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David FarisUSA TODAY |
As many of us tried to warn for years, the second Trump administration has so far been a nightmarish project of punitive vengeance on multiple fronts.
According to the White House, 25 percent tariffs will be imposed on goods imported from our neighbors to the south and north on Feb. 1.
On Wednesday, negotiators finally secured a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, at least temporarily halting a conflict that killed at least 46,000...
On Monday, the victory of America's Insurrectionist-in-Chief in the 2024 presidential election was certified during a joint session of Congress....
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As the sun rises on 2025—at least in the parts of the country where there is January sunlight—America's basic predicament has become clearer. The...
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It's never too early to talk about the next election. CNN reported over the weekend that Vice President Kamala Harris is weighing her options,...
On Dec. 10, longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow and abdicated his position as the country's strongman after a whirlwind 12 days...
One of the least compelling arguments against President Joe Biden's Dec. 1 pardon of his troubled son Hunter is the idea that it will give...
Since the election of Donald Trump as the 47th president on Nov. 5, the slow-building fury among Democrats against President Joe Biden has reached...
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As Democrats sort through the wreckage of their 2024 catastrophe, they would do well to take some time to reflect on the path forward rather than...
Tweet Share Share Comment For the second time in eight years, Democrats are facing their nightmare scenario: Americans have chosen Donald Trump as...
Last night Americans decisively elected Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States. Unlike in 2016, Democrats don't look like they...
Tweet Share Share Comment For close to a decade, Democratic politics has revolved around the importance of defeating Donald Trump. If we include...
The interminably long presidential campaign of former President Donald Trump is finally winding its way down to its conclusion. Win or lose, this...
On Monday, vice president and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris blitzed through the Rust Belt battlegrounds with an obscure Republican former...
The past decade has seen a dramatic public opinion turn against immigration across the democratic world. In Europe, one mainstream government after...
Tweet Share Share Comment The Electoral College is far and away the single most ridiculous institution in the democratic world. It was a...
On one hand, last night's vice presidential debate between Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) was almost nostalgic, a callback to...
The GOP nominee and former president, Donald Trump, and his fellow Republicans started off this cycle with an enormous advantage on the economy and...
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On Sunday, an unhinged man toting an assault weapon somehow got within a few hundred yards of Republican nominee Donald Trump at his West Palm...
Early on in last night's presidential debate, former President Donald Trump was given opportunity after opportunity to hammer the Biden-Harris...
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On the precipice of what looks to be an achingly close election, House Republicans, in their infinite wisdom, are planning to once again engage in...
Tweet Share Share Comment A race that no one is talking about is threatening to upend Republicans’ high hopes to control the U.S. Senate after...
Last week Area Rich Man Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. ended his flailing presidential bid and endorsed GOP nominee, and former president, Donald Trump, in...
Last night Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a relatively brief, bracing acceptance speech that ran for fewer than 40 minutes. For Harris, the...
Last night President Biden delivered an energetic, 52-minute speech very late on the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago....
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While the sudden and dramatic departure of President Joe Biden from the 2024 campaign last month has reset the race for the White House, it doesn't...
Today, Vice President Kamala Harris announced that her running mate in the 2024 presidential election will be two-term Democratic Minnesota Gov....
Democrats have without question had an incredible 10 days. Since President Biden finally dropped out of the race to make way for Vice President...
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President Joe Biden's abrupt Sunday announcement that he would abandon his re-election campaign instantly blew apart the dynamics of the 2024...
Tweet Share Share Comment President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race—announced Sunday afternoon in a post on X—is a watershed...
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In the aftermath of Saturday's dreadful assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, that...
If last Thursday night's NATO press conference was the top of the mountain in terms of Joe Biden's lucidity and powers of persuasion, we might as...