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Martin Schram: Updating Chicago, 1968
Protesters and police are clashing on campuses, yet again. A Democratic presidential convention is careening toward ... Read More
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Trump, Biden eye new swing states but analysts have doubts
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Donald Trump are trying to create new battleground states, a signal the general election outcome could rival Saturday’s photo finish in the Kentucky Derby. But such efforts likely ...Read more
Judge Merchan threatens Trump with jail time for gag order violations in hush money trial
NEW YORK — Donald Trump was threatened with jail time by Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan on Monday after being found in criminal contempt again for the tenth violation of a gag order in his hush money case.
In his sternest...Read more
Bernie Sanders announces 2024 Senate reelection bid
NEW YORK — Sen. Bernie Sanders Monday announced he will run for reelection for a fourth term from Vermont in 2024.
The progressive two-time presidential candidate, who would be 89 years old at the end of a forthcoming ...Read more
Election complaint spotlights need for training on who is authorized to handle machines
CHICAGO — The Lake County Election Board Saturday said they will use complaints filed against a Dyer man serving as a deputy election commissioner in November stemming from his actions on Election Day as a teachable ...Read more
What I’m telling my graduating students
My students are graduating at a tremulous time.
The largest campus protest movement of the 21st century. The first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. The most restrictive abortion laws in the nation. Two horrific ...Read more
Funk and circumstance: Music icon George Clinton collects honorary degree at college in SC
ROCK HILL, S.C. — Who needs pomp and circumstance when you can give up the funk, instead?
The Mothership arrived in Rock Hill on Friday afternoon, as music icon George Clinton accepted an honorary doctorate degree from ...Read more
Michigan GOP Rep. Bezotte disqualified from ballot after surprise entry into race
DETROIT — Michigan Rep. Bob Bezotte has been disqualified from the Republican primary ballot in his efforts to seek re-election to the state House.
The disqualification, listed in online Livingston County candidate ...Read more
Ex-Trump prosecutor Nathan Wade: Fani Willis affair was 'American as apple pie'
Ex-prosecutor Nathan Wade Monday defended himself over the affair with Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis that threatened to derail the Georgia RICO election interference case against former President Donald Trump...Read more
Judge Merchan threatens Trump with jail time for gag order violations in hush money trial: Live updates
NEW YORK — Donald Trump was threatened with jail time by Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan on Monday after being found in criminal contempt again for the tenth violation of a gag order in his hush-money case.
In his sternest...Read more
Harry Dunn brings 'searing' Jan. 6 memories to contentious Maryland US House race
BALTIMORE — Harry Dunn had a moment — between the madness of Jan. 6, 2021, and the swearing-in of President Joe Biden two weeks later — in which something crystallized.
The U.S. Capitol Police officer was on duty at...Read more
John M. Crisp: Biden should debate Trump, but only under one condition
During an interview with Howard Stern on April 26, President Joe Biden said he would be “happy” to debate Donald Trump. Biden and his campaign should rethink and rescind this offer, or else they should attach a ...Read more
Democrats contend Republicans are using Michigan lawsuits to sow election doubts
LANSING, Mich. — The Democratic National Committee submitted briefs Monday against two election lawsuits brought by Republicans in Michigan courts, arguing the GOP was attempting to "undermine faith in our electoral ...Read more
After years of partisan feuding, California's new generation of Congress members tries to get along. Will it work?
WASHINGTON — Over homemade tacos at a Capitol Hill row home, several of California's members of Congress did something unusual last year: they gathered for a bipartisan, home-cooked meal where politics were not on the ...Read more
Trump promises to deport all undocumented immigrants, resurrecting a 1950s strategy − but it didn’t work then and is less likely to do so now
While campaigning in Iowa last September, former President Donald Trump made a promise to voters if he were elected again: “Following the Eisenhower model, we will carry out the largest domestic deportation operation ...Read more
Editorial: Wait, how much for a latte? Even high-flying Starbucks is suffering
The U.S. consumer is increasingly tapped out, and the effects are being felt in even the strongest, most resilient brands out there. Exhibit A is Starbucks.
The Seattle-based coffee chain, ubiquitous in the U.S. and ...Read more
Commentary: College protests and the right side of history
Student protest movements in America are often messy and divisive, but they tend to be on the right side of history. If President Joe Biden doesn’t take the anti-war protests more seriously, he is likely to end up on the...Read more
David Mills: How much is Caitlin Clark worth?
How much is current college superstar and future WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark worth? The WNBA says she's worth (in the arrangement the player's union negotiated) $76,535 her first year and about $338,000 for the first four...Read more
Mary McNamara: Fears about 'Ozempic babies' show how woeful U.S. women's health care really is
The historic failure of medical research to acknowledge that women's bodies differ from men's has a new catchphrase: Ozempic babies.
According to recent reports, all of them anecdotal and many of them on TikTok, off-label...Read more
Commentary: Students have the right to protest
A disturbing trend is taking place on America’s most prestigious campuses: University presidents are wielding police as a violent threat against student protesters and the faculty who support them. This situation raises ...Read more
Commentary: I once lived in my car and can't fathom criminalizing homelessness
I’ve been homeless. Twice.
I faced a dilemma in those situations that more than 650,000 Americans experience on any given day: “Where am I going to sleep tonight?”
The legal battles over criminalizing homelessness ...Read more
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