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Shyam Sankar on next phase of the artificial intelligence revolution

Shyam Sankar, Palantir Technologies CTO, joins The Post’s Jonathan Capehart to discuss the impact of AI on companies across industries and America’s global technological competitiveness. Conversation recorded on Thursday, December 5, 2024.

January 2, 2025

Opinion

Marc A. Thiessen

The 10 best things Biden did in 2024

Tomorrow: The 10 worst things Biden did in 2024

January 2, 2025

Opinion

Ruth Marcus

The chief justice takes a swipe at JD Vance

The vice president-elect has repeatedly suggested that government officials may defy court orders.

January 1, 2025

Opinion

Annie Duke

How poker players keep New Year’s resolutions

Gamblers know how a bet can change our behavior.

January 1, 2025

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Max Boot

How to respond to Russia’s hybrid war on the West? Hybrid counterattack.

Russia is suspected in a wide range of indirect attacks in Europe, including cutting undersea cables.

December 31, 2024

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Colbert I. King

A president for D.C.

In word and deed, Jimmy Carter held Washington in high esteem.

December 31, 2024

Opinion

Lee Hockstader

Europe, on the brink, faces a pileup of threats for 2025

Europe, its politics fragmented and economies flagging, is increasingly vulnerable to Russia’s predations.

December 31, 2024

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Theodore R. Johnson

She’s big, she’s green, and she has a message for America

America has always been pulled in different directions on immigration. But a torch in New York harbor lights the way.

December 31, 2024

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Drew Goins

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As 2025 dawns, ‘Impromptu’ looks at last year’s highs and lows

Happiness, sadness, anger and hope — 2024 had it all.

December 31, 2024

Opinion

Catherine Rampell

Ozempic economics: How GLP-1s will disrupt the economy in 2025

Weight loss drugs are saving lives, shrinking waistlines and shaking up the economy.

December 31, 2024

Opinion

David Ignatius

The strategist in the hurricane

Jake Sullivan faced the toughest global challenges of any national security adviser in a half-century. How did he do?

December 31, 2024

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Adam Lashinsky

In a war between tech bros and core MAGA, the winner is easy to spot

They are a selfish bunch who have shown time and again that what interests them most is themselves.

December 30, 2024

Opinion

George F. Will

Jimmy Carter was the president who made Ronald Reagan necessary

Richard Nixon made Jimmy Carter tempting; Carter made Ronald Reagan necessary.

December 29, 2024

Opinion

E.J. Dionne Jr.

The opposition to Trump isn’t inert. It’s reflecting — and that’s good.

This New Year’s, I’m reflecting on how the nation corrects course and moves forward together. // This New Year’s, I’m reflecting on how the nation corrects course and moves forward together.

December 29, 2024

Opinion

Alexandra Petri

Good news! 2025 will be full of AI!

Here’s to the year of letting AI do everything for us!

December 27, 2024

Opinion

David Miliband on emergency watchlist of countries at greatest humanitarian risk in 2025

David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee and the former foreign secretary of the United Kingdom, joins The Post’s Jonathan Capehart to discuss the IRC’s new emergency watchlist report about the countries at greatest humanitarian risk and the role of the internal community in tackling these crises.

December 27, 2024