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Debra J. Saunders

Debra J. Saunders, the Review-Journal's White House correspondent from 2017 to 2021, is the newspaper's Washington columnist. Her columns will appear two to three times weekly.
Trump wants Congress to quickly pass a tax-cut and spending package. But there are issues — and IOUs.
With a ceasefire deal between Iran and Israel, Donald Trump can take a victory lap as he heads to a NATO summit where European leaders support him.
Former Trump whisperer Steve Bannon talks with the D.C. press. The future? It’s not all hearts and kisses.
A ceasefire between Israel and the country that has vowed to destroy it? Um, no. Message for Iran’s supreme leader: Trump is losing patience.
In a better world, U.S. senators don’t interrupt a Cabinet secretary’s news conference, and federal agents don’t lay hands on the senator, remove him from the room and handcuff him.
“Mostly peaceful protests”? That’s a knee-slapper. Los Angeles and liberal media stick to the playbook, express outrage that immigration law is enforced.
The United States sanctions four judges on the International Criminal Court for blatantly anti-American and anti-Israeli actions.
Trump is in the White House again. Cue the ponderous hubris of filmmakers and journalists whose predictions didn’t come true in Trump’s first term.
Peaceful supporters of Israel face a violent attack — and the familiar dog whistle “Free Palestine” — for bringing awareness to hostages in Gaza.
The Trump administration’s cryptocurrency fascination is explained all for you.
Trump wants to pull federal funds from Harvard. It’s easy to see why, but not necessarily the right move.
The so-called personification of political decency no longer passes the smell test. The themes central to Biden’s 2020 election no longer stand up.
Republicans control the White House and Congress – and still there’s little fiscal restraint.
A new book on President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline would be a blockbuster if it exposed media collusion to kill coverage that might have helped Trump.