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Commentary: LA is rebuilding for the Olympics, not the next fire
Los Angeles is racing at breakneck speed to rebuild after the most destructive fire in the city’s history. It’s a pace... Read More
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Trump says regime change in Iran 'best thing that could happen'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said regime change would be the best outcome for Iran, ratcheting up pressure on the Islamic Republic in negotiations over its nuclear program as he builds up the U.S. military ...Read more
Judge Richard J. Leon
My hero for the week is yet another federal district judge, who is holding the line on the worst of the Trump administration's excesses. Richard Leon is a former President George W. Bush appointee to the District Court ...Read more
White House orders Homeland Security shutdown as funding lapses
WASHINGTON — The White House ordered the Department of Homeland Security to begin shutdown procedures as its funding from Congress expires at midnight — the third time parts of the U.S. government will have shut down ...Read more
'It doesn't matter': Trump looked very much like a second-term president this week
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump had himself a week, just not the kind political observers have become accustomed to, spending much of it behind closed doors while unable to broker a deal with Senate Democrats.
He ...Read more
Rep. Malliotakis asks Supreme Court to halt redraw of district
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York and Republican state officials asked the Supreme Court on Friday to stop a state court order to redraw her Staten Island district ahead of the midterms.
The emergency applications, one ...Read more
Starmer urges Europe to end reliance on Trump's America
After a year of refusing to choose between Washington and Brussels, Keir Starmer will shift tone in Munich by edging Britain closer to the European Union and calling for an end to over-reliance on American military support...Read more
Mark Kelly sees Trump trying anew to punish him after court flop
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Kelly doesn’t expect President Donald Trump administration’s failure to convince a grand jury to indict him and other Democratic lawmakers for a video that told federal troops they can refuse �...Read more
Illinois Republicans weigh fealty to Trump as president's agenda faces backlash and shutdown threat
WASHINGTON — House Republicans have used a slim majority to push through some of President Donald Trump’s biggest priorities — and shield him from political and legal trouble — since Trump returned to the White ...Read more
How a largely forgotten Supreme Court case can help prevent an executive branch takeover of federal elections
The recent FBI search of the Fulton County, Georgia, elections facility and the seizure of election-related materials pursuant to a warrant has attracted concern for what it might mean for future elections.
What...Read more
Trump administration cuts more than $100 million in Illinois transportation dollars
The Trump administration says it’s revoking more federal grant dollars in Illinois — this time for electric vehicle charging stations.
On the chopping block in Illinois is a $100 million grant to the Illinois ...Read more
Homeland Security shutdown looms as talks to rein in ICE falter
A shutdown of the federal Department of Homeland Security looked almost certain to start this weekend as talks to rein in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown faltered.
The partial government shutdown was ...Read more
Do special election results spell doom for Republicans in 2026?
On Feb. 7, 2026, Chasity Verret Martinez won a special election to fill a vacant seat in the Louisiana House. That’s an outcome that might not mean very much to people outside of the state or even outside her Baton ...Read more
Editorial: RFK Jr.'s vaccine skepticism is entering a new phase
The stability of the U.S. vaccine market rests on an obscure $4 billion fund known as the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., long a critic of the fund, ...Read more
Jackie Calmes: If he had any other job, Trump would have been fired by now
I can't recall another time when my grown kids have called their mom the political journalist to talk about political news. But my older daughter couldn't help herself last weekend, after President Donald Trump posted a ...Read more
John Rash: Inhumane detentions at Whipple betray America
MINNEAPOLIS -- Milestone birthdays are a time to take stock.
So as the country turns 250, Americans should ask: Who are we?
Are we the nation of unblemished exceptionalism that many, including the president, project?
Or...Read more
Commentary: Why tech giants shouldn't be liable for creating addictive platforms
Although social media companies are in many ways villains that have not done nearly enough to protect children on their platforms, they nonetheless should not be held liable based on claims that they are creating addictive...Read more
Commentary: Stop fighting, start fixing -- This is how we rebuild democracy
Twenty-five years ago, a political scientist noticed something changing in American bowling alleys and predicted something close to our current fraught and polarized moment.
In his best-selling book "Bowling Alone," ...Read more
Commentary: Why Democrats should be resisting AI
One year ago, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos got front-row seats at President Donald Trump’s second inauguration. The images of these CEOs enjoying better seats than congressional leaders foreshadowed exactly ...Read more
Editorial: Guns and mental illness don't mix
Jean Kuczka, 61, had coached hundreds of students over the years and was looking forward to retirement. Alexzandria Bell, 15, was looking forward to traveling to Los Angeles to celebrate her sweet 16th birthday.
Kuczka ...Read more
Commentary: Super Bowl food ads aren't causing the obesity problem
As Americans recover from a barrage of Super Bowl food coupled with ads suggesting we eat even more — made light of in a funny and self-aware Uber Eats campaign starring Bradley Cooper and Matthew McConaughey — a new ...Read more
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