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As travelers wedge themselves into planes, trains and automobiles for holiday trips, there’s a good chance they’ll be joined by an unwanted passenger: a new flu strain that seems intent on derailing the season.

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Folks, who was supposed to be watching grandpa last night? Because he got out, got on TV and ... It. Was. Not. Good.

For 18 long minutes Wednesday evening, we were subjected to a rant by President Donald Trump that ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate followed the House in leaving for the Christmas break on Thursday, clearing another batch of President Donald Trump’s nominations but kicking to January the fate of the next handful of spending ...Read more

I'm a Rhode Islander, but I don't live in Providence. I live in one of the towns in the state, but I can drive to Providence in maybe 40 minutes, because you can drive from nearly anyplace in Rhode Island to any other ...Read more

It’s time to ask the question plainly: Has President Donald Trump finally, fully lost it?

The latest indication that Trump is no longer just instinctively belligerent and cruel, but perhaps is experiencing something ...Read more

There is a Santa Claus. There is light amid the darkness. Vanity Fair's two-part chronicle of interviews with Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump's heretofore tight-lipped and uber-credible White House chief of staff, is a...Read more

Blue state governors have demonstrated a reflexive opposition to President Donald Trump. That’s led to some absurd outcomes.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working to obtain records from every state about those ...Read more

To fix what he sees wrong in Europe, President Donald Trump has prescribed the continent’s ancient and most lethal poison — nationalism.

Nationalism is a patriotism, a love of one’s own country, that has curdled ...Read more

My wife and I are once again rewatching “Mad Men,” a show that has, for better or worse, lodged itself deep within my personality. I can’t remember the password to my bank account, or which of my kid’s “Spirit ...Read more

For a while last year, scientists offered a glimmer of hope that artificial intelligence would make a positive contribution to democracy. They showed that chatbots could address conspiracy theories racing across social ...Read more

President Donald Trump traveled to Pennsylvania last week to double down on his economic messages: The affordability concerns of Americans are a Democratic “hoax” and if anyone is unhappy, it's a Blame Biden Economy.

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Twenty-five years ago this month, the words of one good man uneasily brought us all together.

Al Gore did not have to concede Florida and with it, the 2000 presidential election and America’s future. With just 537 ...Read more

Twenty-five years ago this month, the words of one good man uneasily brought us all together.

Al Gore did not have to concede Florida and with it, the 2000 presidential election and America’s future. With just 537 ...Read more

Soon, you may no longer be able to afford health care since Republicans have once again blocked efforts to subsidize the Affordable Care Act.

The most recent government shutdown became the longest in history because ...Read more

Even for an administration that makes no secret of its antipathy toward immigrants, recent rhetoric from the White House has been alarming and inflammatory — and at odds with reality.

The facts are: Immigrants are more ...Read more

WASHINGTON — For months, there were signs that appropriators were not on board with a Trump administration plan to wipe out funding for a decades-old Justice Department program tasked with coordinating major drug-...Read more

Some folks are "Home Alone" lovers, while others are "Die Hard" fans. For me, it wouldn’t be the holiday season without singing along to "The Muppet Christmas Carol."

This year, I found myself thinking about Scrooge’...Read more

Last week, Australia became the first country in the world to enact a social media ban for kids under 16. As the children of Oz wept and gnashed their teeth (I presume), Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urged them to "start...Read more

When I go to synagogue, I always smile and wave at the armed police officers stationed outside. I want them to know they're appreciated, but also, at some level, I guess it's fair to say that I'm trying to ingratiate ...Read more

It's been a cold winter so far in the Midwest and much of the Northeast, early-in-the-season snow even in Washington, D.C., and temperatures falling to freezing and below in much of the South. Come to think of it, North ...Read more