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John M. Crisp: How does a good citizen cope with a bad government?
"How does it become a man to behave toward this American government to-day?" This is a question that Henry David Thoreau ... Read More
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Mary Schmich: Wake up. It's August. What will you do with the rest of your pandemic summer?
August? It's August?
You look at the calendar and feel sideswiped. The word August slams into your brain like a truck that lurched around a blind corner and knocked you over. Where did August come from?
August is the ...Read more
Editorial: California faces an eviction catastrophe. Gov. Newsom, lawmakers need to act now
At the beginning of the year, it looked like Jeremy Miller and his 9-year-old daughter were finally going to have a home of their own. They'd been homeless and relying on family, shelters and motels for housing. But he'd ...Read more
Is a NC congressman using taxpayer-funded mailings to campaign? His opponent thinks so
RALEIGH, N.C. -- When are members of Congress communicating with constituents? And when are they campaigning?
Democrats in North Carolina's 8th Congressional District say U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson appears to have crossed ...Read more
Trump orders limits on US contractors' use of foreign workers
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Monday barred federal agencies from dismissing U.S. citizens or green card holders and replacing them with foreign workers, and blasted a major state enterprise for having done so.
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Trump Organization puts 'Apprentice' chopper on the block
NEW YORK -- A Trump Organization helicopter featured in the opening credits of "The Apprentice" with now-President Donald Trump is for sale.
The 1989 Sikorsky S-76B, painted red, white and blue, registration N76DT, is ...Read more
Wall Street is torn on whether a Biden win would bring joy or misery
As President Donald Trump's poll numbers continue to sink, Wall Street is starting to envision Washington under Joe Biden -- a scenario that many executives say they welcome. But to some pessimists, the upbeat view ...Read more
Trump plans 'emergency' to stay in office, top Democrat says
President Donald Trump has no intention of "peacefully" transferring power if he loses the November election, according to House Majority Whip James Clyburn.
Trump, who floated the idea of delaying the vote last week over...Read more
COVID-19 sparks 'tidal wave' of mail-in ballots across Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS -- Susan Truesdell, a mother of two from Champlin, is planning to stray from her typical voting routine this year.
"With concerns of COVID I have been avoiding taking them to public places as much as I can," ...Read more
Trump suggests he might want to take on income inequality
President Donald Trump suggested he might be interested in pushing for policy that addresses the widening income gap in the U.S., but didn't suggest a plan.
Trump commented in a retweet about how much some prominent ...Read more
Kamala Harris settled with a top aide who lost her job, and both sides agreed to keep quiet, records show
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Under then-Attorney General Kamala Harris' direction, the California Department of Justice paid a nearly $35,000 settlement to Harris' former chief deputy attorney general after a dispute related to ...Read more
Republicans hammer Karen Bass, possible Biden running mate, over Cuba
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Karen Bass is on Joe Biden's short-list as a possible running mate, and two Trump surrogates for Florida hammered her on Saturday over her past support for Cuba, saying it would offend the state's Latino...Read more
Democrats ply Biden with alternatives to Harris for running mate
Democrats around Joe Biden are angling to provide alternatives to Kamala Harris as his running mate, long seen as the front-runner for the post, as his vice presidential selection process enters its final stage.
Although ...Read more
China's ByteDance prepared to divest 100% of TikTok in US
China's ByteDance Ltd. is prepared to sell 100% of TikTok's U.S. operations as a way to head off a proposed ban on the music-video site by President Donald Trump, said two people with knowledge of the situation.
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Honoring the fallen
Capping a week of deserved tributes, the funeral for Rep. John Lewis in Atlanta's historic Ebenezer Baptist Church brought me back a quarter-century to another funeral for another revered member of Congress, former House ...Read more
'Having a fantastic time' leading to more sickness and death
In the post on Twitter, Herman Cain was surrounded by four grinning Trumpers, presumably members of Black Voices for Trump, which Cain co-chaired. They were crowded together at the Tulsa Trump rally on June 20, a maskless ...Read more
Commentary: Trump can't postpone the election. But here's why we have to take his tweet seriously
Once again, President Donald Trump has shown his ignorance of the Constitution and federal law in raising the question on Twitter of whether the November presidential election should be delayed. To be clear, President ...Read more
Commentary: Trump's demand for election-night results is deceptive and dangerous
Call it the trial balloon that launched a thousand punctures. On Thursday morning President Donald Trump tweeted: "With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & ...Read more
Editorial: The death of Joseph Costa and the risk of being a health care worker during the COVID-19 pandemic
We got a sad reminder of the precarious place health care workers put themselves in as they carry out the duties of their profession during a pandemic by the July 25 death of Joseph Costa, chief of the critical care ...Read more
Commentary: A museum, or a monument to identity politics?
The House of Representatives has unanimously approved the creation of another Smithsonian institution, a National Latino Museum. It was one more sign that political leaders are desperately reacting to a time of crisis with...Read more
Editorial: Life on Mars? The science-affirming mission we need right now
From writer H.G. Wells to filmmaker Ridley Scott, the possibility of life on Mars has long sparked the public's imagination for generations. And if there ever was a time when a world could use a demonstration of the power ...Read more
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- Kamala Harris settled with a top aide who lost her job, and both sides agreed to keep quiet, records show
- Trump plans 'emergency' to stay in office, top Democrat says
- Democrats ply Biden with alternatives to Harris for running mate
- COVID-19 sparks 'tidal wave' of mail-in ballots across Minnesota
- Trump suggests he might want to take on income inequality
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