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    margin: 0 8px 8px 0;
    min-width: 33px;
    text-align: center;
    color: #666;
    line-height: 21px;
    float: left;
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    min-width: 40px;
    background: #fff;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 16px;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.wex-pagination-left .page-numbers .current {
    border-color: #e52f32;
    background: #e52f32;
    color: #fff;
}

.wex-pagination-left .page-numbers a:hover {
    border-color: #e52f32;
    color: #e52f32;
}

.wex-pagination-left .page-numbers .dots {
    min-width: 40px;
    border: 0;
    background: transparent;
}

.wex-pagination-left .page-numbers .next,
.wex-pagination-left .page-numbers .prev {
    width: 66px;
    min-width: 66px;
    padding: 0;
    font-size: 0;
}

.wex-pagination-left .page-numbers .next .wex-page-arrow,
.wex-pagination-left .page-numbers .prev .wex-page-arrow {
    width: auto;
    min-width: 0;
    height: auto;
    margin: 0px 5px 5px 5px;
    padding: 0;
    border: 0;
    background: transparent;
    font-size: 26px;
    line-height: 1;
}

.wex-pagination-right {
    margin-right: 30%;
    font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
    font-size: 12px;
}

/* 1452 = 1180 content + two 120px wings with 16px gaps */
@media (max-width: 1451.98px) {
    .wex-category-rail-stage {
        grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1180px);
        max-width: 1180px;
    }

    .wex-category-rail {
        display: none;
    }
}

@media (min-width: 1452px) and (max-width: 1500px) {
    .wex-category-rail-stage {
        --wex-wing: 120px;
        --wex-wing-gap: 16px;
    }
}

@media (max-width: 1199px) {
    .wex-category-center .container {
        max-width: 960px;
        padding-right: 5px;
        padding-left: 5px;
    }

    .wex-featured-layout {
        grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.6fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
    }

    .wex-feature-main {
        min-height: 428px;
    }

    .wex-feature-small,
    .wex-featured-side-grid .wex-feature-small {
        min-height: 210px;
    }

    .wex-feature-main h2 {
        font-size: 32px;
    }

    .wex-feature-small h3 {
        font-size: 18px;
    }
}

@media (max-width: 991.98px) {
    .wex-category-inline-ad-dsk {
        display: none;
    }

    .wex-category-inline-ad-mob {
        display: block;
    }

    .wex-category-layout {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    }

    .wex-category-ads-column {
        display: none;
    }

    .wex-featured-layout {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        gap: 10px;
    }

    .wex-feature-main {
        min-height: 420px;
    }

    .wex-featured-side-grid {
        display: flex;
        gap: 8px;
        overflow-x: auto;
        padding-bottom: 6px;
        scroll-snap-type: x proximity;
        -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
    }

    .wex-featured-side-grid::-webkit-scrollbar {
        height: 6px;
    }

    .wex-featured-side-grid .wex-feature-small {
        flex: 0 0 240px;
        min-height: 220px;
        scroll-snap-align: start;
    }
}

@media (max-width: 767.98px) {
    .wex-category-page {
        padding-top: 18px;
    }

    .wex-category-header h1 {
        font-size: 30px;
    }

    .wex-featured-layout {
        gap: 10px;
    }

    .wex-feature-main {
        min-height: 340px;
    }

    .wex-featured-side-grid {
        gap: 6px;
        margin-right: -12px;
        padding-right: 12px;
    }

    .wex-featured-side-grid .wex-feature-small {
        flex: 0 0 220px;
        min-height: 180px;
    }

    .wex-feature-main h2 {
        font-size: 26px;
    }

    .wex-feature-small h3 {
        font-size: 19px;
    }

    .wex-feature-content,
    .wex-feature-main .wex-feature-content {
        right: 18px;
        bottom: 16px;
        left: 18px;
    }

    .wex-category-post-grid {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        gap: 32px;
    }

    .wex-category-inline-ad .wex-ad-wrap {
        margin: 2px auto 6px;
    }

    .wex-category-card h2 {
        font-size: 23px;
    }

    .wex-pagination-wrap {
        flex-direction: column;
        align-items: flex-start;
        gap: 22px;
        margin-top: 46px;
    }

