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Trump administration threatens states to tighten voting rules
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
July 23, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Unable to pass its controversial legislation to tighten voting laws and facing dubious mid-term election prospects, the Trump admin...
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Democratic leaders move to counter socialist successes
Comment & Opinion, 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
Comment & Opinion, 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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From Ford to Trump — a contrast in anniversary celebrations
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
June 30, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — What a difference a half century has made. Fifty years ago, the nation celebrated the 200th anniversary of its Declaration of Indep...
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Todd Blanche is the true test for Senate Republicans
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
June 11, 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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Upcoming primaries will test Trump’s hold on GOP
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
April 23, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s dramatic defeat has sparked substantial speculation over its potential fallout, both in Eur...
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