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President Donald Trump walks out after delivering remarks in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on April 17, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

What if President Trump loses in 2020, but doesn’t leave?

May 31, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

In a historic change of mind, President Donald Trump has found a reason to support reparations — for President Donald Trump. The president retweeted this bright and, oh, yes, unconstitutional...

British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWars founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and religious leader Louis Farrakhan, known for his anti-Semitic views, have been banned from Facebook.

Facebook is right to boot abusers such as Farrakhan, Jones and Yiannopoulos

May 31, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

Facebook has permanently banned several hate-spewing firebrands, including Chicago-based Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan, Infowars host Alex Jones and former Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos, for being extremist...

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority South Central Regional Conference in New Orleans on April 19, 2019.

In gun debate, some Democrats are letting politics turn too personal

May 31, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

Even before Saturday's mass shooting at a California synagogue added a new mind-numbing tragedy to the gun safety debate, the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have been showing a historically high...

Former Vice President Joe Biden greets customers at Gianni's Pizza in Wilmington, Del., on April 25, 2019. Biden has joined a crowded Democratic field for the 2020 presidential race.

Is Joe Biden ‘woke’ enough to woo the left?

May 31, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

With his Twitter blast at former Vice President Joe Biden's entry into the 2020 presidential race, President Donald Trump paid him the high compliment of an insult tweet. "Welcome to...

Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky celebrates at his campaign headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019.

Comedians as populist leaders? Ukranian comic — and our own president — proves it’s no joke

May 31, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

Ukrainians have elected a comedian to be their president? I might have been more surprised by the news if my own country were not being governed by a former real...

President Donald Trump looks across the tarmac as he greets supporters upon arrival at Palm Beach International Airport on April 18, 2019, the day the redacted Mueller report was released.

Exonerated? We’ve only just begun, Mr. President

May 31, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

"Game over." That's what President Donald Trump tweeted, along with an image of himself strolling through a "Game of Thrones"-style fog in the last minutes before the release of special...

Rep. Ilhan Omar appears at a youth climate rally in Washington, D.C., in March. The Democrat is President Donald Trump's latest foil.

Rep. Ilhan Omar, don’t be lured in by Trump’s hate-baiting

May 31, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

If I had my way, I would tell both President Donald Trump and his latest foil, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., to go sit in a corner and take a time...

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., addresses the National Action Network convention in New York on April 5, 2019. A linguist said her adoption of accent was was not "verbal blackface" but rather "code-switching."

Is our ‘blaccent’ and use of code-switching really that offensive? Right-wing critics think so

May 31, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

Should Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez be allowed to slip into an African-American accent while speaking to a mostly African-American crowd about issues of great interest to African-American communities? I say, sure, if...

Former President Barack Obama speaks to young leaders from across Europe in an Obama Foundation town hall event on April 6, 2019, in Berlin.

Barack Obama is right to warn Democrats about ‘circular firing squads’

May 31, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

At a time when his own former running mate is fending off criticism, former President Barack Obama’s recent warning about an emerging “circular firing squad” on the left sounds too...

Elizabeth Bertucci, center, watches results come in at the Lori Lightfoot election night party at the Hilton Chicago hotel.

Is Chicago ready for reform? We’ve heard that before.

May 31, 2019 at 4:27 p.m.

When political novice Lori Lightfoot rolled to victory in Chicago’s mayoral election, it sparked that traditional refrain from many among the political chattering classes: “Chicago ain’t ready for reform.” It...

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