    .wex-pagination-left .page-numbers {
        flex-wrap: wrap;
    }

    .wex-pagination-right {
        display: none;
    }
}


@media (min-width: 768px) {
    .wex-featured-layout {
        display: grid !important;
        grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)) !important;
        grid-template-rows: 1fr !important;
        gap: 6px !important;
        width: 100%;
        aspect-ratio: 2.74 / 1;
    }

    .wex-feature-main,
    .wex-feature-small,
    .wex-featured-side-grid .wex-feature-small {
        height: auto !important;
        min-height: 0 !important;
    }

    .wex-featured-side-grid {
        display: grid !important;
        grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)) !important;
        grid-template-rows: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)) !important;
        gap: 6px !important;
        height: 100%;
        overflow: hidden !important;
        padding: 0 !important;
        margin: 0 !important;
    }

    .wex-feature-main {
        height: 100% !important;
    }

    .wex-featured-side-grid .wex-feature-small {
        height: 100% !important;
    }

    .wex-feature-main h2 {
        margin-bottom: 9px;
        font-size: 27px;
        font-weight: 500;
        line-height: 34px;
    }

    .wex-feature-small h3 {
         margin: 0;
        font-size: 16px;
        line-height: 21px;
    }
}

@media (max-width: 767.98px) {
    .wex-featured-layout {
        display: block !important;
        width: 100%;
        aspect-ratio: auto !important;
    }

    .wex-feature-main {
        width: 100%;
        height: auto !important;
        min-height: 0 !important;
        aspect-ratio: 1.38 / 1;
    }

    .wex-featured-side-grid {
        display: flex !important;
        grid-template-columns: none !important;
        grid-template-rows: none !important;
        gap: 5px !important;
        width: auto;
        margin: 5px -12px 0 0 !important;
        padding: 0 12px 8px 0 !important;
        overflow-x: auto !important;
        overflow-y: hidden !important;
        scroll-snap-type: x mandatory;
        -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
    }

    .wex-featured-side-grid .wex-feature-small {
        display: block;
        flex: 0 0 78vw !important;
        width: 78vw !important;
        height: auto !important;
        min-height: 0 !important;
        aspect-ratio: 1.72 / 1;
        scroll-snap-align: start;
    }

    .wex-featured-side-grid::-webkit-scrollbar {
        display: none;
    }

    .wex-feature-main h2 {
        font-size: 30px;
        line-height: 1.12;
    }

    .wex-feature-small h3 {
        font-size: 20px;
        line-height: 1.12;
    }
}



@media (min-width: 1452px) {
    .wex-category-rail-stage {
        align-items: stretch !important;
    }

    .wex-category-rail {
        display: block !important;
        align-self: stretch !important;
        min-height: 100% !important;
        overflow: visible !important;
        transform: none !important;
    }

    .wex-category-rail-sticky {
        position: -webkit-sticky !important;
        position: sticky !important;
        top: 105px !important;
        width: var(--wex-wing) !important;
        height: max-content;
        align-self: start;
        overflow: visible !important;
        transform: none !important;
        will-change: auto;
    }

    .wex-category-rail-slot,
    .wex-category-rail-slot .wex-ad-wrap {
        width: var(--wex-wing) !important;
        overflow: visible !important;
    }
}

@media (min-width: 992px) {
    .wex-category-layout {
        align-items: stretch !important;
    }

    .wex-category-ads-column {
        position: relative !important;
        align-self: stretch !important;
        min-height: 100% !important;
        overflow: visible !important;
    }

    .wex-category-ads-sticky {
        width: 300px;
        z-index: 25;
        will-change: transform;
    }
}

.wex-tag-page .wex-tag-header {
    margin-bottom: 15px;
}

.wex-tag-page .wex-tag-header h1 {
    text-transform: none;
}

.wex-tag-card-category {
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    z-index: 2;
    padding: 6px 9px;
    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.84);
    color: #fff;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 13px;
    font-weight: 700;
    line-height: 1;
}

