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There was the petty withdrawal of federal security protection from three former Trump administration officials facing ...

That is by far the most important thing Trump has done, or tried to do. Some of the rest of his decrees are substantive, most ...

Donald Trump is well-advised to pause his unprovoked act of aggression against Canada. The once “friendly giant of the North” ...

Americans consume more illicit drugs per capita than anyone else in the world; about 6% of the U.S. population uses them ...

Alternatively disavowed and embraced by President Donald Trump during his 2024 campaign, Project 2025 is a collection of conservative policy proposals – many written by veterans of his first ...

The organization led by the world's richest man is forcing dismissals of high-ranking officials from the Treasury, Education, ...

It has taken decades for some to accept the devastating effects of climate change on our planet. Despite scientific evidence that was available years ...

President Trump may think he is President Jackson reincarnated -- but there are lessons in Old Hickory's resistance to ...

The Great Lakes State’s first Black lieutenant governor, who was previously eyeing a Senate bid, is instead considering a ...

An obscure series of books from the late 1800s featuring a character very similar to Barron Trump — right down to the name — ...