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A federal grand jury in April 2026 charged James Comey with making a threat against President Donald Trump and transmitting a crime across state lines.

The charges came after Comey, the former FBI director, ...Read more

The Chicago Teachers Union has suffered another very public blow, this time at the hands of its own members.

CTU officials looking for extra money for politics had asked union members to approve a plan that was projected ...Read more

At first, it didn’t sound right. Someone must have miscalculated. How could there be so much fraud that has robbed taxpayers of billions of dollars without anyone seeming to notice? Worse, it appears they didn’t seem ...Read more

Even as the U.S. and Iran wrestle over an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, surging gas prices have turned the government’s attention to a perennially popular fiscal scam: Ease the pressure on household budgets ...Read more

Supporters of Washington state’s impending 9.9% millionaire tax celebrated the state Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling blocking a voter referendum on the measure. However, if proponents better understood ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican Party is slipping. Sort of. Because even though the president’s support among GOP voters has diminished, his demonstrable strength is still swaying the party’s primary ...Read more

The Trump administration’s recent decision to dissolve the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition has received little public attention. But for more than 5 million English learners in ...Read more

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his deputy mayor, Leila Bozorg, get solid grades for addressing the biggest issue in New York City: the lack of housing.

The Block by Block report is a comprehensive approach covering market-...Read more

On May 16, the United States found and killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, a top Islamic State commander, in Nigeria. The precision operation in the northeast of Africa’s most populous country came about a week after President ...Read more

American political party organizations have imploded in the post-World War II era, largely replaced by dark money from unknown donors. The party vacuum is ominous for a healthy democracy, because voters are left without ...Read more

The catalog of unrequited hopes and hearts is a long one.

Captain Ahab went mad in his vengeful search for "Moby Dick." Jay Gatsby's ostentatious fortune failed to win the love of Daisy Buchanan. Charlie Brown never ...Read more

I don't expect very much of President Donald Trump and generally, I'm not disappointed. In so many ways that we have come to take for granted, he is a small man, the antithesis of what we mean by "Presidential." Tall in ...Read more

Barron Trump was noticeably absent from family photos shared online from his brother Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding in the Bahamas over the weekend.

That’s because Barron Trump skipped the wedding of his eldest half-...Read more

DENVER — Evan Munsing, a Democratic candidate for one of the nation’s most hotly contested congressional races — Colorado’s 8th District — has suspended his campaign, he announced Wednesday.

The decision comes ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — While a proposed state bill could give voters a chance in November to enshrine stricter abortion laws into the North Carolina Constitution, previous attempts to pass similar legislation have hit dead ends...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The gloves finally came off in person between the Republican hopefuls for South Carolina governor as they sparred in their third televised debate as early voting is underway.

Here are five takeaways ...Read more

MIAMI — After missing dozens of congressional votes this spring and while waving off resignation rumors, Miami Rep. Frederica Wilson is staring down one of the most pivotal decisions of her career: step down and pass the...Read more