Thursday’s Opinions: Trump has caused a catastrophe. Let’s end it quickly.

Democracy Dies in Darkness

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E.J. Dionne Jr.

Trump has caused a catastrophe. Let’s end it quickly.

Delaying the process of getting to the truth will harm our country far more than any political backlash by Trump’s supporters.

Latest Columns

Dana Milbank

Rod Rosenstein saves the Republican Party from itself

The deputy attorney general poured some water onto a raging political inferno by appointing a special counsel to handle the Russia probe.

Charles Lane

Trump may have broken one D.C. Commandment too many

This isn’t how Washington is supposed to work.

George F. Will

An old ‘disease’ that could help lawmakers understand today’s health-care debate

Economist William Baumol’s postulations are particularly relevant as an aging workforce retires into the expensive embrace of the entitlement state.

Allison Wohl

My son has Down syndrome. The GOP’s health-care bill scares me to death.

Cathy McMorris Rodgers and I want the same thing for our children, but we disagree on what kind of law will get us there.

Michael Morell

Three lessons from the Trump-Russia episode (and one is actually good news)

The president didn’t commit a crime when he revealed secrets, but the leakers to The Post did.

Editorial Cartoons

Tom Toles	Ann Telnaes

Donald Trump finds his presidency hanging by a high thread count	Time is running out for the GOP agenda
As his explanations become more threadbare.	House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) tells reporters that the Republicans are intent on getting their agenda accomplished and will “follow the facts wherever they lead” when it comes to President Trump.

The Post’s View

Trump’s commission on voter fraud is, well, fraudulent

The president has empaneled a biased panel to study an invented problem.

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A note to Erdogan and his thugs: You can’t beat up protestors here

The Turkish president’s security guards apparently think it’s fine to attack peaceful demonstrators in the United States. They’re wrong.

By Editorial Board • Read more »

A special counsel is essential. But Congress isn’t off the hook.

The Justice Department’s decision to appoint Robert S. Mueller III is welcome.

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Latest Blogs

With Mueller as the special prosecutor, the White House has every reason to panic

This is a very big deal.

By Jennifer Rubin • Right Turn • Read more »

Happy Hour Roundup

Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion.

By Paul Waldman • The Plum Line • Read more »

The case for taking down Confederate monuments

Ultimately, it comes down the fact that the main goal of the Confederacy was perpetuation of the evil institution of slavery. That’s not something we should honor.

By Ilya Somin • The Volokh Conspiracy • Read more »