The landmark deal is a stopgap measure to address the basin’s ongoing megadrought.
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Littwin: Now that Fox has cut Tucker Carlson off at the knees, that doesn’t mean he can’t still run
It is Tucker Carlson’s GOP as much as anyone’s. Who knows where that takes him or how quickly Fox News can find another like him?
Silverman: Fox News confesses it’s been fake, but Trump and the UFC are very real
The Dominion payout and Tucker Carlson’s termination are a start, but doubts remain about Fox News.
Littwin: Now that we know the alleged villain in the leaked-documents case, must a culture war follow?
Columnist Mike Littwin notes that while the latest leaked-documents case could well trigger another skirmish in the culture wars, the story doesn’t follow the usual narratives.
Littwin: Tennessee GOP shows one way to respond to school shootings — by kicking out the protesters
Two Black Tennessee state representatives were expelled for not being sufficiently decorous while leading a protest for gun safety
Zornio: Trump may have been indicted, but it’s not time to pop the champagne
Holding Trump accountable is right and necessary, but indictments over hush money are not the accountability Americans need most.
Littwin: Don’t get too excited yet. All the, uh, indications suggest more Trump indictments to come.
How will this first indictment and others affect Trump’s run for the GOP nomination? One guess: Maybe not as much as you’d think.
Littwin: Joe Biden had a secret weapon at the State of the Union, but it wasn’t what you’d think
Mike Littwin writes that Joe Biden’s poll numbers aren’t that strong even among Democrats, but the president knows who he’s running against. And in his State of the Union address, he played them.
Littwin: McCarthy’s backroom deals move frenemies Boebert and Greene to the front row
Columnist Mike Littwin notes that it’s almost funny, but Lauren Boebert, who opposed Kevin McCarthy for speaker, and Majorie Taylor Greene, who supported him, got pretty much the same backroom deal.
Littwin: As Trump prepares to run again in 2024, is the GOP prepared to doom itself again?
Columnist Mike Littwin writes that Republicans have had plenty of chances to dump Trump. The question is whether they can summon the courage to do it this time.