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Although well-intended legislation, Illinois’ biometric privacy law has turned into a bonanza for opportunistic lawyers under the guise of protecting everyday people against threats to their personal data.

Take what ...Read more

I have a confession, shameful as it may be for someone who has spent decades studying retirement policy and advising individuals and institutions on how to save for and think about retirement: When I bought my apartment a ...Read more

Such a nasty woman.

Remember when Donald Trump, then a candidate for president, directed that invective at his Democratic opponent, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton?

It was October 2016, the third and final...Read more

Just because marijuana is now a legalized, ubiquitous $32 billion business that’s outpacing alcohol to become America’s drug of choice doesn’t mean it’s good for you. The 21-year-old pot emporium clerk advising you...Read more

As a U.S. citizen living abroad, I sympathize with European outrage over Donald Trump’s naked attempt to bully Denmark, a particularly loyal NATO ally, into handing over Greenland. In fact, if he stays on this path I’d...Read more

We spend tens of billions of dollars each year on K-12 public education in Illinois. We argue endlessly about how best to invest that money to improve student outcomes, and we despair when those investments don’t produce...Read more

The men you see in masks on your television savagely arresting people may not seem like your affair. But they are your affair and mine, and that of every other American.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operates ...Read more

When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered all top brass to assemble in Quantico in September, he declared women could either meet male standards for combat roles or get cut.

Strong message, except the military was ...Read more

You may have missed it due to the firehose of international news over the last week. But in between the CIA director traveling to Venezuela to meet deposed dictator Nicolás Maduro’s replacement and President Donald ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — When state Sen. Sharif Tahir Street converted to Islam 30 years ago, he already had a Muslim name.

His father, John F. Street, who would go on to become Philadelphia's mayor, gave his son a Muslim name ...Read more

The 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass is an infamous stretch of roadway known around the world for all the wrong reasons. It’s a mountainous choke point that can bring traffic between the Valley and the Westside to ...Read more

Envy produces terrible public policy.

The Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, a major California union, is currently pushing a wealth tax initiative. Unlike an income or sales tax, a ...Read more

On Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of protesters walked out of school and off the job to march in downtown Los Angeles and decry President Trump's actions during his first year back in office.

The "Free America Walkout" at ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Congressional lawmakers green-lighting $839 billion in U.S. defense spending voiced strong support for an embattled test office at the Pentagon that was slashed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took command of a White House press briefing Tuesday to tell reporters directly why he believes his first year back in office has been a success — though his showcase at times ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday seeking to advance his effort to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes, before a trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos...Read more

The California Republican Party on Tuesday filed an emergency application asking the U.S. Supreme Court to issue an injunction to stop the congressional districts state voters approved last year from going into effect.

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TALLAHASSEE — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced plans Tuesday to subpoena the group pushing to get recreational marijuana on the 2026 ballot, saying the subpoenas were part of an “escalation” of the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court is dashing any hopes of a quick rollback of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

The justices are set to start a four-week recess next week without having ruled on pending challenges ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump could still lead his proposed Board of Peace after he leaves the White House, a U.S. official said.

The chairmanship is Trump’s to hold until he resigns it, the official, speaking ...Read more