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What, exactly, does the Democratic base want? More. More of everything. Including new leaders.

When will Democrats step up to “flood the zone” with the vigorous fight for our democracy that this moment demands?

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Even before President Donald Trump started his trade wars, McDonald’s Corp. top brass knew this year would start sluggishly.

Prices are up for food, paper goods and labor, while many of the Chicago-based burger chain’...Read more

For me, the daughter of small business owners, winter and the holidays meant more family time at the dining table, not just to eat but to hand-write thank you notes to our customers.

My brother would climb up to the attic...Read more

WASHINGTON — As court orders against his administration mount, President Donald Trump has ramped up his attacks on federal judges in recent days, railing against their authority and calling for their impeachment.

In ...Read more

Over the past two decades, school districts have spent billions of taxpayer dollars equipping classrooms with laptops and other devices in hopes of preparing kids for a digital future. The result? Students have fallen ...Read more

We all learned long ago, perhaps on the playground, that giving in to a bully only makes things worse. That is why it is shocking to see capitulation on the part of those being illegally bullied by President Trump. This ...Read more

Electricity is already too expensive in California, but it could get even worse if we can’t find a way to partner with our neighboring states.

That’s because California could be left out of a fundamental shift in how ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s drive toward the political center has hit a jarring speed bump: He’s spending way over budget on health care for undocumented immigrants.

Let’s put this in perspective:

Newsom presumably has ...Read more

After years of poor decision-making, the federal government’s $1.64 trillion student loan program is in critical condition. Congress needs to stanch the bleeding — and give serious thought to overhauling this flawed ...Read more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s recent contentious meeting with President Donald Trump raised eyebrows among many Americans. Vice President JD Vance called the Ukrainian president “disrespectful,” but the ...Read more

PLEASANTON, Calif. — It was a child's drawing — the kind of sweet, simple sketch you hang on the refrigerator — but something about the family portrait was off.

The heights and the adult-to-offspring ratio didn't ...Read more

Dick Harpootlian, the South Carolina attorney who represented convicted killer Alex Murdaugh in his six-week 2023 murder trial, has a new high-profile client: Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden.

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he expected efforts to slash the size of the federal government’s workforce would bring it down to an appropriate level in the next two to three months as he met with ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is canceling dozens of National Institutes of Health grants funding health equity research, including work studying Black maternal and fetal health and HIV.

Grantees were told in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his team have had success in driving down egg prices, but achieving this campaign promise largely has been drowned out by their aggressive push to expand executive authority, ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The family of a woman who died a year after being “ejected” from a revolving door at Trump International in Las Vegas is suing the property.

A wrongful death lawsuit filed March 18 in Clark County ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid from former Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn to consider hearing arguments against a long-standing legal precedent that affords media organizations broad protections from libel ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative justices expressed concerns Monday about the future of race in redistricting, part of oral arguments in the yearslong fight over a second Black-majority congressional ...Read more

The United States will impose a 25% tariff on imports from any country that purchases oil products from Venezuela, President Donald Trump announced Monday, saying the move seeks to penalize Caracas’ socialist regime for ...Read more

Let’s say you don’t like what the Trump administration is doing, or you don’t like Trump. You express these views on Facebook, TikTok and Instagram.

You take a two-week vacation in France. When you try to return to ...Read more