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Boston Globe
04-04-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Another longtime Washington Post columnist is leaving. He cited Bezos' new editorial policy
Last month, columnist Ruth Marcus, who had worked at the newspaper since 1984, Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up The newspaper's opinion editor, David Shipley, also resigned because of the shift in focus. Advertisement In a message on X Thursday, Robinson said that he was 'retiring from my longtime journalistic home but not from journalism' and would keep followers informed of his next move. Robinson appears regularly as a commentator on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe.' He began his journalism career at the San Francisco Chronicle in the 1970s, and worked a series of jobs at the Post. He covered city hall in Washington, was a correspondent in London and South America, and was city editor, foreign editor and assistant managing editor. Advertisement In a statement, the Washington Post offered congratulations to the 'beloved' Robinson upon his retirement. 'Eugene's strong perspective and impeccable integrity have regularly shaped our public discourse, cementing his legacy as a leading voice in American journalism,' the Post said.
Washington Post
27-02-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Don't count on the courts to save us from Trump's orders
In her Feb. 9 op-ed, 'Let the lawsuits begin,' Ruth Marcus wrote that her glass is less full than Harvard Law School professor Jack Goldsmith's glass. I am neither a lawyer nor a professor, but my glass is even closer to empty than Marcus's. I do not feel secure that the courts, especially the Supreme Court, will uphold the limits of executive power and enforce the system of checks and balances as set out in the Constitution.
Washington Post
18-02-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
A tour of Trump's tangled foreign policy
A tour of Trump's tangled foreign policy President Trump is trying to make good on his campaign promises to end wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and he has brought his shock-and-awe strategy to the world stage. Ruth Marcus talks to David Ignatius about the chaotic past week in Europe, whether Trump will sell out the Ukrainians in a deal with Russia, and how Trump is refusing (for now) to join Israel in bombing a weakened Iran.
