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Analysis: For Trump, celebration and a victory lap in the Middle East
Summoned last minute by the president of the United States, the world’s most powerful leaders dropped their schedules to... Read More
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Military troops set to miss first paycheck since US shutdown started
WASHINGTON — The financial impacts of the government shutdown are set to escalate this week, even as Senate Republicans and Democrats show no signs of breaking the stalemate over health care policies at the heart of the ...Read more
Trump urges world leaders to seize momentum for Gaza peace
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — President Donald Trump pressed world leaders gathered at a summit on Gaza’s future to ensure the U.S.-led truce between Israel and Hamas turns into a lasting peace, hailing the agreement as a �...Read more
Editorial: Sister Jean's remarkable longevity
Boston University has a term for those who make it to 100 years old without showing any outward sign of dementia or any other clinically demonstrable disease: “escapers.”
It’s a reference to how, as one inevitably ...Read more
They’re Calling it a ‘Hate-America’ Rally
You know Trump Republicans are worried when they slam a planned protest — more than a week before it occurs.
Last Friday, Speaker Mike Johnson described this coming Saturday’s No Kings rally as the “hate-America” ...Read more
Trump aims to seize momentum on Gaza peace at leaders summit
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — President Donald Trump kicked off a global summit in Egypt on Gaza’s future, aimed at ensuring the U.S.-led truce in the Middle East turns into a lasting peace.
The stop was Trump’s second ...Read more
Trump wins some praise from Democrats for Gaza hostage release deal
President Donald Trump on Monday won some rare bipartisan praise for forging the Israeli hostage release and Gaza ceasefire deal although most senior Democrats avoided crediting him by name.
As most top Democrats stuck to...Read more
Editorial: Trumpian smearing of Chicago gets the scrutiny it deserves in a federal courtroom
When confronted with assertions from Trump administration officials regarding Chicago (it’s a “war zone,” a “hellhole,” etc.), most of us who live here understand that the picture being painted of our city bears ...Read more
Trump hints at intervening in Pakistan-Afghanistan clash
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested he’s willing to step in to resolve days of deadly cross-border fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan, saying he is “good at solving wars.”
Trump made the remarks while on ...Read more
Trump hails 'dawn of a new Middle East' in Knesset speech
President Donald Trump called for “the historic dawn of a new Middle East” in an address to the Israeli parliament, as he visits the region to celebrate a deal halting the war in Gaza and securing the release of ...Read more
Commentary: Getting fired for social media posts is the new workplace cancel culture
Americans think the First Amendment protects their speech. It doesn’t — at least not at work for most of us. Just ask the executives, teachers, lawyers and even a Secret Service agent disciplined after posting about ...Read more
Commentary: How billionaires are rewriting history and democracy
In the Gilded Age of the millionaire, wealth signified ownership. The titans of old built railroads, monopolized oil, and bought their indulgences in yachts, mansions, and eventually, sports teams. A franchise was the ...Read more
Commentary: Draw a red line against AI in nuclear war
On Sept. 22, a group of more than 200 prominent individuals, including 10 Nobel Prize winners, published an open letter calling for urgent action to enact binding international safeguards against dangerous uses of ...Read more
Lauded NY public defender leaving job to fight Trump admin on immigration, First Amendment
After 23 years on defense, veteran Federal Defenders lawyer Deirdre von Dornum is itching to play offense.
The longtime public defender — known as a smiling legal gladiator who’s won rare acquittals in a federal ...Read more
Ill. Gov. JB Pritzker's win on National Guard could be short-lived as Trump keeps pulling levers of power
The nation has been given a split screen view of Chicago.
On one side, President Donald Trump declares the city a war-torn “hellhole” requiring deployment of National Guard troops to help enforce his administration’...Read more
'This shutdown feels different.' States might not get repaid when government reopens
States are doing what they generally do during a federal government shutdown: continuing to operate programs serving some of the neediest people.
That means schools are still serving federally subsidized meals and states ...Read more
Patricia Lopez: 'Farmageddon' can't be solved with a bailout alone
It’s harvest time in the Midwest and farmers are bringing in bumper crops of soybeans, corn and wheat. They should be elated.
But their best customers are shopping elsewhere as a result of a global trade war ignited by ...Read more
Editorial: $100,000 H-1B visa fees are a distraction from real reform
With America’s global leadership in scientific innovation facing unprecedented competition, getting high-skilled immigration right should be a top priority in Washington. The first task for the White House is to get out ...Read more
$100,000 H-1B visa fees are a distraction from real reform
With America’s global leadership in scientific innovation facing unprecedented competition, getting high-skilled immigration right should be a top priority in Washington. The first task for the White House is to get out ...Read more
Appeals court denies Trump administration request to halt judge's ruling on National Guard pending appeal
CHICAGO — A federal appeals court in Chicago on Saturday denied the Trump administration’s request for an emergency stay of a district judge’s order barring the president from deploying National Guard troops in the ...Read more
US Sen. Chris Murphy endorses Rep. John Larson: He's the 'organizing force'
HARTFORD, Conn. — Democrats Chris Murphy and John Larson go way back.
When Murphy was an up-and-coming politician who defeated longtime Republican Rep. Nancy Johnson in 2006 in an upset that surprised some insiders, he ...Read more
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