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Boot: Collusion case against Trump just got a lot stronger
If this is what it appears to be, it is the biggest scandal in American history -- an assault on the very foundations of our democracy in which the president's...

Boot: Let’s hope Mitt Romney can give the GOP some backbone
On the first day of the new year, incoming Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, threw down the gauntlet to President Trump. His very first words in a Post commentary were: "The...

Boot: Jim Mattis didn’t believe in betraying allies — that’s why he had to resign
When I think of Jim Mattis, I will always remember the peppery two-star general I met for the first time in Iraq. It was the summer of 2003, and he...

Boot: Our illegitimate president
If Trump had an iota of decency, he would resign. But he doesn't. So the onus is on Congress to act. A responsible Congress would have already convened an impeachment...

Boot: Trump vs. Mueller is a battle for America’s soul
The war between Donald Trump and Robert Mueller is not just a struggle over the fate of this presidency -- it is a battle for the soul of America, because...

Boot: The media should stop fawning over Kim Jong-un’s sister
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of the despot Kim Jong-un, is being treated as if she were one of the Spice Girls. A headline blared: "Kim Jong Un's sister is...