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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Three years after massive crowds during the July 4 weekend caused three-hour traffic jams and gridlock stretching for miles at Yosemite National Park, the Trump administration has eliminated rules ...Read more

A recent mass shooting at an ice rink in Rhode Island sent us on the hunt.

When someone commits a mass shooting, people of the most extreme political genders set out to find reasons why that would bolster their own ...Read more

My first reaction to Secretary of State Marco Rubio's speech, delivered on Valentine's Day, at the Munich Security Conference, was, "Last year, President Donald Trump sent the bad cop, Vice President JD Vance. This year, ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- As a storyteller, I remember to begin with a tale.

In August 2005, I spoke to a group of retirees in their 70s and 80s. Those were whippersnappers compared to Julie, a 100-year-old woman who approached me. ...Read more

Massachusetts Congressmen Seth Moulton and Jim McGovern blasted President Trump on federal cuts to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) during a press conference Thursday as Massachusetts has seen a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared victory in the fight over cost-of-living concerns, signaling a new approach that sought to deny problems with his economic agenda and touting successes in job growth and other...Read more

Florida lawmakers have approved renaming the Palm Beach International Airport to President Donald J. Trump International Airport — a move expected to cost as much as $5.5 million.

The Florida Senate on Thursday approved...Read more

MIAMI — Donald Trump’s presidential library foundation became the legal owner this month of the downtown Miami land adjacent to the Freedom Tower where he plans to build his highrise legacy project, county property ...Read more

Democratic New York officials and voters urged the Supreme Court in court filings Thursday not to intervene in a state court order requiring a new district for the Staten Island-based seat currently held by Republican Rep....Read more

PHILADELPHIA — State Rep. Chris Rabb announced Thursday he will not seek reelection to Harrisburg this year while he runs for a seat in Congress.

State lawmakers are allowed to simultaneously run for two offices. But ...Read more

The U.S. military is stationing a vast array of forces in the Middle East, including two aircraft carriers, fighter jets and refueling tankers, with President Donald Trump saying that Iran had 10 to 15 days at most to ...Read more

Where are the statesmen when the state is under siege by the current head of state?

I've been mulling that question, hardly for the first time, but on three occasions just in the last few days.

On Monday, the federal ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado has joined another multi-state lawsuit against the Trump administration, this time to claim approximately $600 million in federal energy funds approved by Congress.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District ...Read more

My parents were just children when they were wrested from their homes into tarpaper barracks surrounded by barbed wire. The message: They were not welcome.

On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued ...Read more

NEW YORK — The White House is writing off Bruce Springsteen — and it’s using the Boss’ own lyrics to do it.

Springsteen and his E Street Band earlier this week announced that their 20-stop “Land of Hope and ...Read more

The U.S. military is stationing a vast array of forces in the Middle East, including two aircraft carriers, fighter jets and refueling tankers, giving President Donald Trump the option for a major attack against Iran as he...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said his Board of Peace received roughly $17 billion in pledges toward humanitarian and reconstruction efforts in Gaza, and that more than half a dozen countries promised personnel to ...Read more

President Donald Trump launched his international Board of Peace Thursday with grand talk of global problem-solving and $7 billion in pledges for aid from nine Muslim nations to rebuild Gaza.

With 40 nations but few major...Read more

WASHINGTON — Last fall, a breakaway group of Senate Democrats undercut their party to make a deal with Republicans and reopen the government, angering many of their colleagues in the other chamber.

Now, with the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has gone more than three months without issuing a decision since it heard oral arguments on the legality of President Donald Trump’s worldwide tariffs, as evidence of the potential ...Read more