everything

The fifth Beatle is artificial intelligence

I love my children, but I can’t be their ‘real’ parent

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The Pennsylvania highway collapse shows how vulnerable our roads are

As a father, I’ll be sure my Black daughters get ‘The Talk’

Ozempic isn’t just a ‘wonder drug.’ It can also be a warning sign

He’s the hottest draft prospect since LeBron James. Here’s what he needs to know to make it in the NBA

How Houston’s homelessness breakthrough could be a national game changer

A bag of fake oxycodone M30 tablets contain fentanyl.

Fentanyl is killing a shocking number of young Americans. What the US can do to respond

Richard Roth and Samira Jafari in New York in June 2022.

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How a coworker’s email saved his life and renewed hers

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The real out-of-control college costs aren’t where you think

Kim Kardashian attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 92nd Oscars at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills on February 9, 2020.

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Kim Kardashian doesn’t deserve this

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The fiercest fight of the 21st century – to save democracy

I met my dad for the first time when I was 4, and he was behind bars

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Your rights could be taken away rapidly. I know because it happened to me

Nathan Law: Democracy is not only Hong Kong’s fight

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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in prior to testifying during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on her nomination to become an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 21, 2022. - The US Senate takes up the historic nomination on Monday of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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Republicans would be wise to get behind Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation

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Potential Supreme Court pick is one of the finest judges I’ve seen

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL: (FILE PHOTO) Nazi war criminal Adolph Eichmann stands in a protective glass booth flanked by Israeli police during his trial April 5, 1961 in Jerusalem. The Israeli police donated Eichmann's original handprints, fingerprints and mugshot to Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial ahead of Israel's annual Holocaust remembrance day May 4, 2005 which this year also marks the 60th anniversary of the Nazi's World War II defeat in 1945. (Photo by GPO via Getty Images)

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60 years ago, we saw the face of evil

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - AUGUST 24: President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence give a thumbs up after speaking on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Charlotte Convention Center on August 24, 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The four-day event is themed "Honoring the Great American Story." (Photo by Chris Carlson-Pool/Getty Images)

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Pro-Trump lawyer’s memo begins with a lie, then descends into madness

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 18: U.S. President Donald Trump pauses during a news briefing on the latest development of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. at the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House March 18, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced on Twitter that the U.S. and Canada will close their border to non-essential traffic to try and stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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The worst of Trump’s pardons

CLYDE, OHIO - AUGUST 06: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to workers at a Whirlpool manufacturing facility on August 06, 2020 in Clyde, Ohio. Whirlpool is the last remaining major appliance company headquartered in the United States. With more than 3,000 employees, the Clyde facility is one of the world's largest home washing machine plants, producing more than 20,000 machines a day. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Something went terribly wrong with Trump’s defense

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Justice for George Floyd gets a step closer

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 31: U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with members of the National Association of Police Organizations Leadership in the Cabinet Room of the White House July 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images)

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The most devastating piece of evidence at the Trump trial

A billboard promoting contract army service with an image of a serviceman and the slogan reading "Serving Russia is a real job" sits in Saint Petersburg on September 20, 2022. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP) (Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Joe Biden and Elon Musk, at opposite ends of leadership equation

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A mockup of a Soviet AN-602 hydrogen bomb (Tsar Bomb) is displayed at the exhibition devoted to the 70th anniversary of Russias nuclear industry in Moscow on September 1, 2015. The most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated was first tested on October 30, 1961, having 50 megatons of TNT equivalent. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)

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Putin’s war was launched on a runway of lies

"We are here. We are in Kyiv. We are defending Ukraine."That was the title of a video posted on Facebook Friday night by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as he vowed to defend his country while standing on a Kyiv street with other leaders of his administration.

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US President Donald Trump (L) chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 11, 2017. (Photo by Mikhail KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

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A man wearing a face mask walks on a street in Manhattan of New York, the United States, Jan. 19, 2022. U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will start shipping 400 million free non-surgical N95 face masks to distribution sites nationwide this week as part of the efforts to fight the surging Omicron COVID-19 variant, USA Today on Wednesday quoted an official source as saying. (Photo by Wang Ying/Xinhua via Getty Images)

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A humble prediction for what comes after Omicron

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San Francisco rape controversy will have a chilling effect

Fontana, CA - February 17: Gov. Gavin Newsom announces the next phase of Californias COVID-19 response called SMARTER, during a press conference at the UPS Healthcare warehouse in Fontana on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. The plan is to move from the pandemic stage into an endemic stage in which people will learn to live COVID. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda/MediaNews Group/The Press-Enterprise via Getty Images)

