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Commentary: Trump administration finally gets one right, rejects Alaska Pebble Mine permit

November 26, 2020 at 12:03 p.m.

As the Trump administration rushes to finalize all sorts of policies and regulations that are bad for the environment, it got this one right. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...

Staff place the presidential seal on a lectern before President Donald Trump addresses the National Electrical Contractors Convention in Philadelphia in 2018.

Commentary: Trump vs. Biden hinges on how each voter views America’s character

August 31, 2020 at 4:01 p.m.

President Donald Trump gave one of his regular performances Thursday night, his body language full of arrogance and his speech full of lies and half-truths. His mendacity runs so deep...

House Clerk Cheryl Johnson looks on as workers remove a painting of Howell Cobb from the Speaker's Lobby of the U.S. Capitol on June 18. It is one of four portraits of speakers who were part of the Confederacy removed on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's orders.

Commentary: Why Nancy Pelosi is wrong to remove four portraits from the Capitol

June 19, 2020 at 5:38 p.m.

The impulse is commendable. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ordered Thursday that portraits of four of her predecessors be removed from the U.S. Capitol because they were part of the Confederate...

Former Vice President and presidential candidate Joe Biden during a rally at Renaissance High School on March 9, 2020, in Detroit.

Commentary: Does Joe Biden take black voters for granted? His latest gaffe suggests he might

May 22, 2020 at 5:13 p.m.

If Joe Biden is counting on African American votes to win the White House in November, he may want to reboot his outreach strategy. During a radio interview Friday morning...

Commentary: DACA will get its day in the Supreme Court just in time for the 2020 election

June 28, 2019 at 7:09 p.m.

In case you were harboring any doubts over the role immigration will play in the 2020 presidential campaign, the Supreme Court on Friday morning all but guaranteed it will be...

On the day of the release of the Mueller report, President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up before boarding Air Force One on April 18, 2019, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

Moving to impeach Trump would only make him stronger

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

As we all devour the two-volume, 448-page redacted Mueller report, we'd do well to keep in mind a political reality. In a more stable and responsible political climate, impeachment proceedings...

The stage is set for the first round at the Auditorium Theatre on Thursday, April 28, 2016.

Another NFL draft, another crop of young brains to damage

May 11, 2019 at 3:15 a.m.

Imagine there were an occupation that was physically intense, and whose practitioners were exposed on a regular basis to working conditions that could lead to debilitating and progressive brain disease....

Poker face?

May 9, 2019 at 3:33 p.m.

For even cursory students of the 1950s, Evan Thomas' new book, "Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World," offers little in the way of fresh material. But...

Poker face?

December 24, 2018 at 9:22 p.m.

For even cursory students of the 1950s, Evan Thomas' new book, "Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World," offers little in the way of fresh material. But...

A look inside the Egyptian revolution

August 21, 2019 at 4:52 p.m.

Wael Ghonim is an unlikely rebel. Born in Egypt in 1980, he began working his first Web job while studying at Cairo University, then moved to the U.S. (where he...

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