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Amid current battles, Democrats look ahead to 2028
Commentary, Opinion
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
August 6, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Democrats are at it again, fiddling with the presidential nominating calendar in hopes of achieving the impossible – making it ...
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Democratic leaders move to counter socialist successes
Commentary, Opinion
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
July 16, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — For the past decade, Democratic progressives have regularly challenged the party’s establishment, with intermittent success. This y...
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Presidential scandals occur like clockwork every 50 years
Columns, Commentary, Opinion
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
July 8, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Every 50 years, it’s become traditional for the United States to celebrate the survival of its democracy for another half century, ...
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Needed: A bipartisan approach to fix Social Security
Columns, Commentary, Opinion
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
June 18, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Once again, the Social Security system’s managers are warning that the nation’s main retirement fund is running out of money so tha...
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Todd Blanche is the true test for Senate Republicans
Columns, Commentary, Opinion
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
June 10, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Reports of a Republican congressional revolt — like Mark Twain once famously said of a false newspaper report of his death — are gr...
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Columns, Commentary, Opinion
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
June 3, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — From Indiana to Texas, President Donald Trump has been throwing his political weight around, using his clout to end the careers of ...
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Shooter gives Trump a brief political respite
Commentary, Opinion
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
April 30, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The gunman who forced the postponement of Donald Trump’s first presidential appearance at Washington’s biggest annual press dinner ...
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