My wife, Karen, and I hosted dinner at our Austin home for 42 guests on Aug. 20. As they greeted each other with hugs and handshakes, there was sadness and weariness in the room—a mixture of anxiety and hope.
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So much about Ukraine seems in flux since President Trump landed in Alaska Friday. It’s been nonstop action with a growing cast of world leaders jumping in.
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As Gov. JB Pritzker welcomed Democratic Texas state representatives to Illinois, where they’d fled to deny a quorum in Austin, he denounced the GOP plan to redraw the Lone Star State’s congressional boundaries.
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Congressional Republicans are likely relieved. Passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act required President Trump to manhandle dozens of GOP lawmakers.
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