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California’s endemic strategy is a vital step forward

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 20: A firework display is seen inside the stadium alongside the Olympic rings during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Beijing National Stadium on February 20, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

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Beijing Olympics hit the heights – and the depths

KIEV, UKRAINE FEBRUARY 3, 2022: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan following their talks at the Mariinsky Palace. Zelensky and Erdogan have signed an agreement on a free trade zone. Irina Yakovleva/TASS (Photo by Irina Yakovleva\TASS via Getty Images)

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Ukrainians are wondering if their comedian-turned-president can handle the world stage

Canada's Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje compete in the figure skating ice dance free fance at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on February 17.

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I’m a mom, and mask rollbacks make me terrified for my kids’ health

Supporters arrive at Parliament Hill for the Freedom Truck Convoy to protest against Covid-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions in Ottawa, Canada, on January 29, 2022. - Hundreds of truckers drove their giant rigs into the Canadian capital Ottawa on Saturday as part of a self-titled "Freedom Convoy" to protest vaccine mandates required to cross the US border. (Photo by Lars Hagberg / AFP) (Photo by LARS HAGBERG/AFP via Getty Images)

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Canadian trucker protests are the latest example of Covid-19 absurdity

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France is on a dangerous collision course with its Muslim population

This view from NASA spacewalker Thomas Marshburn's camera points toward his U.S. spacesuit legs, downward from the Canadarm2 robotic arm that he is attached to, and toward the International Space Station below him on December 2, 2021. The station's prominent features include (from left) the Kibo laboratory module's external pallet, the truss structure, its radiators, and the orbiting lab's Russian segment.

America and Russia cooperate in space. Why not on Earth?

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What ‘Succession’ got right about 2021

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As Olympics begin, the world is looking. But will anyone be watching?

Nurse practitioner Sarah Rauner fills a syringe with the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to be administered to children from 5-11 years old are seen at the Beaumont Health offices in Southfield, Michigan on November 5, 2021. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

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A Covid-19 vaccine may soon be available for young kids. Here’s what parents should consider

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Why this modified pig heart transplant is a huge deal

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Bob Saget turned my life around

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting in Moscow, on Jan. 21, 2022.

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Why China’s Olympics matter to Putin

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - FEBRUARY 13: Pope Benedict XVI leads the Ash Wednesday service at the St. Peter's Basilica on February 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Ash Wednesday opens the liturgical 40-day period of Lent, a time of prayer, fasting, penitence and alms giving leading up to Easter. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

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Pope Benedict XVI revelations are a chance to overhaul a rotten system

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Jamie Oliver is veering into cultural appropriation. Because he’s Jamie Oliver

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, who opposed the British fleet's arrival on January 26, 1788, to be celebrated as "Australia Day", organize a demonstration describing this date as "Invasion Day" in Melbourne, Australia on January 26, 2021. (Photo by Recep Sakar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Australia’s national day should be one of pride. Instead it commemorates an invasion

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The future of the GOP isn’t about Ron DeSantis or Glenn Youngkin

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TEHRAN, Nov. 11, 2019 -- Laborers work at the construction site of the second phase of Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in Bushehr, southern Iran, on Nov. 10, 2019. The concrete placement for the construction of the second phase of Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant started on Sunday. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz via Getty Images)

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America has taken its eyes off the ball on Iran

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 29: An American flag waves outside the United States Capitol building as Congress remains gridlocked over legislation to continue funding the federal government September 29, 2013 in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution with language to defund U.S. President Barack Obama's national health care plan yesterday, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has indicated the U.S. Senate will not consider the legislation as passed by the House. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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This is the revelation America is still waiting for

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What it will take to save American democracy

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Why Kevin McCarthy’s comments cannot be ignored

FILE - Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A new poll shows that a year after the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, only about 4 in 10 Republicans recall the attack by supporters of former President Donald Trump as very violent or extremely violent. A new poll shows that a year after the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, only about 4 in 10 Republicans recall the attack by supporters of former President Donald Trump as very violent or extremely violent. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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What I witnessed on January 6

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 14: Smoke rises from the building after a huge fire engulfed the 24 storey residential Grenfell Tower block in Latimer Road, West London in the early hours of this morning on June 14, 2017 in London, England. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has declared the fire a major incident as more than 200 firefighters are still tackling the blaze while at least 50 people are receiving hospital treatment. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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These Supreme Court arguments are about far more than vaccine mandates