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Every election season, Maryland political campaigns blanket voters with paper mailers, plastic yard signs and campaign literature. After the votes are counted, much of that material becomes trash — waste that few ...Read more

When powerful U.S. Rep. Sam Graves announced he would not seek a 14th term in Congress, his retirement kicked off a mad dash of candidates hoping to vie for his open seat.

Missouri’s sweeping 6th Congressional District,...Read more

When the No Surprises Act took effect in 2022, it was a rare feat of bipartisan problem-solving. The law was meant to prevent a once all-too-common scenario: An insured patient would seek emergency care, only to face ...Read more

A Supreme Court ruling and an outbreak of explosive diarrhea seem to have nothing in common, and certainly nothing to do with artificial intelligence. But they’re a warning to the AI industry about the danger of getting ...Read more

Three Republican candidates in a sprawling new South Florida congressional district have poured millions of dollars of their own money into the abbreviated campaign for their party’s nomination.

Just before the final ...Read more

The early 1900s were a very bad time to be a bird. On average, more than 5 million were killed every year — not for sustenance, but to feed perhaps the most frivolous of trades: plume-topped hats.

Ostentatious headwear ...Read more

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he will appeal directly to President Donald Trump over new tariffs announced by Washington, describing the levies as unjustified.

Albanese said he would “absolutely” ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A U.S. appeals court rejected the Justice Department’s request to let federal officials fully move ahead with Donald Trump’s overhaul of mail voting ahead of the November midterm elections, leaving in ...Read more

Brazil has denied visas to two senior U.S. State Department officials whom the Trump administration planned to send to scrutinize the fairness and integrity of the country’s electoral system before the Oct. 4 ...Read more

President Donald Trump had gone mostly quiet on trade wars since the Supreme Court struck down his tariffs and the start of the Iran conflict in February, making many think his campaign of import taxes would fade until ...Read more

The United States is scaling up its aggression and conflict in the world with little to show for it but likely war crimes. It is inflicting pain and suffering on many communities and doing so in the name of the American ...Read more

Dozens of states accommodate a massive exception to the Fourth Amendment guarantees in the Bill of Rights. A recent case in Pennsylvania highlights the injustice and should provide impetus for legislative reform in Carson ...Read more

True story: The state that has led the nation in book bans is requiring all high school students to read the most famous literary attack on book banning. It’s stranger than fiction.

I’m talking about Texas, where ...Read more

College sports have long been influenced by money.

These days, commercial gain appears to be the point. Some athletes are playing at a different school every season. Others are betting on their own games. Eligibility has...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California recall elections could get a makeover if voters approve a constitutional amendment this November.

Under current rules, voters casting ballots in recall elections face two choices at once:...Read more

The annual report of the Social Security board of trustees, issued last month, has prompted Congress to return to one of its favorite pastimes: creating bipartisan Social Security commissions. More precisely, there are ...Read more

Ever wonder about the financial implications of your life choices? Taking one job over another, spending Christmas with your nephew instead of working through it at your financial firm, that time Bitcoin fell to $400 and ...Read more

The billionaires behind the idea to build a city roughly the size of Oakland about 40 miles southwest of Sacramento are seeking the help of Gov. Gavin Newsom to advance the Solano County project known as California Forever...Read more

On July 6, Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act, which passed with overwhelming legislative support in the General Assembly. Anthropic backed it. So did OpenAI. The companies being ...Read more

"Ending the Backlash on LGBTQI+ Issues" is the title of the report out this week from the respected liberal think tank The Center for American Progress. As you might expect, the Center report urges Democrats to stand ...Read more