.wex-tag-page .wex-category-card-image {
    position: relative;
}


.wex-author-page .wex-category-header {
    margin-bottom: 30px;
}

.wex-author-header h1 {
    text-transform: none;
}

.wex-author-bio-box {
    display: flex;
    align-items: flex-start;
    gap: 28px;
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 990px;
    margin-bottom: 66px;
    padding: 30px;
    border: 1px solid #e5e5e5;
    background: #fff;
}

.wex-author-avatar {
    flex: 0 0 136px;
    width: 136px;
}

.wex-author-avatar img {
    display: block;
    width: 100px;
    height: 125px;
    object-fit: contain;
}

.wex-author-bio-content {
    flex: 1;
    min-width: 0;
}

.wex-author-bio-content p {
    margin: 0;
    color: #111;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 17px;
    font-weight: 400;
    line-height: 1.75;
}

.wex-author-bio-content p + p {
    margin-top: 12px;
}

.wex-author-posts {
    margin-top: 0;
}

.wex-author-card-category {
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    z-index: 2;
    padding: 6px 9px;
    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.83);
    color: #fff;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 13px;
    font-weight: 700;
    line-height: 1;
}

.wex-category-card-image {
    position: relative;
}



.wex-feature-meta,
.wex-category-card-meta {
    align-items: center;
}

.wex-feature-meta-small {
    margin-top: 7px;
    font-size: 11px;
    font-weight: 600;
}

.wex-feature-author,
.wex-card-author {
    min-width: 0;
}

.wex-category-card-meta a,
.wex-category-card-meta a strong {
    color: #111;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.wex-category-card-meta a:hover,
.wex-category-card-meta a:focus-visible,
.wex-category-card-meta a:hover strong,
.wex-category-card-meta a:focus-visible strong {
    color: #e63333;
}

.wex-ad-label {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 2;
    min-height: 11px;
}

@media (max-width: 767.98px) {
    .wex-feature-meta-small {
        display: flex;
        margin-top: 8px;
        font-size: 11px;
    }
}
.wex-category-page,
.wex-category-page * {
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

.wex-category-rail-stage {
    width: min(1560px, 100%) !important;
    max-width: 1560px !important;
    margin-right: auto !important;
    margin-left: auto !important;
}

.wex-category-center {
    width: 100% !important;
    max-width: 1180px !important;
    min-width: 0 !important;
}

.wex-category-center > .wex-category-sticky-boundary,
.wex-category-center .container {
    width: 100% !important;
    max-width: 1180px !important;
    min-width: 0 !important;
    margin-right: auto !important;
    margin-left: auto !important;
}

.wex-category-layout {
    width: 100% !important;
    max-width: 1180px !important;
    min-width: 0 !important;
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 850px) 300px !important;
}

.wex-category-post-grid {
    width: 100% !important;
    max-width: 850px !important;
    min-width: 0 !important;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)) !important;
}

.wex-category-card {
    width: 100% !important;
    max-width: 410px !important;
    min-width: 0 !important;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.wex-category-card-image {
    display: block !important;
    width: 100% !important;
    max-width: 410px !important;
    height: auto !important;
    aspect-ratio: 1.42 / 1 !important;
    overflow: hidden !important;
}

.wex-category-card-image img,
.wex-category-image,
.wex-category-card-thumbnail {
    display: block !important;
    width: 100% !important;
    max-width: none !important;
    height: 100% !important;
    min-width: 0 !important;
    object-fit: contain !important;
    object-position: center !important;
}

@media (max-width: 1451.98px) {
    .wex-category-rail-stage,
    .wex-category-center,
    .wex-category-center > .wex-category-sticky-boundary,
    .wex-category-center .container {
        width: min(1180px, 100%) !important;
        max-width: 1180px !important;
    }
}

@media (max-width: 1199px) {
    .wex-category-center,
    .wex-category-center > .wex-category-sticky-boundary,
    .wex-category-center .container {
        width: 100% !important;
        max-width: 960px !important;
    }

    .wex-category-layout {
        grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 630px) 300px !important;
    }

    .wex-category-post-grid {
        max-width: 630px !important;
    }
}

@media (max-width: 991.98px) {
    .wex-category-layout {
        display: block !important;
        max-width: 100% !important;
    }

