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Trump plays nice with Asian allies stung by repeated threats
After months of tariff threats and brow-beating on defense spending, American allies in Asia had ample reason to be wary ... Read More
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Trump would make Supreme Court history by attending tariffs case
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has said he feels an “obligation” to watch in person as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs his powers to impose tariffs on much of the world. If Trump does, he will make history as the ...Read more
Shutdown pain spreads at 1 month, touching tens of millions
The U.S. government shutdown becomes painfully real for tens of millions Americans this weekend as it hit the one-month mark with food aid disrupted, cuts to child care kicking in, and health insurance premiums spiking.
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Commentary: Four votes on Tuesday that will shape the nation (or at least the narrative)
Tuesday is election day, and, as usual, the pundits are breathless, the predictions are dubious and the consultants are already counting their retainers. But make no mistake: Off-year elections matter. Tuesday’s results ...Read more
Four votes on Tuesday that will shape the nation (or at least the narrative)
Tuesday is election day, and, as usual, the pundits are breathless, the predictions are dubious and the consultants are already counting their retainers. But make no mistake: Off-year elections matter. Tuesday’s results ...Read more
Rosa Prince: King Charles destroys his brother over Epstein. America dithers
Born into unimaginable luxury and showered with honors, the man formerly known as His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, Duke of York will henceforth be addressed as plain old Mr. Mountbatten Windsor.
It's a stunning fall. The...Read more
Editorial: Washington ignores a looming fiscal emergency
In its final report of the fiscal year, the U.S. Treasury Department delivered some unfortunate news. The government spent a little over $7 trillion in 2025 and raised just $5.2 trillion in taxes. To cover the gap, it ...Read more
Editorial: Chicago mayor deserves credit for a victory in the fight against gun violence
Tuesday will mark a profoundly sad anniversary. It will have been one year since the shooting death of Officer Enrique Martínez as he responded to call in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood on the South Side.
The 26-year-...Read more
Lisa Jarvis: This open enrollment might give you sticker shock
Americans embarking on the annual task of sifting through the health plans offered by their employers to find the one that gives them the most bang for their buck are facing a new reality: many of those options no longer ...Read more
Commentary: AI won't give American children the education they need
Elected officials are finally waking up to the educational harms of mobile phones in public schools. As more districts ban them, the reports are highly encouraging — though hardly surprising, given the positive results ...Read more
Tying Loan Forgiveness to Ideology
Leave it to the Trump administration to come up with yet another way to enforce -- and I mean enforce -- its political ideology on students. It's bad enough -- well, worse than bad enough -- that they are trying to ...Read more
Valley Forge Military College aims to join Trump's anti-'woke' compact amid uncertain future
PHILADELPHIA — Amid a financial tailspin and organizational upheaval, leaders at Valley Forge Military College have expressed interest in joining President Donald Trump’s plan for conservative colleges that would ...Read more
Under Trump, ticket sales plummet for Kennedy Center performances
President Donald Trump's favorite musical is, famously, "Les Misérables," but few fans have been storming the barricades to get into the Kennedy Center this season.
The Washington Post reports that sales for the current ...Read more
Trump calls for Senate 'nuclear option' to end government shutdown
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump late Thursday called for Senate Republicans to end the partial government shutdown by using the “nuclear option” to eliminate the legislative filibuster.
Trump posted on his Truth...Read more
Lawmakers spar over possible Trump third term as president leaves door open
WASHINGTON — Some Democratic senators say Donald Trump’s recent acknowledgment of constitutional challenges to seeking a third term should end any notion that he could run again.
But some of the president’s ...Read more
Trump demands Senate scrap filibuster rule to end shutdown
President Donald Trump is demanding the Senate to “go nuclear” and scrap the filibuster rule so Republicans could unilaterally end the government shutdown.
Calling the power play a “Trump card,” the president ...Read more
This Is America. You Can Tell by All the Flags.
In America, we have choices. You make the good choice, you get the positive outcome. You make the bad choice, you get the negative outcome.
Social workers talk that way, spitting phrases like "bad choices," "negative ...Read more
Ronald Brownstein: The NJ and Virginia governors' races will answer a key question
The gubernatorial races next week in Virginia and New Jersey will offer the best measure yet of whether the Democratic Party has begun to reverse its losses among two key groups: prosperous suburbanites and economically ...Read more
Gustavo Arellano: Bodies are stacking up in Trump's deportation deluge. It's going to get worse
LOS ANGELES — Like a teenager armed with their first smartphone, President Donald Trump's masked immigration enforcers love nothing more than to mug for friendly cameras.
They gladly invite pseudo-filmmakers — some ...Read more
Editorial: Harvard inflates grades, deflates reputation
“My kid’s getting A’s at Harvard” isn’t much of a flex anymore, thanks to a report from the erstwhile Ivy League institution admitting that roughly 60% of grades given to undergraduates were A’s, up from 40% a ...Read more
Commentary: On free speech, hypocrisy now rules
Free speech for me, not for thee.
That’s the oldest trick in the hypocrite’s playbook. And over the past few weeks, Republicans and Democrats have both taken a page from it.
Witness recent events at Rutgers ...Read more
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