Politics

Pretending otherwise would lay the groundwork for public disappointment and bitterness

There are no quick fixes

The reconstruction will be long and daunting

Trump is smearing his grubby fingerprints across much more than a few edifices

Science law are crystal clear EPA is issuing rushed sloppy unscientific determination that has no legal basis

California will sue to challenge illegal action will continue to regulate greenhouse gases

Trump administration made legal argument Clean Air Act allows government to limit pollution that causes direct harm to Americans

Removing presidential graffiti promises to be one of the easier repair jobs

Gov Gavin Newsom promised court challenge

Trumpism will not last forever

Carving his name into buildings might be self-indulgent but no one is getting gunned down

Trump's renaming effort carries the stench of stolen valor but results in less cruelty and suffering than much else the president does

With low popularity Trump may be realizing he will never win broad public adulation

He seems to lack what it takes to create or inspire enduring institutions or monuments

Repeal of endangerment finding means we will be less safe less healthy less able to fight climate change

The sensible approach to debranding will probably be slow and steady

A Trump-Dulles airport rebrand would help him one-up his predecessors because the international airport is much bigger than Ronald Reagan National Airport

Trump a Queens native remains an outer boroughs boy stewing over contempt of his hometown's cultural elite

He aims to elbow his way into the everyday lives of an ungrateful nation while he can still bully people to comply

Hakeem Jeffries derided the renaming as presidential graffiti