| Welcome to the Opinion Spotlight newsletter. Monday through Saturday, you'll access the spotlight–a complimentary article–and highlights from the editorial page. | |
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- CBO says most of those losing Medicaid don't work even part-time or are illegal migrants. - The Editorial Board
- The Trump administration moves quickly to rebut CNN's report about the Iran strike. - Kimberley A. Strassel
- We discovered how easily a model's safety training falls off, and below that mask is a lot of darkness. - Cameron Berg and Judd Rosenblatt
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Mamdani Is as Extreme as Trump | | |
By William M. Daley, U.S. commerce secretary (1997-2000) and White House chief of staff (2011-12) | |
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| Democratic-socialist Zohran Mamdani's victory in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City risks signaling to the party that a far-left agenda is a winning platform. But in today's spotlight William M. Daley, former White House Chief of Staff for President Obama, argues that Mr. Mamdani's victory should be a wake-up call for Democrats. The party watched as the GOP became more polarized and extreme under Donald Trump, he writes, and Democrats should be wary of creeping closer to an agenda that's equally outlandish. | |
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About Those 'Millions' Losing Medicaid | | |
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| Democrats will continue to say that GOP changes to Medicaid amount to snatching healthcare from children, but the truth is closer to the inverse. Republicans are doing the country a fiscal and cultural favor by shoring up the program for the vulnerable. | |
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Trump Bombs the Leak Machine | | |
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| It isn't an exaggeration to say that the entire first year of Donald Trump's initial presidency was hobbled by partisan leaks, an ugly form of political warfare that lasted through his first term. This week's DIA leak took the same form, and the administration is going all-in countering reports. | |
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The Monster Inside ChatGPT | | |
By Cameron Berg and Judd Rosenblatt | |
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| We need to build AI that shares our values not because we've censored its outputs, but because we've shaped its core. That means pioneering new alignment methods. | |
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