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A Pennsylvania election fiasco with new voting machines happened because they were set up incorrectly
PHILADELPHIA -- When votes were tallied last month using new voting machines in Northampton County, it was quickly obvious that something had gone wrong.
The numbers were so clearly inaccurate that a judge ordered the ...Read more
For Armenian Americans, Congress' recognition of their genocide is just part of the battle
LOS ANGELES -- For three generations, Sophia Armen's family has fought for recognition of the massacre that drove their ancestors to the United States.
A community organizer, Armen grew up attending rallies that advocated...Read more
The inspector general brings the truth
Whenever President Donald Trump is caught doing wrong, he answers with categorical denial and a fervent claim that he was wronged. Almost since the day he won election in November 2016, that is how Trump and his minions in...Read more
Commentary: Congress might have to actually cough up for everything it promises to pay for. Imagine that
Republicans have never had the votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and their futile efforts to "defund Obamacare" in 2013 -- which they also did not have the votes to do -- led to a pointless government shutdown. (I ...Read more
Editorial: Yes, the family of UPS driver killed in shootout deserves answers from law enforcement
As they buried their son, the parents and stepparents of UPS driver Frank Ordonez, killed during a jewelry store heist and ensuing police chase, are demanding answers, transparency and accountability. They should get it, ...Read more
Appropriators reach spending agreement, fend off possibility of government shutdown
WASHINGTON -- Republicans and Democrats reached agreement "in principle" Thursday on $1.37 trillion in government funding, staving off the possibility of another shutdown just a week before spending is set to run out, ...Read more
Commentary: Trump's trolling of Greta Thunberg was petty and tacky, but she is fair game for criticism
Let's agree that President Trump is a bully and a blowhard and that his tweet mocking Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish climate activist, was tacky and mean-spirited.
On Thursday morning Trump tweeted this about ...Read more
Christine M. Flowers: Nancy Pelosi says Catholics don't hate — but I do
Last week, on her way out of her weekly news conference, Nancy Pelosi was asked by James Rosen of Sinclair Broadcast Group whether she hated Trump. Rosen was referencing comments by Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., who'd earlier ...Read more
Will Bunch: Clint Eastwood's 'Richard Jewell' is the movie America doesn't need right now
At some point during those two hours in the dark -- maybe the attack on the FBI as a rogue outfit using trickery to frame innocent people, or the depiction of journalists as amoral enemies of the people, or the swelling ...Read more
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