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Treasury Secretary Bessent defends proposal for Trump's face on special $250 bill
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the idea of putting President Donald Trump’s face on a ... Read More
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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani may back progressive challenger to Rep. Adriano Espaillat, report says
NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani is reportedly considering endorsing Darializa Avila Chevalier in her insurgent Democratic primary race to unseat incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat in Upper Manhattan’s NY-13 district.
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Trump made his pick for Kansas governor. Did he give GOP a 'powerful weapon'?
When President Donald Trump threw his weight behind Ty Masterson’s bid for Kansas governor over the weekend, the longtime state lawmaker quickly capitalized on the endorsement.
The Andover Republican updated his social ...Read more
Judge declines to block parts of Trump mail voting order, for now
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday denied an effort to pause President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to restrict mail voting in federal elections, finding that it was too early to say whether anyone has ...Read more
DOJ investigating Trump sex abuse accuser E. Jean Carroll, reports say
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, a magazine advice columnist who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s in a widely-publicized civil ...Read more
US Rep. Jared Moskowitz announces where he'll seek reelection in redrawn Florida
MIAMI — Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz announced Thursday that he will run for Florida’s newly redrawn 25th Congressional District, setting the stage for one of the few competitive congressional races in Florida ...Read more
To ‘86’ occasionally means to kill but usually doesn’t: A linguistic investigation into the Instagram threat charge against James Comey
A federal grand jury in April 2026 charged James Comey with making a threat against President Donald Trump and transmitting a crime across state lines.
The charges came after Comey, the former FBI director, ...Read more
Editorial: CTU rank-and-file finds its nerve and votes down dues hike to fund politics
The Chicago Teachers Union has suffered another very public blow, this time at the hands of its own members.
CTU officials looking for extra money for politics had asked union members to approve a plan that was projected ...Read more
Cal Thomas: Fraudsters run amok
At first, it didn’t sound right. Someone must have miscalculated. How could there be so much fraud that has robbed taxpayers of billions of dollars without anyone seeming to notice? Worse, it appears they didn’t seem ...Read more
Editorial: A gas tax holiday is good politics but bad economics
Even as the U.S. and Iran wrestle over an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, surging gas prices have turned the government’s attention to a perennially popular fiscal scam: Ease the pressure on household budgets ...Read more
COUNTERPOINT: Gas tax suspension would provide welcome relief
I’m not a knee-jerk anti-tax fellow. While no one enjoys paying taxes, I recognize that federal, state and local levies fund a broad range of critical needs, from schools, parks, libraries and police to public health and...Read more
Commentary: Washington state entrepreneurs fleeing to places without a 'millionaire tax'
Supporters of Washington state’s impending 9.9% millionaire tax celebrated the state Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling blocking a voter referendum on the measure. However, if proponents better understood ...Read more
David M. Drucker: Why MAGA Republicans keep winning when Trump is losing
President Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican Party is slipping. Sort of. Because even though the president’s support among GOP voters has diminished, his demonstrable strength is still swaying the party’s primary ...Read more
POINT: Suspending federal gas tax will only worsen transportation
With gas prices up to $4.50 a gallon and inflation approaching 4%, Americans are justifiably anxious over growing affordability challenges.
Politicians in both political parties have suggested a “gas tax holiday�...Read more
Commentary: Protect English learners in nation's schools
The Trump administration’s recent decision to dissolve the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition has received little public attention. But for more than 5 million English learners in ...Read more
Editorial: Mamdani's housing plan builds in the right way: Deputy Mayor Leila Bozorg sees the whole picture
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his deputy mayor, Leila Bozorg, get solid grades for addressing the biggest issue in New York City: the lack of housing.
The Block by Block report is a comprehensive approach covering market-...Read more
Commentary: The Pentagon is blending the war on drugs with counterterrorism. It isn't working
On May 16, the United States found and killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, a top Islamic State commander, in Nigeria. The precision operation in the northeast of Africa’s most populous country came about a week after President ...Read more
Commentary: Dark money is winning as political parties face an identity crisis
American political party organizations have imploded in the post-World War II era, largely replaced by dark money from unknown donors. The party vacuum is ominous for a healthy democracy, because voters are left without ...Read more
Mark Z. Barabak: Texas is where Democratic dreams die. Did Trump change that with his Senate pick?
The catalog of unrequited hopes and hearts is a long one.
Captain Ahab went mad in his vengeful search for "Moby Dick." Jay Gatsby's ostentatious fortune failed to win the love of Daisy Buchanan. Charlie Brown never ...Read more
Trump's Memorial Day Message
I don't expect very much of President Donald Trump and generally, I'm not disappointed. In so many ways that we have come to take for granted, he is a small man, the antithesis of what we mean by "Presidential." Tall in ...Read more
Barron Trump skips Don Jr.'s wedding as Melania Trump keeps her distance, reports say
Barron Trump was noticeably absent from family photos shared online from his brother Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding in the Bahamas over the weekend.
That’s because Barron Trump skipped the wedding of his eldest half-...Read more
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