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<title><![CDATA[Stephen Collinson - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/30016.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Stephen Collinson]]></description><category domain="30016">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump May Be in Trouble. Trump-Style Global Populism Isn't]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-may-be-in-political-trouble-but-trump-style-global-populism-isn-t/ar-AA2dEsK6</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump might be in a political hole, but his brand of conservative populist nationalism is flourishing across the globe.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 2028 Race Is Here, Like It or Not]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/calendar-says-2026-why-does-040129000.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Summer's swampy heat released its grip on Washington Tuesday as if someone had flipped a switch.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[At Fateful Turning Point, AI Could Redefine U.S. Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/fateful-turning-point-humanity-ai-040029635.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[AI politics erupted to a new level in the last week.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Has Carter-Style Iran Problem as Economy Drags]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/hMS7p</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump is staring down two stark liabilities that threaten to damage his Republican Party in the midterms and to ruin his second term-legacy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Reflecting Pool Fiasco]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/in-the-reflecting-pool-fiasco-trump-s-alternative-facts-again-crash-into-reality/ar-AA29pUYc</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jeanine Pirro faced a choice that all President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s team members confront sooner or later: Do they live in his world, or the real one?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Has Forgotten What Voters Want]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/wrestles-monumental-absurd-trump-forgets-040025522.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Throughout a turbulent weekend, Trump oscillated between profound and preposterous issues that all seem to merit equal time in his mind.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Graham's Funeral Revealed About the World]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/lindsey-graham-funeral-revealed-world-214057474.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was Lindsey Graham's last political act: bringing leaders of two of his great causes, Israel and Ukraine, back before President Donald Trump.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Escalation in Iran Makes Endgame More Urgent]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/new-us-escalation-in-iran-makes-trump-s-endgame-vacuum-more-urgent/ar-AA28ghGn</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[More US'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' combat deaths'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and a widening reescalation of the Iran war are putting a new spin on a long unanswered question: What is President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s endgame and how will he deliver it?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Shows Trump Just How Hard Making Peace Will Be]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/W6TKT</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Making peace with Iran is going to be just as painful as waging war.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[True Test of Iran Deal Will Come Only If the Fighting Stops]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/15/politics/trump-iran-deal-strait-of-hormuz-nuclear-analysis</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The mixed martial arts fights at'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 80th birthday party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' showcased the power of dominance and unequivocal victories.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Diplomacy With Iran: Another Middle Eastern Mirage?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-question-looms-over-iran-diplomacy-is-trump-being-straight-with-the-american-people/ar-AA24NDjL</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump keeps telling Americans that diplomacy with Iran is going well, a deal is close and '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'it will all work out well in the end.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump&rsquo;s Possible Iran Deal May Be as Divisive as War Itself]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/why-trump-possible-iran-deal-040007022.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The best hope for ending a poorly planned war, which started with scant consultation with Congress or the American people, may be an unsatisfactory peace that leaves critical issues to be resolved later and deepens Washington strife.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Mounting Crisis in Iran as Blockade Takes Toll]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-is-betting-his-blockade-will-defy-history-and-break-iran/ar-AA2242F4</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' maritime blockade'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' is the latest attempt to test a thus far unproven theory of the Iran war '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' that superior US might will inevitably break the Islamic Republic.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A New Attack on the Rituals That Define American Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/attack-rituals-define-us-democracy-040150299.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The gunman who allegedly aimed to target President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Cabinet at an annual dinner celebrating free speech crystallized widening political violence that imperils such fundamental rights.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Does Trump Mean by 'Don't Rush Me' in Iran?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/what-does-trump-mean-when-he-warns-don-t-rush-me-in-iran/ar-AA21B6XN</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump is loudly trying to convince two critical audiences '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Iran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s leaders and the American people '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' that he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s calling the shots in the war.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Both Iran and U.S. Think They're Winning. Both Aren't Right]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/both-iran-and-us-think-they-re-winning-the-war-both-can-t-be-right/ar-AA21hF8X</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Iran ceasefire and peace talks this week are hanging by a thread as tensions boil over the strategic waterway that epitomizes Tehran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s new leverage and a conflict that critics warn has escaped President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s control.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[US Allies Won&rsquo;t Join Trump&rsquo;s War - But Can&rsquo;t Escape Fallout]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/us-allies-won-t-join-trump-s-war-but-they-can-t-escape-the-fallout/ar-AA20UGEo</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not their war. But it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s becoming their political and economic nightmare.