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Michigan Governor Whitmer may be in the same trouble that New York Governor Cuomo is dealing with after covering up COVID deaths. Read More
COVID-19 has inflicted devastating losses. It has also delivered certain blessings. Read More
We now have several COVID vaccines. All work, all have passed safety testing, and all are in wide distribution. Read More
At the White House on Thursday, the president’s press secretary was confirming reports that the United States had agreed to supply... Read More
President Joe Biden has got his first big political crisis that is all his own. Read More
Though President Biden has refused call it what it is, there is a crisis unfolding on our southern border. Read More
The Director of National Intelligence releases a report, and the press rushes to kick the football again. Read More
The much-criticized and combative Florida governor has survived the Covid pandemic and Donald Trump. And that makes him unique in the GOP. Read More
Illinois has a population problem: Illinois is shrinking faster than nearly any other state, while the vast majority of states are actually... Read More
In his first speech as a US senator, the Rev Raphael Warnock warned Americans of a rightwing attack on voting rights. Here are his remarks Read More
The Democrats' voting legislation is not about strengthening democracy; it's about strengthening Democrats. Read More
Joshua A. Douglas writes that Democrat Rita Hart's decision to ask Congress, an explicitly partisan body, to determine the outcome of her... Read More
There are lots of people working overtime to try to prove that the mass shooting of six Asian women wasn't motivated by bigotry. It was. Read More
The media is intent on making this suspect out to be a white supremacist because it suits their narrative, though not the truth. But the time... Read More
An Internet journalist named Alexi McCammond is this week's burnt offering. She had just been hired as editor of Teen Vogue magazine. Read More
"B***h better have my money," the songstress snarls in hypnotic cadence. "Pay me what you owe me." For many people, Rihanna's 2015 anthem... Read More
Free expression and open inquiry in higher education are under attack by ideologues seeking to impose neo-Marxist “critical”... Read More
Former President Donald Trump brought some order to the border — not with his much-vaunted wall, but with diplomacy. President Biden... Read More
To Win Over Asia, Talk Trade Read More
Who is running things at the White House? Is First Lady Jill Biden playing the role of Edith Wilson? Read More
The Biden administration should rally other nations against Burmese military. Read More
A quarter century ago, I and other members of Bill Clinton's cabinet urged him to reject the Republican's proposal to end welfare. It... Read More
A coda to yesterday's post about the recent Associated Press story contrasting the divergent pandemic mitigation efforts of California and... Read More
President Biden is building a broad consensus on economic issues knowing Americans vote based on their wallets and the GOP has little... Read More
In a speech in 1987 to Conservative members of Parliament, Margaret Thatcher quoted Russian philosopher Konstantin Leontiev’s... Read More
President Joe Biden can’t expect a lot of cooperation from Texas. That much has been made clear by state Republicans’... Read More
North Carolina's largest school district launches a campaign against whiteness in educational spaces. Read More
This New York drama throws the wrench into his future. Read More
There’s only one other person who knows it’s like to be in Gavin Newsom’s shoes. Read More
Michigan, Wisconsin and Virginia court actions show some absentee ballot procedures imposed by Democrats violated state laws. Read More
Stacey Abrams' stark warning about Georgia's new election bill being racist is shining a spotlight on a nationwide battle over whose voices... Read More
The source for the Washington Post's fake quotes also made the January 2 recording, sources say. Read More
Our constitutional republic was founded on the proposition that all men are created equal. Supporters of the Orwellian-named Equality Act,... Read More
When it comes to fighting disinformation online, social media and technology companies have demonstrated devotion to one of our oldest... Read More
Psaki is now telling the Ministry of Truth that an apple is actually a banana. Has there ever been a more well-deserved comeuppance? Read More
He lost an election, then his Twitter bullhorn, but the previous president has not lost his grip on the party. While some Republicans would... Read More
Purging ideology from American statecraft would be both ahistorical and unstrategic. Read More
It isn't only about the virus, and will continue even after the lockdowns are lifted Read More
Politicians, journalists, and scientists have transferred the disease burden onto the working class. They've also undermined scientific... Read More
Or, at least, the odds that Biden will fundamentally transform the role of the state in the U.S. economy, more than double America’s... Read More
If you blinked while watching CNN this morning, you might have missed it, but the cable news outlet has finally come around to admitting what... Read More
The Democrats just passed a massive spending bill with no GOP support. So why are Republicans talking about Dr. Seuss and the border? Read More
President Joe Biden's handlers are still shielding him from full-blown news conferences with reporters, but they let him talk directly with... Read More
Portraying this as a civilizational conflict doesn't benefit anyone. There's a smarter way to go about it. Read More
Despite contrary evidence, media and others determined to make this mass murder into a racist hate crime Read More
Gov. Gavin Newsom is in trouble, and he knows it. The deadline to submit signatures on petitions for his recall is Wednesday and its... Read More
We talk to Jeff Merkley about the filibuster. Plus, what's happening with oil and gas permitting on public lands. Read More
On the first episode of this season of The Bachelor, Matt James, who was the franchise's first Black bachelor in its 25-year run, did... Read More
There has never been a time when our nation wasn’t divided by partisanship. Yet some eras are more divisive than others, and few of us... Read More

At the White House on Thursday, the president’s press secretary was confirming reports that the United States had agreed to supply Mexico with excess coronavirus vaccine when she stumbled into a potential problem.The two nations have struggled to stem the surge of migrants at the southern U.S. border, and reporters wondered whether the agreement to send doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine was part Read More

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged mistakes in communicating with the public last year before the first loosening of coronavirus restrictions led to an early summer spike in cases, a harsh lesson “that we reflect upon all the time” as the nation’s most populous state again embarks on a broad reopening.The Democratic governor also said he expects to soon exp Read More

Sandor Mecs was a child when his family lived in the town of Szentendre, Hungary. Today, it is a picturesque town 20 miles north of Budapest that is lined with winding cobblestone streets, colorful centuries-old homes, cottages and churches. It is a tourism center with its flourishing museums, charm and proximity to the capital.While the picturesque footprint was the same for Mecs and his family a Read More
