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Commentary: Discard the principle vs. compromise distinction
One of the most basic conflicts in politics, and in life in general, is whether to stand by your principles or be open to compromise. Woodrow Wilson is known as a president who stood by his principles regarding America's ...Read more
Commentary: My mother set herself on fire. Why do people choose to self-immolate?
Ten years before I was born, at 4:40 on the morning of Nov. 10, 1971, my mother and another woman sat “yogi-style” on the floor of an Ann Arbor, Michigan, kitchen and lit themselves on fire. They were just blocks from ...Read more
Editorial: Biden's spending spree hitting deficit wall
Since taking office in 2021, President Joe Biden has been spending money like he’s printing it in the basement. Now, his giddy check-writing days are coming back to bite him.
On the chopping block: funding for Biden’s...Read more
Commentary: The rising tide: Bear witness to families swept into homelessness
Newly released federal data reveals an intensifying homelessness crisis impacting families across America. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's 2023 Annual Homeless Assessment Report found a staggering 15.5 ...Read more
Editorial: Keep Johnson as speaker: Marjorie Taylor Greene must not succeed in knocking him out
There will be a vote to remove Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson this week and it will fail thanks to Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. It’s not that Jeffries doesn’t want to become speaker himself, but ...Read more
LZ Granderson: The chaos in Congress is more dangerous than the protests on campuses
Last week Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) ignored Donald Trump's endorsement of Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) as House speaker and announced plans to try to force him out. One can only assume she is making that attempt for...Read more
Prosecutors in Trump's hush money case unveil potentially damning paper trail
NEW YORK — A potential smoking gun shown to jurors at Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush money trial on Monday appeared to harm his defense that money doled out to Michael Cohen from the White House was for payment for ...Read more
Judge Merchan threatens Trump with jail time for gag order violations in hush money trial
NEW YORK — Donald Trump was threatened with jail time by Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan on Monday after being found in criminal contempt again for the tenth violation of a gag order in his hush money case.
In his sternest...Read more
House Democrats push to put protections for equal rights, abortion on Minnesota's ballot in 2026
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Democrats in the House made the case on Monday to pass an expansive version of the Equal Rights Amendment, one that would ask voters in 2026 if they want to enshrine protections for everything ...Read more
Maduro ponders next move as lead of opposition candidate skyrockets heading into election
A political ploy designed by Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro to regain international legitimacy through heavily manipulated elections appears to be spiraling out of control for the socialist leader as support for a ...Read more
Martin Schram: Updating Chicago, 1968
Protesters and police are clashing on campuses, yet again. A Democratic presidential convention is careening toward Chicago, yet again.
Here at the intersection where news meets punditry and propaganda, we are being ...Read more
Trump, Biden eye new swing states but analysts have doubts
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Donald Trump are trying to create new battleground states, a signal the general election outcome could rival Saturday’s photo finish in the Kentucky Derby. But such efforts likely ...Read more
Bernie Sanders announces 2024 Senate reelection bid
NEW YORK — Sen. Bernie Sanders Monday announced he will run for reelection for a fourth term from Vermont in 2024.
The progressive two-time presidential candidate, who would be 89 years old at the end of a forthcoming ...Read more
Election complaint spotlights need for training on who is authorized to handle machines
CHICAGO — The Lake County Election Board Saturday said they will use complaints filed against a Dyer man serving as a deputy election commissioner in November stemming from his actions on Election Day as a teachable ...Read more
What I’m telling my graduating students
My students are graduating at a tremulous time.
The largest campus protest movement of the 21st century. The first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. The most restrictive abortion laws in the nation. Two horrific ...Read more
Funk and circumstance: Music icon George Clinton collects honorary degree at college in SC
ROCK HILL, S.C. — Who needs pomp and circumstance when you can give up the funk, instead?
The Mothership arrived in Rock Hill on Friday afternoon, as music icon George Clinton accepted an honorary doctorate degree from ...Read more
Michigan GOP Rep. Bezotte disqualified from ballot after surprise entry into race
DETROIT — Michigan Rep. Bob Bezotte has been disqualified from the Republican primary ballot in his efforts to seek re-election to the state House.
The disqualification, listed in online Livingston County candidate ...Read more
Ex-Trump prosecutor Nathan Wade: Fani Willis affair was 'American as apple pie'
Ex-prosecutor Nathan Wade Monday defended himself over the affair with Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis that threatened to derail the Georgia RICO election interference case against former President Donald Trump...Read more
Judge Merchan threatens Trump with jail time for gag order violations in hush money trial: Live updates
NEW YORK — Donald Trump was threatened with jail time by Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan on Monday after being found in criminal contempt again for the tenth violation of a gag order in his hush-money case.
In his sternest...Read more
Harry Dunn brings 'searing' Jan. 6 memories to contentious Maryland US House race
BALTIMORE — Harry Dunn had a moment — between the madness of Jan. 6, 2021, and the swearing-in of President Joe Biden two weeks later — in which something crystallized.
The U.S. Capitol Police officer was on duty at...Read more
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