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Donald Trump thrived by painting Democrats as soft on immigration
MANY IMMIGRATION activists would have cheered President Joe Biden had he merely spent his first month in office signing nine...
Time to reopen the school gates
THIS WAS a big week for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). The elected board that runs Maryland’s biggest school district...
Now America has passed 500,000 deaths, what next?
IN A SENSE 500,000 is just a very big number. It is not even accurate, given that perhaps 100,000 American...
It’s Donald Trump’s party, Republicans are just living in it
In a new poll, Republican voters pick loyalty to Mr Trump over everything elseA GOLDEN IDOL of former President Donald...
Covid-19 has boosted the campaign against exams in American schools
TO THE DELIGHT of campaigners and some parents, covid-19 has put a wrench in school exams. With support from the...
Smuggled into the covid-relief bill is an overdue fix for Obamacare
WHEN DEMOCRATS enacted the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, they wanted to limit costs to keep moderates on board....
CDC scientist says the U.S. is ‘nowhere close’ to herd immunity
People wait in line for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Willowbrook, Los Angeles,...
Republicans Grapple With Raising the Minimum Wage
WASHINGTON — The policy debate over raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour is the latest fault line...
Mother who lost her three children and her mom in a fire during Texas power outages talks about the tragic night
Jackie Pham Nguyen lost her mother, Loan Le, and her three children, Olivia, 11, Edison, 8, and Colette, 5 in...
10-year Treasury yield retreats slightly from one-year high
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield retreated slightly on Friday, after surging above 1.6% in the previous session.The yield on the...
A Special Unit to Prosecute Police Killings Has No Convictions
More than five years ago, Andrew M. Cuomo, the governor of New York, signed an executive order to address a...
Video: Chancellor of N.Y.C. Schools to Resign
“To all my colleagues at the Department of Education, it is incredibly hard to say goodbye to you. And in...
Golden calf? Onlookers bemused as Republicans wheel in gold Trump statue for CPAC
A life-size gold statue of ex-president Donald Trump clad in American flag shorts and red flip flops has appeared at...
The Daily: Welcome to Odessa
We spent six months documenting one Texas high school’s reopening. This is what it looked like. Source
Shopping for a car? Watch out for the ‘destination fee’
When buying a car, there are a lot of things you can choose to pay for. There are navigation systems,...
Manslaughter Charge for Officer Accused of Shooting Man in the Back
An Oklahoma City police sergeant who shot a man three times in the back as he ran away last December...
Jamal Khashoggi: Joe Biden tells Saudi Arabia’s king that he will ‘hold them accountable for human rights abuses’
Joe Biden has told Saudi Arabia's King Salman that he will "hold them accountable for human rights abuses".The president's warning...
DHS mandates state and local spending to combat domestic terrorism
For the first time, the department designated combating domestic violent extremism as a "National Priority Area" for two of its...
Personal income leaps 10% in January thanks to stimulus, but inflation still in check
A fresh round of government stimulus checks sent personal income up to its biggest monthly gain since April 2020 though...
A Push for Zoning Reform in Connecticut
A broad-based zoning reform movement is gathering momentum in Connecticut, as racial justice activists step up their efforts to break...