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Teetering Ceasefire Bodes Ill for Treacherous Talks Ahead]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/a-teetering-ceasefire-bodes-ill-for-treacherous-us-iran-talks-ahead/ar-AA20tkwB</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/a-teetering-ceasefire-bodes-ill-for-treacherous-us-iran-talks-ahead/ar-AA20tkwB]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The sad truth is that Middle East ceasefires don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t always stop the shooting.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If Diplomacy Fails, the Iran War Could Get Much Worse]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/8u9C8</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Iran doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t seem to be susceptible to the art of the deal.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Risks Walking Into an Iraq-Style Disaster]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/politics/trump-iran-geneva-talks-middle-east-war-iraq-analysis</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/politics/trump-iran-geneva-talks-middle-east-war-iraq-analysis]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump might never have been president but for political and social backlash to the Iraq war that shattered trust in the governing establishment.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why De-Escalation in Minnesota May Be Short-Lived]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/why-minnesota-deportation-impasse-hard-050047826.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What happens now in Minnesota depends on whether President Donald Trump concludes he simply has an optics problem or whether he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s ready to change unpopular deportation policies that are central to his political identity.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's ICE Crackdown Becomes a National Reckoning]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/another-minnesota-shooting-turns-immigration-050045730.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/another-minnesota-shooting-turns-immigration-050045730.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Another fatal shooting in Minnesota by federal agents shows President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s crackdown has gone far beyond undocumented immigrants.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Big Questions Emerging After Maduro Capture]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-s-new-us-mission-statement-strength-force-power/ar-AA1TEhrX</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-s-new-us-mission-statement-strength-force-power/ar-AA1TEhrX]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s longest-serving White House aides Monday gave the clearest explanation yet of an epochal shift in America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s global role, as the administration charts a brazen course after'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' decapitating Venezuela'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s regime.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Trump's Latest Dramatic Venezuela Move Means]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/what-trump-s-latest-dramatic-venezuela-move-means/ar-AA1S7LoK</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/what-trump-s-latest-dramatic-venezuela-move-means/ar-AA1S7LoK]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' seizure of an oil tanker'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' off the coast of Venezuela is one of the most dramatic twists yet in a military pressure campaign against Venezuelan dictator Nicol'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¡').';'s Maduro.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[War and Peace by Donald Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/war-and-peace-by-donald-trump/ar-AA1RKT1v</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/war-and-peace-by-donald-trump/ar-AA1RKT1v]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Never mind that Donald Trump is threatening to bomb land targets in Venezuela, recently'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' called'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Somali immigrants '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'garbage,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' warned some Democrats committed seditious behavior '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'punishable by death'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and his White House is denying'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' allegations'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of a war crime.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Breaking the Vicious Cycle Prolonging Russia-Ukraine War]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/international-relations/can-trump-break-the-vicious-cycle-that-prolongs-the-war-in-ukraine/ar-AA1RaN31</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/international-relations/can-trump-break-the-vicious-cycle-that-prolongs-the-war-in-ukraine/ar-AA1RaN31]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bullish assessments by US officials are driving President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s latest effort to end the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' war in Ukraine'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' toward a familiar and inevitable acid test.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rep. Greene's Exit Is a Warning Trump Shouldn't Ignore]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-s-exit-shows-trump-still-rules-the-gop-but-it-s-a-warning-he-shouldn-t-ignore/ar-AA1R1cAb</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Marjorie Taylor Greene'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s shock'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' announcement of her exit'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' from the House of Representatives after a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' feud with Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' shows the president still has power to punish challenges to his authority in the Republican Party.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Fracture, Paving Way for Government To Reopen]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The agreement opened the way for a Senate vote in which at least eight Democratic defectors voted to break the filibuster and to clear the first hurdle to reopening the government after nearly six weeks. Their move that will offer relief to millions of Americans whose lives have been...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bitter Washington Blame Game Rages]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Washington woke Thursday to a whiff of rare hope that behind-the-scenes efforts were accelerating in the Senate to end a federal shutdown.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Set a Shutdown Snare, But May Walk Into a Trap]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Collinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[They'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re forced to use conventional political tactics to battle the most unconventional president in history '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' repeating a scenario that keeps leading them to political disaster.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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