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As the nation approaches its 250th Anniversary, Americans should be entering a moment of pride, reckoning, and aspiration — honoring our founding ideals, confronting our injustices, and committing to a shared, inclusive ...Read more

My alma mater, the University of Chicago, recently announced that it will provide free tuition for students from families with incomes below $250,000, joining a list of elite universities offering generous financial aid.

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Can Chicago fourth graders read? How well? Are they doing better or worse than they were in 2019, before the pandemic?

People asking these questions often struggle to get a straight answer. Usually, the best way to tell ...Read more

Ebola is a diabolical disease. The virus, which can cause severe hemorrhaging, spreads through blood and other bodily fluids. Patients, as they grow sicker, become a ticking bomb, endangering anyone compassionate enough to...Read more

Con artists steal millions every year from vulnerable Americans, but it increasingly appears that the real money is in ripping off U.S. taxpayers. As bank robber Willie Sutton famously said, “That’s where the money is....Read more

It’s not often that you see a standing ovation at a medical conference. But over the weekend, a ballroom full of cancer specialists got to their feet to applaud a slide showing that Revolution Medicine’s daraxonrasib ...Read more

Central Jersey Democrats have chosen a nominee to take on a Republican incumbent who hasn’t been seen in the district or on Capitol Hill for months among other congressional primary contests Tuesday.

Democrats and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Buoyed by a new congressional map favoring their party, California Democrats were eyeing Tuesday’s primary elections as a critical first step toward flipping a handful of House seats and taking back power...Read more

WASHINGTON — The United States is proposing tariffs of at least 10% on imports from most major trading partners following an investigation into forced-labor practices, as President Donald Trump seeks to rebuild the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Incumbent Democrat Derek Tran is advancing to the general election in a battle to keep his seat representing a swath of north Orange County and Los Angeles County.

The Associated Press called the outcome ...Read more

MIAMI — Four of the Black candidates running in the Democratic primary for Florida’s 20th congressional district met in a closed-door meeting Monday to discuss coalescing behind one candidate in the hopes of beating U....Read more

WASHINGTON — It’s been nearly three months since he last cast a vote on the House floor, but Rep. Thomas H. Kean Jr. has been keeping busy — or at least trying to look like he is.

In the New Jersey Republican’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As federal investigators descend on Longview, Washington, to make sense of the catastrophic implosion at a pulp and paper mill, Congress is weighing a proposal to cut the investigating agency's budget by ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- I honestly didn't think it was possible.

But, as remarkable as it sounds, President Donald Trump managed to say something really smart about the war with Iran.

Before we get to the smart thing, let's look ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, under intense grilling at a Senate hearing Tuesday, refused to commit to abiding by federal court orders.

Mullin also conceded that his predecessor as ...Read more

The White House announced it will reduce tariffs on imported farm and construction equipment such as harvesters and forklifts, an effort to boost the industrial economy and provide relief for American farmers.

Under a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez of Los Angeles is reportedly under investigation by the House Ethics Committee over sexual misconduct allegations.

The investigation came after the New York Post reported in ...Read more

New Jersey Rep. Thomas Kean Jr., R-N.J., hasn’t been seen publicly for nearly three months and has missed more than 100 House votes.

That didn't prevent him from receiving an endorsement from Donald Trump, who claimed ...Read more

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told congressional lawmakers Tuesday that Venezuela no longer poses the same national-security threat to the United States that it did under Nicolás Maduro, pointing to what he described as ...Read more