Rapid action on Capitol Hill is sparking words of worry from Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Massachusetts. Congressional Republicans ...

In our June 2 issue I wrote about the troublesome trends in Milwaukee city government with some officials opposing plans for ...

'Wrongheaded Cruelty': Observers Bash Rubio Decision to Revoke All Visas Held by South Sudanese " South Sudan is about to blow up into potentially another country-wide civil war, putting civilians at ...

That the ruling only affects around 1,600 voters is beside the point when it is a "wrongheaded decision in light of clear federal law," concurred Marc E. Elias, ...

Furthermore, calling a special session for December 2 to fund what was already funded is not simply unnecessary. It is also irresponsible: California faces significant budget constraints for the ...

Left: Elon Musk walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., December 5, 2024. Right: Britain's Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage looks on during a conference in Chester, Britain, January 11, 2025.

Opinion - Trump’s astonishingly wrongheaded notions about trade and tariffs. Merrill Matthews, opinion contributor. Tue, February 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM UTC. 5 min read.

The Trump administration’s hopes for a grand economic rapprochement with Russia are either an inducement to Moscow in the ongoing peace talks over its three-year war in Ukraine, or a preemptive ...

President Trump's obsession with the U.S. trade deficit is misplaced, as trade balances don't matter and tariffs are a tax increase on U.S. businesses, which could lead to higher prices and ...

The California Constitution authorizes the governor to call a special session of the Legislature “[o]n extraordinary occasions.” Ordinarily, the election of a president every four years would ...

Re: "Louisiana Incarcerated: How we built the world's prison capital,'' Page A1, May 13-20.

It's wrong for the incoming president to start suing newspapers and it's a transparent effort to bully the press, but there Donald Trump stood Monday, proclaiming that "we have to straighten out ...