For the second time in recent days, President Trump declared that one of the key objectives of the war had been accomplished.

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Officials at the department and the White House are in the middle of a messy and complicated debate over how to respond to President Trump’s lawsuit demanding $10 billion from the I.R.S.

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Trump should set aside his 15-point peace plan and reduce it to these two points.

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Trump should set aside his 15-point peace plan and reduce it to these two points.

The country’s faith in its ability to shape the world to its liking is a much older malady.

The country’s faith in its ability to shape the world to its liking is a much older malady.

President Trump once assailed the Obama administration for making cash payments to Iran. Now he supports sanctions relief that could give the country a $14 billion windfall.

Whatever short-term gain the president thinks he is getting by lying about the war in Iran is far exceeded by the cost, for him, the country and the world.

There’s little evidence that the better deal that many opponents demanded was ever within reach.

How to fix the Democratic Party’s toxic brand.