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Children wade in the water with cargo ships at anchor in the background and a fisherman nearby in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on June 30, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA)

US Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi: The Iran gas tax is going to hit American families. But we can change the future.

July 6, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Analysts warn that Iran's influence over the Strait of Hormuz could raise costs and suppress energy flows long after the shooting stops.

Bishop Mariann Budde speaks at the “Pentecost Witness for a Moral Budget” protest on the Senate side of the Capitol in Washington on June 10, 2025. Demonstrators were protesting proposed cuts to SNAP and Medicaid under President Donald Trump’s domestic policy bill. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi: Budget debate in Washington ignores the human cost in Illinois

June 12, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Cuts or caps to federal Medicaid funding would force Illinois taxpayers to fill the gap or result in service cuts for everyone.

A mail truck passes by in Highland Park, California, on June 2, 2023. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times)

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi: Donald Trump’s plan to privatize the Postal Service should be stamped ‘return to sender’

March 10, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

For more than 250 years, the Postal Service has bound our nation together, ensuring that every American, no matter where they live, is a valued part of the whole.

Employees manufacture aluminum for export on July 8, 2024, in Luoyang, China. (Zhang Yixi/Getty)

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi: Let’s throw the penalty flag at China’s unfair and illegal trade moves

September 1, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The U.S. needs a dedicated unit to criminally prosecute transshipment, customs evasion, trade fraud and other trade-related crimes.

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi: The burden and beauty of being Asian in America

June 21, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Despite rising hate crimes, the Asian American community has made a lot of progress: in numbers, in economic strength and in political power.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy speaks during the stamp unveiling ceremony in honor of Rep. John Lewis on Capitol Hill on June 21, 2023, in Washington. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robert Weissman: It’s not too late to revive the US Postal Service

May 5, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is driving the U.S. Postal Service in the wrong direction.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks with supporters at Doc's Barbecue during a campaign stop in Columbia, South Carolina, on Feb. 1, 2024. (Jim Watson/Getty-AFP)

Raja Krishnamoorthi: Donald Trump’s latest racist attack deserves more than Nikki Haley’s weak response

February 4, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Donald Trump’s most recent nativist attack is racist. Just as disappointing is Nikki Haley’s weak response.

An employee works on a truck production line at a factory of Shaanxi Automobile Group in Xian, in China's central Shaanxi province on May 17, 2023.

Raja Krishnamoorthi: How we can win the economic contest with China

May 31, 2023 at 11:43 a.m.

The last century is often referred to as "the American Century," largely because of our country's economic strength that provided unprecedented prosperity for millions of American families. Today, one of...

A woman walks in front of a large screen showing a news broadcast about China's military exercises encircling Taiwan, in Beijing on Aug. 4, 2022.

Raja Krishnamoorthi: Standing up for Taiwan is standing up for American ideals

August 15, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

As we set foot on the tarmac in Taiwan, with thousands of people lining the midnight streets to welcome us, I turned back to look at our military aircraft, with...

A Ukrainian soldier at a front-line position in Novotroitske, Ukraine, on Feb. 2, 2022.

Raja Krishnamoorthi: Putin is testing America’s commitment to Ukraine, and our allies are watching

February 2, 2022 at 2:20 p.m.

Seven years after Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and the United States' reaffirmation to support Ukraine's territorial integrity, more than 127,000 Russian troops are positioned on Ukraine's eastern border. Russia...

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