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Commentary: AI, like a hovering parent, protects students from the failures they need
Not long ago, a student at my school forgot to submit a homework assignment. Before the school day even began, my ... Read More
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Commentary: Brace yourself for the AI public relations blitz
For years, Silicon Valley executives warned artificial intelligence would transform society, replace jobs and perhaps pose existential risks. They built products grounded in what should be considered the largest copyright ...Read more
Mark Gongloff: A $5 trillion idea to save energy is hiding in plain sight
While we’re waiting around for cold fusion, space mirrors, matrioshka brains or whatever other complicated world-savers the tech wizards are cooking up these days to address soaring energy demand, a simple, effective ...Read more
Commentary: RFK Jr. received compassion when he was arrested for heroin, but my patients do not
In 1983, while on a flight to South Dakota, a 29-year-old Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was reported to have developed profuse sweating, pallor, and a weak pulse. Authorities searched his luggage and discovered two-tenths of a ...Read more
Commentary: Survivors' justice needs more than just laws
Early this year, New Jersey became the sixth state to enact a law that lets courts consider past history of abuse as a mitigating factor in sentencing for survivors of domestic violence.
Similar laws have passed in New ...Read more
Gustavo Arellano: Trump's noncitizen voting fraud claims will backfire. Just look at history
Thirty years ago this fall, a Republican politician cried electoral fraud after losing a close race.
Orange County Rep. Bob Dornan couldn't accept the most logical explanations for why Loretta Sanchez beat him in a ...Read more
Commentary: Air conditioning alone won't save us from killer heat
From my desk in London, I’ve watched Los Angeles with a jolt of recognition. As dangerous heat settles over the city, it’s opening more than a hundred cooling centers and running air-conditioned buses to reach people ...Read more
Bernie Sanders stumps for Peggy Flanagan during First Avenue rally
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders believes discontent with the political establishment who he says hasn’t delivered for working class Americans will propel progressives into positions of power across the country — including ...Read more
National Republican Congressional Committee targets Castor's Tampa Bay seat
The GOP’s congressional campaign arm announced Monday that it’s adding Tampa Bay’s 14th Congressional District to its target list of seats it wants to flip in the midterms.
Eight Republican candidates are vying in a...Read more
'Absurd.' Some Kentucky congressmen unconvinced by Trump's new election fraud claims
Some of Kentucky’s federal delegation are criticizing President Donald Trump’s speech that doubled down on raising doubts about election integrity in the United States.
In a prime time address Thursday night, Trump ...Read more
Trump administration puts kibosh on HIV prevention funding
The Trump administration will not renew direct federal funding of community-based organizations that work on HIV prevention, according to multiple groups impacted by the freeze.
The move is the latest step in the ...Read more
Declassified intelligence is not the same as proof
President Donald Trump used a nationally televised address on July 16, 2026, to unveil a collection of declassified documents. He said these documents, which the White House posted online during the address, show ...Read more
Is It Possible to Be Loyal to Trump and Preserve One’s Integrity?
There’s been a lot of discussion this past week about the meaning of integrity.
You didn’t hear the word used directly; it was alluded to indirectly — in wondering whether Lindsey Graham was an immoral opportunist ...Read more
Trump admits Air Force One jet from Qatar needs upgrades
President Trump is admitting his luxe new Air Force One plane will be taken out of service for a new round of retrofitting.
After Trump was forced to ditch the Qatar-donated jet in Turkey over concerns about its safety, ...Read more
Voters in Colorado's battleground district are wary of AI -- and party affiliation doesn't much matter
Voters in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District want more oversight and regulation of artificial intelligence — regardless of which major party they most align with, according to a recent poll conducted in the ...Read more
Editorial: Get Graham's Russia sanctions bill to Trump's desk
Services for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham will take place this month in Washington, D.C., and his home state of South Carolina. In the meantime, Congress could honor his legacy by passing the bipartisan Russian sanctions ...Read more
Editorial: Four people killed by ICE agents. A lawless administration. It won't stop unless voters act
A poet, a nurse, a construction worker and a food delivery driver. The four people killed in 2026 by federal immigration agents were regular folks trying to live their lives in peace before they were crushed by the ...Read more
Editorial: A rush job on redistricting spells problems
When President Donald Trump asked Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State to “find 11,780 votes” in 2020 to keep him in power, Brad Raffensperger said no.
When Trump asked Texas Republicans to create new ...Read more
Steve Lopez: The doctor who helped save her is in another state, and telemedicine follow-up is prohibited
LOS ANGELES — In her fight against an aggressive form of cancer, Santa Clarita Valley resident Robin Clough is winning, for now.
But in her fight for the right to have telemedicine followups with the out-of-state doctor...Read more
Editorial: Finally, a new bridge from the Midwest to Canada. No thanks to Donald Trump
Beginning next week, Midwesterners driving to Canada finally should have an alternative to the privately owned Ambassador Bridge, notorious for its delays, poor maintenance and costly tolls. Behold the new Gordie Howe ...Read more
Anita Chabria: Trump's voter fraud speech was bait. Stop biting
It pains me to say that most of us are missing the point when it comes to President Donald Trump's rambling election fraud speech. Which is exactly what he wants.
Within minutes of its airing Thursday night, the internet ...Read more
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