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I was born just after the end of World War II. The first half of the 20th century marked a particularly difficult, violent era.

But the 21st century so far has been, well, one trauma after another.

It started with 9/11, ...Read more

The U.S. Navy says it plans to buy 15 hulking “battleships” over the next 30 years. The number of such behemoths it actually needs comes closer to zero. The sooner Congress recognizes that fact, the better off American...Read more

Delivering a university commencement address used to simply be a unique kind of honor. Speakers stand before a podium, wearing a traditional graduation cap and robe, to offer graduates life lessons and inspirational words ...Read more

The decline in youth smoking is one of the great public-health achievements of the 21st century, celebrated by conservatives and liberals alike, yet the White House is now in the process of endangering it. Unless it ...Read more

For all the Middle American street cred he once commanded, Vice President JD Vance has turned into a disappointing tool for power.

He and I were reared in the same Ohio steel town, a generation apart, and that once gave ...Read more

After losing his bid for reelection last week, U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie said his “biggest crime” was showing that bipartisan work can be done in modern American politics.

In a moment of reflection on NBC’s “Meet ...Read more

Assemblywoman Claire Valdez and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso are vying for the progressive mantle as they battle in a Democratic primary for the heavily Latino NY-07 district that snakes through fast-changing...Read more

Voters will decide in November whether to overturn the abortion rights that were enshrined in the Missouri Constitution just two years ago.

On Friday, Gov. Mike Kehoe announced that he is moving four ballot measures to ...Read more

Progressive Brad Lander is aiming to unseat two-term incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman in a contentious Democratic primary for the NY-10 district spanning lower Manhattan and a chunk of brownstone Brooklyn.

The ex-city ...Read more

If you want to lower rents in the next five weeks, rent control may be appealing. If you want to lower rents in the next five years, it shouldn’t be.

Rents in Las Vegas are dropping. Apartments.com found that Las Vegas ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Assembly member Jasmeet Bains and her political allies have escalated attacks against opponent Randy Villegas with aggressive messaging that accuses him of concealing decades-old sexual ...Read more

In the Rumble in the Jungle, George Foreman came in expecting to end the fight early.

At first, it looked that way. He was stronger, faster, and landing clean punches. I watched the 1974 championship on simulcast 52 years...Read more

For months now, Democrats have been arguing about whether to release the "autopsy" the National Committee commissioned on what went wrong in 2024. The report was completed but then not released; under pressure, Democratic ...Read more

U.S. lawmakers voted Thursday to advance a proposal to stay on daylight saving time for states nationwide.

The Sunshine Protection Act passed out of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, and would make daylight ...Read more

RIO DE JANEIRO — President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is leading Brazil’s presidential election as Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro suffers from his ties to the man at the center of a massive banking scandal, a new poll showed.

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump put his midterm coattails to the test Friday by trekking into a New York House district won by Kamala Harris in the last presidential election.

“It’s this radical turnaround, and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — For much of President Donald Trump’s second term, Republican senators have largely stayed in line, wary of the consequences of defying a president with a history of targeting those who cross him. This ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Former President Joe Biden will keynote the Maryland Democratic Party’s 2026 Fight Back & Win Gala, the party announced Friday.

“It’s going to be a special night, and I’m honored to spend it with the...Read more

MIAMI — Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced Friday she’ll be running in Florida’s 20th Congressional District, a safe blue seat that was historically drawn to ensure Black voters could elect a candidate of their ...Read more