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This past weekend, President Donald Trump landed in Malaysia to kick off a tour in Southeast Asia that could either make or break his trade agenda. Ever the showman, Trump inaugurated the week’s events by presiding over ...Read more

What if the federal government shut down and few people noticed — or cared? Nearly one month since the lights went out in Washington, most Americans don’t seem all that aware, let alone upset. Perhaps that’s why ...Read more

Marjorie Taylor Greene, the firebrand Georgia Republican, has been breaking ranks with President Donald Trump and the GOP leadership in Congress on an increasingly long list of issues.

She wants Congress to end the ...Read more

November is a season of change—trees let go of their leaves, geese fly south and we settle into early nights and cozy blankets. It’s only fitting that it’s also World Vegan Month, reminding us that changing the world...Read more

Today we're taking a tour through the mythical Land of Election Fraud, where President Donald Trump has built a palace of lies, imprisoning both truth and democracy.

I put it in fairy tale terms because the idea that ...Read more

The country once celebrated those who scaled mountains. Now bureaucrats seek to prosecute them.

Michelino Sunseri is a trail runner. Last year, he set a record for running up and down Wyoming’s Grand Teton mountain. It�...Read more

The massive outage that crippled Amazon Web Services last week sent shockwaves through the digital world. Overnight, the invisible backbone of our online lives buckled: Websites went dark, apps froze, transactions stalled,...Read more

Friday lunchtime, a guy was walking his fluffy dog at the corner of Henderson and Lakewood streets in Chicago’s leafy Lakeview neighborhood. On any other sunny, autumnal Friday, such a stroll would have been as calming ...Read more

I may be revealing a secret cherished by columnists the world over, but I admit that among the columns we relish writing the most fall into the "I told you so" genre.

Case in point: In April last year, in a column about ...Read more

Over the course of just three days recently, five scientists affiliated with the University of California won Nobel prizes for discoveries that can help us more effectively treat conditions such as multiple sclerosis and ...Read more

A great many Americans today wonder, with good reason, whether America’s democracy can survive Donald Trump’s presidency.

Now it’s becoming increasingly clear that another question we should all be asking is whether...Read more

I’m old enough to remember when there was no annual open enrollment. You got health insurance through your employer, and unless you changed jobs or had a major life event, you kept the same plan. Year after year. Simple....Read more

Every morning as I bring my daughter to school, I worry for her safety. Like many parents, I would do anything to protect her. Yet the fact is that gun violence in the United States is not an avoidable problem — it is ...Read more

Starbucks has declared itself “all in on protein.” Beginning this month, customers can order Protein Lattes and Protein Matchas, or add Protein Cold Foam to their cold brews and Frappuccinos, turning a daily caffeine ...Read more

Barbara Boxer decided she was done. Entering her 70s, fresh off reelection to the U.S. Senate, she determined her fourth term would be her last.

"I just felt it was time," Boxer said. "I wanted to do other things."

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If the 2028 presidential election were held today, JD Vance and Pete Buttigieg would be on the ballot.

That’s according to the latest Granite State Poll out of the University of New Hampshire’s political center, where...Read more

WASHINGTON — Two Maryland lawmakers are introducing bills that would suspend student loan payments for federal workers during the government shutdown, providing relief for employees who missed their first full paycheck ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- In California, voters are accustomed to supporting lousy ballot initiatives because we believe the alternative to be much worse.

But Prop. 50, a redistricting initiative that attempts to offset what Texas ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in California issued a more permanent ruling Tuesday blocking the Trump administration from laying off federal workers because of the government shutdown, saying in part those terminations ...Read more

NEW YORK — President Trump has appealed the guilty verdicts against him in the Stormy Daniels hush money case, blasting the prosecution as politically motivated and seeking to wipe clean the criminal record he racked up ...Read more