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President Donald Trump’s meandering speech on the Iran war late Wednesday — in which he paired promises of a swift exit with new threats of escalated bombing and denied responsibility for the Strait of Hormuz — did ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate took the first step Thursday in a GOP-backed plan to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, sending the House for a second time its bill to fund the department except for immigration ...Read more

President Donald Trump Thursday posted “Kangaroo Court!!!” in an apparent jab at the Supreme Court after it heard oral arguments in a case over birthright citizenship.

Although he didn’t elaborate, Trump’s two-...Read more

President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to pay all federal Department of Homeland Security workers as congressional Republicans struggled to end the record-setting partial goverment shutdown that is set to extend through ...Read more

On April Fools’ Day, the American president addressed the nation and the world to send not one message about the war that the United States and Israel launched against Iran a month ago, but all possible messages at once....Read more

WASHINGTON — One year ago, Donald Trump stood in a sun-kissed, unpaved Rose Garden and defiantly announced a new era of global trade, raising tariffs on countries worldwide and sending shock waves through the global ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — At a worship service held at the Pentagon two Wednesdays ago, the Secretary of Defense prayed for the success of American troops fighting in Iran, and presumably anywhere else he sends the military. “...Read more

The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence isn’t the only important anniversary in 2026. This year also marks the 75th anniversary of an extraordinary case of student activism that helped lead to the ...Read more

The first parents convicted of involuntary manslaughter for a mass school shooting committed by their child were Jennifer and James Crumbley. The Crumbleys were convicted in 2024, after their 15-year-old son Ethan ...Read more

WASHINGTON —The House Appropriations Committee is set to undergo a major shake-up following the midterm elections, especially among its Republicans.

With four members retiring, two running for Senate and four others in ...Read more

In the rush to cancel long-held celebrations and remove statues and murals to achieve distance from César Chávez because of his alleged sexual abuse, it is important not to shy away from the meaning of a lifetime of ...Read more

The recently revised food pyramid may put fruit as a medium priority, but there is nothing the Trump administration likes more than the apple of discord.

Every news cycle, the president seems intent on introducing ...Read more

It must have been a confounding day for “No Kings” protestors. Their placards at rallies held around the country decry President Trump’s “authoritarian regime” and the “fascism” under which Americans now live...Read more

Since the 9/11 terrorist attack in 2001, government officials have said their greatest fear is self-radicalized individuals they call “lone wolves.” The March 12 politics/fromtheright/calthomas/s-4058641">Read more

The message was as clear as modern popes get, especially in their Palm Sunday mass. “Brothers and sisters, this is our God,” Leo XIV told the faithful in St. Peter’s Square: “Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, ...Read more

DENVER — Democrat Trisha Calvarese, who was vying for a second chance to take on U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in the November election, has dropped out of the primary race in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District.

Her ...Read more

Today we discuss probability, self-destruction and political bossism.

Wow. California, which is as blue as Lake Tahoe, is about to elect a Republican governor ! How crazy is that?

Whoa. Hold up, pony. Let's not get too ...Read more

Miami is no stranger to excess. In this city, gaudy isn’t so much an insult as a way of life. But even in a place known for Lamborghinis, Brazilian butt lifts and wannabe billionaires, President Donald Trump’s planned ...Read more

Nothing so perfectly demonstrates Donald Trump’s reckless approach to waging war on Iran than his rebuff of Ukraine’s offer to share drone technology that could save U.S. military lives.

Clearly, the president had ...Read more

Democrats find themselves with a deplorable dilemma – whether to reach into their no-talent “bench” for a 2028 standard bearer or turn to the 78–year-old party matriarch for yet another comeback bid.

Saddled with ...Read more