    .wex-category-post-grid {
        max-width: 100% !important;
    }

    .wex-category-card {
        max-width: none !important;
    }

    .wex-category-card-image {
        max-width: none !important;
    }
}

@media (max-width: 767.98px) {
    .wex-category-center .container {
        padding-right: 12px !important;
        padding-left: 12px !important;
    }

    .wex-category-post-grid {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr !important;
    }
}

.wex-feature-card,
.wex-feature-image-link,
.wex-category-card-image {
    background: #111 !important;
}

.wex-feature-image,
.wex-category-image,
.wex-category-card-image img,
.wex-category-card-thumbnail,
.wex-tag-page .wex-category-card-thumbnail,
.wex-author-page .wex-category-card-thumbnail {
    display: block !important;
    width: 100% !important;
    max-width: none !important;
    height: 100% !important;
    min-width: 0 !important;
    min-height: 0 !important;
    object-fit: contain !important;
    object-position: center center !important;
    transform: none !important;
}

.wex-feature-card:hover .wex-feature-image,
.wex-category-card:hover .wex-category-image,
.wex-category-card:hover .wex-category-card-thumbnail,
.wex-tag-page .wex-category-card:hover .wex-category-card-thumbnail,
.wex-author-page .wex-category-card:hover .wex-category-card-thumbnail {
    transform: none !important;
}
.wex-feature-card,
.wex-feature-image-link,
.wex-category-card-image {
    background: transparent !important;
}

.wex-feature-image,
.wex-category-image,
.wex-category-card-thumbnail,
.wex-feature-card img,
.wex-category-card-image img {
    display: block !important;
    width: 100% !important;
    height: 100% !important;
    max-width: none !important;
    object-fit: cover !important;
    object-position: center center !important;
    background: transparent !important;
}
.wex-feature-main .wex-feature-image {
    object-position: center center !important;
}

.wex-feature-small .wex-feature-image {
    object-position: center center !important;
}

/* post without a featured image: no image box, category label stays as a plain tag */
.wex-category-card-image.wex-card-image--none,
.wex-tag-page .wex-category-card-image.wex-card-image--none,
.wex-author-page .wex-category-card-image.wex-card-image--none {
    aspect-ratio: auto !important;
    height: auto !important;
    background: none !important;
}
.wex-card-image--none .wex-author-card-category,
.wex-card-image--none .wex-tag-card-category {
    position: static;
    display: inline-block;
    margin-bottom: 8px;
}

.wexe-liveblog-slot {
    margin: 0 0 20px;
}
.wexe-liveblog-slot .wex-strip {
    margin: 0;
    max-width: none;
}

@media (min-width: 1452px) {
    .wex-category-rail-stage > .wex-category-rail-left {
        grid-column: 1;
    }
    .wex-category-rail-stage > .wex-category-center {
        grid-column: 2;
    }
    .wex-category-rail-stage > .wex-category-rail-right {
        grid-column: 3;
    }
}

/* tag page: moved from the inline style block in tag.php */
.wex-tag-page .wex-breadcrumb a:hover {
    color: #111;
}

.wex-tag-page .wex-pagination-left {
    min-width: 0;
}

</style>
<style id="wp-custom-css">
section.categorys .magazine-container {
    border-top: solid 0px;
    display: flex;
}

section.featuredVideos .featuredVideos.bg-black, section.featuredVideos .featuredVideos {
    padding-top: 24px !important;
    padding-bottom: 20px !important;
}

html :where([style^=border-color],[style*=";border-color"],[style*="; border-color"]) {
    border-style: none;
}
@media (max-width: 575.98px) {
section.categorys img.w-100.object-fit-contain {
    padding-bottom: 20px;
	}

.mini-category-posts.d-flex.align-items-center.mt-3 {
    padding-left: 5px;
    padding-right: 5px;
}
section.news-main.mt-2 > .container > .row > .col-md-8 {
     padding-left: 0px;
    padding-right: 0px;
}

.magazine-image.text-center {
    border: 0px solid #d3d3d3;
}
	    .wex-header-top .wex-right-actions .wex-subscribe {
        width: 116px !important;
        min-width: 76px !important;
        max-width: 85px !important;
        height: 32px !important;
        min-height: 35px !important;
        max-height: 48px !important;
        padding: 0 12px !important;
        border-radius: 6px !important;
        font-size: 14px !important;
        margin: 0 !important;
    }
	
