Waldman: Why Jeff Sessions’ marijuana crackdown will make legalization more likely
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who hates marijuana, may get what he wants for now. But in the end he probably did a great service to the legalization movement.
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Waldman: Michael Flynn is key to unraveling the Russia scandal
If Michael Flynn is cooperating, it can only be because he has information to offer Robert Mueller on someone more important than himself. And who is more important than Flynn?
Waldman: Does Trump want to destroy our health system?
What happens when a bipartisan solution to health care actually shows up? In Donald Trump's Washington, it depends on the shifting whims of a president who doesn't understand the issue.
Waldman: Can Congress save the Dreamers? It’s going to be awfully tricky.
Can Congress actually fix the DACA mess? There's no simple answer -- instead, there are a lot of difficult questions, multiple competing proposals and some possibly insurmountable roadblocks.
Waldman: Has Hillary Clinton abased herself sufficiently to satisfy her critics?
Only Hillary Clinton is supposed to beg for forgiveness, absolve everyone else of any sins they committed, and whip herself until we're good and satisfied that she has been punished...
Waldman: The Trump administration takes up the cause of oppressed white people
The idea that discrimination against whites is such a significant problem that it demands Justice Department action is ludicrous. But this is the kind of thing Trump's voters wanted him...
Waldman: President Trump is now directly implicated in trying to cover up the Russia scandal
If the Russia scandal is nothing but a witch hunt, as President Donald Trump so often says, it's awfully strange that he's going to so much trouble to cover it...
Waldman: GOP failure on health care is a hint of what’s to come
As Republicans try to salvage their agenda in what will be an unusually challenging few months, they could be undone by the same weaknesses that rendered them unable to pass...
Waldman: With North Korea, Trump may be about to face his first full-blown international crisis
We could be headed for a military crisis with the potential to cost thousands or even millions of lives, the outcome depending on Donald Trump's strategic thinking and good judgment.
Waldman: The future looks grim for voting rights, despite Supreme Court ruling
Democrats got a victory in a voting rights case at the Supreme Court Monday -- but don't get used to that headline. There are dark days ahead for voting rights.