Molly Roberts

Washington, D.C.

Editorial Writer at The Washington Post

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Opinion | Was Trump’s military parade a success?

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Karen Tumulty |Molly Roberts |Erik Wemple

You’re reading the Prompt 2025 newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox. When I interviewed President Donald Trump a few days before his 2017 inauguration, I asked how he would convince America it is “great again.” He told me: “We’re going to display our military. That military may come marching down Pennsylvania Avenue.
Trump-Musk beef: What happens next?

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Molly Roberts |Monica Hesse |Ramesh Ponnuru

Trump-Musk beef: What happens next? (washingtonpost.com) Trump-Musk beef: What happens next? By Molly Roberts; Monica Hesse; Ramesh Ponnuru 2025060619052900 You're reading the Prompt 2025 newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox. Hell hath no fury like a billionaire scorned. After a few idyllic months of bromance, Elon Musk and Donald Trump have spent the past couple of days embroiled in a furious back-and-forth on social media.
Everybody Eats: Kids need food and fun all year long

3 weeks ago | guelphtoday.com | Molly Roberts

Kids need access to food for so many reasons and we’re still not getting it right When it comes to food security and children, we’re in a real mess. We live in a time when over 30 per cent of children in Ontario lived in a food insecure household in 2023. Our United Way Guelph Wellington Dufferin explains that Canadians living in households with children are more likely to be food insecure.
Trump’s new crypto business is a religion

4 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Molly Roberts

Trump’s new crypto business is a religion (washingtonpost.com) Trump’s new crypto business is a religion By Molly Roberts 2025053010151400 You could hardly expect President Donald Trump to hear about something called an "infinite money glitch" and not want to try it.
Opinion | Trump’s new crypto business is a religion

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Molly Roberts

2 hours agoOn May 22, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) hit a new all-time high of $112,000. For many crypto investors, that's a clear signal that it is about to go parabolic in the second half of 2025. However, other investors are warning that Bitcoin could be overpriced at such stratospherically high levels. So which is …
How AI is depriving students of basic human skills

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Molly Roberts |Monica Hesse |Megan McArdle

How AI is depriving students of basic human skills (washingtonpost.com) How AI is depriving students of basic human skills By Molly Roberts; Monica Hesse; Megan McArdle 2025051912000400 The debate over how to use AI in schools — and what constitutes cheating — may seem like a replay of previous debates that occurred when technology disrupted education. But AI feels different.
With crypto, Democrats finally put up a fight

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Molly Roberts

With crypto, Democrats finally put up a fight (washingtonpost.com) With crypto, Democrats finally put up a fight By Molly Roberts 2025050912000100 Frustrated progressives have spent the Trump presidency pleading with Democrats on Capitol Hill to do something. Finally, it looks like they're getting their wish. The battle the party has picked might come as a surprise: crypto resistance.
EVERYBODY EATS: Prepping your soil, and yourself, for gardening season

1 month ago | guelphtoday.com | Molly Roberts

Gardeners are getting excited. It is so close to that wonderful time of year when gardeners can get into their gardens. People are getting excited as we get closer to that wonderful time of year when gardeners can get into their gardens. Theyâ€™ve spent the long winter dreaming of new garden beds and green-thumbing every seed catalogue they can get their hands on.
Why Mark Zuckerberg can’t win Trump over

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Molly Roberts

Why Mark Zuckerberg can’t win Trump over (washingtonpost.com) Why Mark Zuckerberg can’t win Trump over By Molly Roberts 2025042411005200 Apparently, Mark Zuckerberg's recent makeover and ode to "masculine energy" haven't been enough to change his image — at least, not in President Donald Trump's eyes.
What is comedy in the era of Trump?

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Drew Goins |Molly Roberts |Theodore Johnson

What is comedy in the era of Trump? (washingtonpost.com) What is comedy in the era of Trump? By Drew Goins; Molly Roberts; Theodore R. Johnson 2025042112005800 For some, Donald Trump's second presidency — so far marked by chaos, confusion and a potential constitutional crisis — is no laughing matter. For others, certain comedians in particular, the general state of distress is great material for a set.