	    .wex-main-header .wex-logo-img, .wex-main-header .custom-logo {
        margin-right: 20px;

    }
	
	.wex-footer-pro__copyright {
        padding: 18px 0;
        align-items: end;
        font-size: 11px;
        text-align: left;
        flex-wrap: nowrap;
        justify-content: space-between;
    }
	
}

.wex-breaking-alert__label {
    font-size: 24px;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
}

.wex-footer-pro__bottom-col .wex-footer-menu a {
    font-size: 16px;
    font-weight: 900;
    line-height: 1.35;
    color: #fff;
}

.wex-footer-pro__copyright span {
    font-size: 18px;
}
a#ot-sdk-btn {
    font-size: 25px !important;
}
.shorts-track {
        margin-left: 0px;
 }
/* IPAD */
@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1199.98px) {
  div#epln {
    width: 100%;
}
	
.cat-post {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
}

img.object-fit-cover {
    min-width: 95px!important;
}
	
}

/* IPAD */
#posts-container .liveblog-content a,
#posts-container .liveblog-content a:link,
#posts-container .liveblog-content a:visited {
    color: #0066cc !important;
    text-decoration: underline !important;
    text-underline-offset: 2px;
}

#posts-container .liveblog-content a:hover,
#posts-container .liveblog-content a:focus {
    color: #004a99 !important;
    text-decoration: underline !important;
}
.gray_border_1.p-3.p-lg-4.text_secondary.top_blue_border_4.position-sticky.top-0 a {
       color: #004a99 !important;
    text-decoration: underline !important;
}

.wex-featured-video-top-ad {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 100%;
    min-width: 0;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

.wex-featured-video-ad-inner {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 100%;
    min-width: 0;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: flex-start;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

.wex-featured-video-top-ad .wex-ad-wrap,
.wex-featured-video-top-ad .wex-ad-slot {
    max-width: 100%;
    min-width: 0;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
}

@media (min-width: 992px) and (max-width: 1199.98px) {
    .wex-featured-video-top-ad {
        width: 100%;
        max-width: 100%;
    }
}

@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 991.98px) {
    .wex-featured-video-top-ad {
        width: 100%;
        max-width: 100%;
    }
}

@media (max-width: 767.98px) {
    .wex-featured-video-top-ad {
        width: 100%;
        padding: 0;
    }

    .wex-featured-video-ad-inner {
        width: 100%;
        justify-content: center;
    }
	
	.elections-2024 img, video, picture, svg {
     max-width: none; 
}
	.pb-3.wex-author-section img {
    height: 160px;
}
	
	
}

aside.wex-masthead-slot {
    background-color: #6c757d0f;
}

section.featuredVideos.mt-3 {
    /* padding-bottom: 0px !important; */
    margin-bottom: 0px;
}
@media (min-width: 1025px) {
    .wex-ad-wrap.wex-ad-dsk-masthead {
        height: 295px;
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                                                                                    <img width="1024" height="591" src="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hugo-3.jpg?w=1024" class="wex-feature-image wp-post-image" alt="" loading="eager" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hugo-3.jpg 2290w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hugo-3.jpg?resize=300,173 300w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hugo-3.jpg?resize=768,443 768w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hugo-3.jpg?resize=1024,591 1024w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hugo-3.jpg?resize=1536,887 1536w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hugo-3.jpg?resize=2048,1182 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" data-attachment-id="169721" data-permalink="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/169719/in-praise-of-americas-car-culture/attachment/hugo-3-jpg/" data-orig-file="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hugo-3.jpg" data-orig-size="2290,1322" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="hugo-3.jpg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hugo-3.jpg?w=1024" />                                        
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                                            <h2>The harsh lessons of 2023</h2>

