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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks to a meeting at the U.S. Capitol on February 05, 2024
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks to a meeting at the U.S. Capitol on February 05, 2024
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'Mitch McConnell: Hero or villain?'

Geoffrey Kabaservice in Politico

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'The Supreme Court trumps Jack Smith'

The Wall Street Journal editorial board

The Supreme Court is right to hear former President Donald Trump's appeal of the D.C. appeals court's "dismissive" rejection of his claim of immunity from criminal prosecution over Jan. 6, says The Wall Street Journal editorial board. Staying out of it would have been the "safe political play" — "a ruling is sure to infuriate one side or the other." But a definitive ruling is essential to prevent the "crippling" of future presidencies by "the threat of post-presidential prosecutions."

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'Russia's opposition needs more than one savior'

Casey Michel in Foreign Policy

Alexei Navalny's "death in a Siberian gulag effectively snuffed out what many viewed as the clearest path to Russia's eventual democratization," says Casey Michel. He was not going to beat Russian President Vladimir Putin in an upcoming election, but the dream was that Navalny could emerge from prison to lead a democratic transition, like Nelson Mandela did in South Africa. Russia's opposition needs many new heroes, because it was "too risky to place all hopes" in one person.

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'Why are we still flu-ifying Covid?'

Katherine J. Wu at The Atlantic

"Covid policies are getting more flu-ified," which is alarming, says Katherine J. Wu. Vaccines are now "reformulated annually," like flu shots. Instead of the old quarantine rules, you're told to "stay home 'til you're feeling better" and fever-free. Our increased immunity has made Covid "a little more flu-like," but it still requires extra precautions. "Scientists simply understand much less about the coronavirus than flu viruses." Everything from its evolution to our immunity "may continue to change."

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.