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Editorial: Mamdani's Oct. 7 disgrace and the mayor's Israel mania
Mayor Zohran Mamdani showed himself to be callow and immature by insulting the Jews of New York with his smearing of ... Read More
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Commentary: Beyond campus walls -- Why the attack on minority support should worry every donor
In President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to bring private universities to heel through policy change in the tax code, the administration is threatening to revoke tax-exempt status from schools that offer targeted ...Read more
Catherine Thorbecke: The next AI race exposes the limits of language
More than 50 years after her death, Helen Keller still turns up in artificial intelligence debates. The communication breakthroughs of the American writer, who was deaf and blind, are often cited as evidence that language ...Read more
Commentary: Minnesota was ready
Last summer I returned to Minnesota after 12 years working in Washington, D.C. I spent much of that time helping cities in North America and Europe build the relationships and civic capacity that allow democracy to endure...Read more
Love Stays
The one thing you can't make when you get old is old friends.
Pam Fleischaker was one of my oldest friends. We met more than 40 years ago as two young political activists. She commuted from Oklahoma City to help run the...Read more
As Microsoft is cut from green card program, workers have questions
Once again, a Trump administration blow to the H-1B program is rattling the Seattle-area tech workforce.
Vice President JD Vance announced Thursday that the Trump administration would suspend Microsoft from sponsoring ...Read more
Army findings inject urgency into air safety bill talks
WASHINGTON — This week’s release of a U.S. Army investigation into the deadly 2025 air crash near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is fueling calls for congressional negotiators to default to the Senate’s ...Read more
Rep. Erin Houchin looks to push kids social media ban in lame duck
WASHINGTON — A key supporter for an age minimum on social media is not giving up hope that such a provision could be included in a potential compromise online safety package after the midterm elections.
Rep. Erin ...Read more
Trump's rhetoric tests Republicans' pitch in Minnesota suburbs
In a social media post Thursday afternoon, President Donald Trump accused Somali immigrants of bringing violence to Minnesota and urged residents to “fight back.”
Hours earlier, Republican candidate for governor Lisa ...Read more
'Wicked' Kimberly Guilfoyle: 'I know why Don Jr. had enough,' says informant
The once-enthusiastic MAGA donor who told the Wall Street Journal about Kimberly Guilfoyle’s alleged efforts to hit him up for $100,000 to pay off her American Express bill has shared the reasons he decided to cooperate ...Read more
Trump says Putin agreed to release diesel into global market
President Donald Trump said Russian leader Vladimir Putin had agreed to release diesel supplies into the global market, as the administration looks to tame price hikes for the critical fuel.
Trump said Friday in a social ...Read more
US sanctions ICC after Nobel Peace Prize goes to former judge
The Trump administration imposed fresh sanctions against the International Criminal Court, signaling its determination to cripple the organization on the same day that a former ICC judge won the Nobel Peace Prize.
The ...Read more
El-Sayed, Rogers debate rife with interruptions. We decoded the insults
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — U.S. Senate candidates Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed clashed repeatedly in an insult-laden, messy Oct. 8 debate rife with constant interruptions, sharp accusations, and even some trash-talking, ...Read more
CT Sen. Murphy blocked from Middle East base, says administration 'giving its middle finger' to Congress
In a rare move, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy says he was blocked from seeing a key American air base in the Middle East during an official Congressional trip.
A vocal critic of President Donald Trump’s administration and the ...Read more
Lara Williams: What's in Russian permafrost may be scarier than plague
After the COVID pandemic, we’re all a little jumpy when it comes to new disease outbreaks. So it’s understandable that the death of a lab technician working at a plague research institute in Siberia has put everyone on...Read more
Commentary: Christa Pike execution shows lethal injection is breaking down
Christa Pike’s execution in Tennessee was a disaster waiting to happen. The warnings did not only come from her lawyers or opponents of the death penalty: Doctors in Tennessee and Republican state senators called for the...Read more
Commentary: Faith communities can help restore trust in America's elections
Less than half of Americans expect this November’s midterm election to be free and fair. According to a survey from the University of California San Diego, confidence is falling among Democrats, Republicans, and ...Read more
Commentary: Stop strangling mice in the name of domestic violence research
Every October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month reminds Americans of a grim reality: Millions of people live with abuse at the hands of an intimate partner.
With such an urgent need to help survivors, it’s fair to ask ...Read more
Commentary: New York is making childcare affordable. Don't forget the people providing it
Last month, New York City opened its first free 2-K classrooms. Roughly 2,000 two-year-olds got seats, the beginning of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s push for universal childcare.
More than 5,700 applied for those first 2,000 ...Read more
'Trump Is the Picasso of Corruption'
Trayon White, a member of the city council in the District of Columbia, just walked away from a hung jury in a bribery trial. The facts were kind of wild. Though White admitted to accepting $35,000 in cash from a city ...Read more
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