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                                                    <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/hugo-gurdon/" class="">Hugo Gurdon</a>                                                </strong>
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                                                    December 15, 2023 4:42 pm                                                </span>
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                                                                                                    <img width="768" height="443" src="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hugo-3.jpg?w=768" class="wex-feature-image wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hugo-3.jpg 2290w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hugo-3.jpg?resize=300,173 300w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hugo-3.jpg?resize=768,443 768w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hugo-3.jpg?resize=1024,591 1024w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hugo-3.jpg?resize=1536,887 1536w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hugo-3.jpg?resize=2048,1182 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" data-attachment-id="169721" data-permalink="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/169719/in-praise-of-americas-car-culture/attachment/hugo-3-jpg/" data-orig-file="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hugo-3.jpg" data-orig-size="2290,1322" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="hugo-3.jpg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hugo-3.jpg?w=1024" />                                                
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                                                    <h3>A plague on both the parties</h3>
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                                                    <h3>Lessons from the fall of Liz Truss</h3>
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                                                    <h3>Democrats, leave your troubles behind</h3>
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                                                                                                    <img width="768" height="443" src="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/america-defame.jpg?w=768" class="wex-feature-image wp-post-image" alt="Close up of American flag" loading="lazy" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/america-defame.jpg 2290w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/america-defame.jpg?resize=300,173 300w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/america-defame.jpg?resize=768,443 768w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/america-defame.jpg?resize=1024,591 1024w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/america-defame.jpg?resize=1536,887 1536w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/america-defame.jpg?resize=2048,1182 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" data-attachment-id="500099" data-permalink="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/500057/idaho-takes-top-two-spots-on-americas-best-run-cities-list/attachment/america-defame-jpg/" data-orig-file="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/america-defame.jpg" data-orig-size="2290,1322" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="america-defame.jpg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Close up of American flag | (Przemyslaw Koch/Getty Images/iStockphoto)&lt;/p&gt;
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                                                    <h3>America&#8217;s crisis isn&#8217;t about politics</h3>
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                                                        I applaud President Trump&#8217;s decision to speak at March for Life                                                    </a>
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                                                        <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/tawsif-anam/" rel="author">Tawsif Anam</a>                                                    </strong>
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                                                        January 29, 2020 10:32 am                                                    </time>
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                                                                                                    <img width="768" height="444" src="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/tsai.jpg?w=768" class="wex-category-image wp-post-image" alt="Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen delivers a speech during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. More recently, two U.S. defense companies were sanctioned by the Chinese government due to their participation in arms sales with Taiwan." loading="lazy" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/tsai.jpg 2287w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/tsai.jpg?resize=300,173 300w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/tsai.jpg?resize=768,444 768w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/tsai.jpg?resize=1024,592 1024w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/tsai.jpg?resize=1536,888 1536w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/tsai.jpg?resize=2048,1184 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" data-attachment-id="330155" data-permalink="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/330114/taiwan-to-donate-2m-hospital-masks-to-united-states/attachment/tsai-jpg/" data-orig-file="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/tsai.jpg" data-orig-size="2287,1322" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="tsai.jpg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen delivers a speech during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. More recently, two U.S. defense companies were sanctioned by the Chinese government due to their participation in arms sales with Taiwan. | (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)&lt;/p&gt;
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                                                        Taiwan’s elections cemented its status as a beacon of democracy in Asia                                                    </a>
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                                                    <strong>
                                                        <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/louis-m-huang/" rel="author">Louis M. Huang</a>                                                    </strong>
