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Trump’s Iran Deal Is a Humiliation for Him—and Good News for the World Trump’s Iran Deal Is a Humiliation for Him—and Good News for the World
The negotiations are a stark symbol of the president’s failure. But any deal is better than endless, foolish war.
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Christian nationalists keep forgetting what the country’s founders kept writing down.
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