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Make America California Again? State takes center stage as Biden sets his agenda
WASHINGTON — After four years of being relentlessly targeted by a Republican president who worked overtime to bait, punish and marginalize California and everything it represents, the state is suddenly center stage again...Read more

Trump pushed the limits of the US legal system; here's how it held up
NEW YORK — In his four years in the White House, Donald Trump gave the U.S. Constitution an unprecedented workout, challenging norms and laws in ways that left few parts of America’s foundational legal document ...Read more

Commentary: How do we explain the Capitol attack to our children?
Like many of you, I am still trying to make sense of what happened Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol and what it means for our country from here.
But as an author of books for children on U.S. government and civics, a question ...Read more

Commentary: Donald Trump gave America a four-year civics lesson — the hard way
Sitting out front of our house last week watching the sun set, I struck up a conversation with a few neighbors going through their afternoon routines — checking the mail, out for a run, that sort of thing.
We found ...Read more

Commentary: Ford's pardon of Nixon is not a good reason for Biden to pardon Trump
On Jan. 13, former FBI Director James Comey made headlines for suggesting that President-elect Joe Biden should “consider” pardoning President Donald Trump. The news was surprising coming from one of Trump’s most ...Read more

Editorial: The Electoral College is as obsolete as the quill pens that wrote it
A compelling case for abolishing the Electoral College can be made in two words: Donald Trump. What more evidence does the nation need for direct popular election?
It’s one of the cruelest ironies of history that ...Read more

Commentary: To begin de-Trumpification, start with elite institutions
Precisely at noon on Wednesday, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will take the reins of government. And the nation's focus will turn quickly, as it should, to the new administration.
As we look in one direction, Trump ...Read more

Cynthia M. Allen: Don't stew over Washington. Focus on family, community, local government instead
After Donald Trump was elected in 2016, I wrote that the most important task for people — particularly those disconcerted by his election (as I was) — was to focus on the things closer to home.
Community. Family.
We ...Read more

Editorial: China's ambition: Hong Kong and the world
More than 1,000 law enforcement officers swept through Hong Kong on Jan. 6, arresting 53 residents under Beijing’s new national security law. Those detained could face up to life in prison for the “subversive” act of...Read more

Virginia Heffernan: We need the truth about 1/6
For four years, the United States under President Donald Trump has been bedeviled by unsolved mysteries. Inquiries have been opened and never satisfactorily closed. Doubts exist where none are justified, and legitimate ...Read more

Editorial: Yang and the gang: What the new NYC mayoral candidate brings to the party
While there’s plenty not to like about Andrew Yang’s candidacy for New York City mayor, there’s one reason we’re glad he’s thrown himself into the briar patch.
Yang, who fled for his second home in the Hudson ...Read more

Commentary: The simple, hopeful message from the mind-boggling and awful assault on democracy
We direct our university's McCourtney Institute for Democracy, which is committed to promoting democracy in the United States and abroad. The disturbing events in the nation's capital on Jan. 6 imperil our American ...Read more

Commentary: The pope's latest decree is a victory for Catholic women
A lot of American Catholics might not see the importance of Pope Francis’ declaration that women can take part in the formal ministries of acolyte and lector. After all, there have been “altar girls” in many American...Read more

Trump farewell planned for Wednesday morning ahead of Biden oath
WASHINGTON — White House officials are planning a farewell ceremony for Donald Trump as he leaves Washington on Wednesday morning for the last time as president, according to a copy of the invitation seen by Bloomberg ...Read more

Biden may cancel Keystone pipeline permit on first day
President-elect Joe Biden may fulfill a pledge to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit via executive action on his first day in office, CBC News reported, citing people it didn’t identify.
The words “Rescind ...Read more

Twitter temporarily locks Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's account after rule violations
ATLANTA — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican who was sworn into office this month, was prohibited from posting new public messages on her personal Twitter account for 12 hours on Sunday. The company said ...Read more

After her life was risked, SC's Mace wants Trump held accountable for Capitol riot
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Nancy Mace voted against impeaching Donald Trump Wednesday, but the recently elected member of the U.S. House of Representatives still wants to hold the president accountable for his "words and actions" ...Read more
Even as Trump exits, Democrats say ‘most dangerous crime' demands a Senate trial
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s staunchest allies sought on Sunday to stave off a trial for him in the Senate over the storming of the U.S Capitol by a mob of his supporters, while Democrats demanded he be held ...Read more

Iran rebukes EU on trade channel set up to avoid US sanctions
Iran’s central bank criticized a European Union payment channel designed to allow European companies to avoid U.S. sanctions, portraying it as useless and saying Iran won’t be diverting resources to it.
European ...Read more

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, more join Biden inauguration special
Joe Biden’s inauguration special gets more star-studded by the day.
The TV special, replacing the president-elect’s inauguration night balls, added a who’s who of celebrities to the prime-time program Sunday, ...Read more
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