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                                                                                                    <img width="768" height="535" src="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2d91fa222838c955f7b5a36e0f2cec53.jpg?w=768" class="wex-category-image wp-post-image" alt="President Donald Trump&#039;s week was a wild one, impeachment and major policy wins." loading="lazy" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2d91fa222838c955f7b5a36e0f2cec53.jpg 2532w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2d91fa222838c955f7b5a36e0f2cec53.jpg?resize=300,209 300w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2d91fa222838c955f7b5a36e0f2cec53.jpg?resize=768,535 768w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2d91fa222838c955f7b5a36e0f2cec53.jpg?resize=1024,713 1024w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2d91fa222838c955f7b5a36e0f2cec53.jpg?resize=1536,1070 1536w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2d91fa222838c955f7b5a36e0f2cec53.jpg?resize=2048,1427 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" data-attachment-id="18249" data-permalink="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/18242/what-is-a-special-master-and-why-does-donald-trump-want-one-appointed-in-raid-case/attachment/2d91fa222838c955f7b5a36e0f2cec53-jpg/" data-orig-file="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2d91fa222838c955f7b5a36e0f2cec53.jpg" data-orig-size="2532,1764" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="2d91fa222838c955f7b5a36e0f2cec53.jpg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;President Donald Trump&amp;#8217;s week was a wild one, impeachment and major policy wins. | (Rich Schultz/AP)&lt;/p&gt;
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                                                        <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/morris-givner/" class="">Morris Givner</a>                                                    </strong>
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                                                                                                    <img width="768" height="435" src="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/drugs-alcohol-opioids-scaled.jpg?w=768" class="wex-category-image wp-post-image" alt="In this Monday, Feb. 11, 2019 photo, confiscated drugs and alcohol are stored inside the anti-drug department at the main police headquarters in Gaza City. An opioid crisis has quietly spread in the Gaza Strip, trapping thousands of people in the hell of addiction and adding another layer of misery to the blockaded and impoverished coastal territory." loading="lazy" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/drugs-alcohol-opioids-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/drugs-alcohol-opioids-scaled.jpg?resize=300,170 300w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/drugs-alcohol-opioids-scaled.jpg?resize=768,435 768w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/drugs-alcohol-opioids-scaled.jpg?resize=1024,580 1024w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/drugs-alcohol-opioids-scaled.jpg?resize=1536,869 1536w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/drugs-alcohol-opioids-scaled.jpg?resize=2048,1159 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" data-attachment-id="2502809" data-permalink="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/letters-to-the-editor/2403890/state-sponsored-shooting-galleries/attachment/drugs-alcohol-opioids-jpg/" data-orig-file="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/drugs-alcohol-opioids-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1449" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="drugs-alcohol-opioids.jpg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;In this Monday, Feb. 11, 2019 photo, confiscated drugs and alcohol are stored inside the anti-drug department at the main police headquarters in Gaza City. An opioid crisis has quietly spread in the Gaza Strip, trapping thousands of people in the hell of addiction and adding another layer of misery to the blockaded and impoverished coastal territory. | (AP Photo/Adel Hana)&lt;/p&gt;
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                                                        State-sponsored shooting galleries                                                    </a>
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                                                        <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/tom-r-kovach/" rel="author">Tom R. Kovach</a>                                                    </strong>
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                                                        <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/greg-lensing/" class="">Greg Lensing</a>                                                    </strong>
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                                                                                                    <img width="768" height="443" src="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ap-18222108652767.jpg?w=768" class="wex-category-image wp-post-image" alt="In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, photo, provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, mothers and their children stand in line at South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. Currently housing 1,520 mothers and their children, about 10 percent are families who were temporarily separated and then reunited under a âzero tolerance policyâ that has since been reversed." loading="lazy" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ap-18222108652767.jpg 2290w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ap-18222108652767.jpg?resize=300,173 300w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ap-18222108652767.jpg?resize=768,443 768w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ap-18222108652767.jpg?resize=1024,591 1024w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ap-18222108652767.jpg?resize=1536,887 1536w, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ap-18222108652767.jpg?resize=2048,1182 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" data-attachment-id="2467622" data-permalink="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2016738/trump-administration-formally-proposes-plan-to-limit-legal-immigration-to-those-not-dependent-on-public-benefits/attachment/ap-18222108652767-jpg/" data-orig-file="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ap-18222108652767.jpg" data-orig-size="2290,1322" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="ap-18222108652767.jpg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, photo, provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, mothers and their children stand in line at South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. Currently housing 1,520 mothers and their children, about 10 percent are families who were temporarily separated and then reunited under a âzero tolerance policyâ that has since been reversed. | (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)&lt;/p&gt;
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                                                        International aid as a lever to curb immigration in the U.S.                                                    </a>
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                                                        <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/manan-shah/" class="">Manan Shah</a>                                                    </strong>
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                                                        <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/washington-examiner/" class="">Washington Examiner</a>                                                    </strong>
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                                                        Political correctness and lost restraint in our culture                                                    </a>
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                                                        <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/frank-gardiner/" rel="author">Frank Gardiner</a>                                                    </strong>
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