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Jarvis: Kennedy’s cuts won’t keep America healthy

April 8, 2025, 6:01am Columns

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s grand plan for Making America Healthy Again is taking shape. It centers on dismantling the public health systems that have kept Americans safe for decades. Read story

Tropp: Want to bridge divides? Most Americans do too

April 7, 2025, 6:01am Columns

by our divisions, our politics, and a media landscape that thrives on tearing us apart. When asked to envision our ideal future, Americans say they want to connect and be united. But how do we get there? Read story

Granderson: Will top 10% step up to help?

April 7, 2025, 6:01am Columns

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 slashed the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent and more than doubled the federal estate tax exemption rate for married couples, from $11 million to $27 million. An analysis by the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee of… Read story

Estrich: Trump’s message: Be afraid

April 7, 2025, 6:01am Columns

According to Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, “The White House, in coordination with the Department of Justice, has dismissed more than 50 U.S. attorneys and deputies in the past few weeks.” Read story

Other Papers Say: A billion here, a billion there

April 7, 2025, 6:01am Columns

If Republicans dare broach the subject of waste and fraud in Medicaid or Medicare, it will be seconds before Democrats accuse them of seeking to throw grandma out of her wheelchair or leave impoverished children to fend for themselves in some dark Dickensian dystopia. Read story

Drucker: Abdication of power

April 7, 2025, 6:01am Columns

Some years back, I fired off a forgettable social media post referencing the “three co-equal branches” of government. A friend — a smart journalist steeped in American political history — responded with a gentle correction reminding me that Congress was the “supreme branch,” befitting its Article I status in the… Read story

Westneat: Our tax format merits a review

April 5, 2025, 6:01am Columns

Jacob Vigdor isn’t known around Seattle as a warrior for progressive causes. Read story

Other Papers Say: Student programs valuable

April 5, 2025, 6:01am Columns

In Olympia, there’s been a lot of positioning around education this year. A lot of talk about holding K-12 sacrosanct amid the general budget-squeezing climate. Read story

Leubsdorf: Casual response to security lapse

April 5, 2025, 6:01am Columns

When Donald Trump first sought the presidency, one of his issues against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton was her use of a private email server for communications, including some with secret or classified information. Read story

Local View: Kimsey and Nierenberg: Needless barrier to voting

April 5, 2025, 6:01am Columns

Even though there is no evidence that large numbers of noncitizens are registered to vote, President Donald Trump’s executive order “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections” would (if courts allow it to go into effect) create a new requirement to prove citizenship when registering to vote. This order… Read story