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A man and woman, each 79, are in the news this week: President Donald Trump and movie star Diane Keaton. Could they be more different? They are the dark and light sides of the baby boomers, who did so much to shape the contours of our culture and history. Let’s start with Trump. For ...
A lot of political figures are understandably nervous about facing a Senate committee probe. Not Pam Bondi. In more than four hours of testimony Tuesday to the Senate Judiciary Committee, she responded to the most polite questions with the air of contempt worthy of her boss, President ...
At a 2018 press conference in New York City, Trump said of American farmers, “I love them, and they voted for me, and they love me. ... And they said, ‘We don’t care if we get hurt, he’s doing the right thing.’” During his 2025 joint address to Congress, Trump said, “Our new ...
You know Trump Republicans are worried when they slam a planned protest — more than a week before it occurs. Last Friday, Speaker Mike Johnson described this coming Saturday’s No Kings rally as the “hate-America” rally that would draw “the pro-Hamas wing” and “the antifa ...
Just after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a New York Times/Siena poll found that Americans believe polarization is the second most serious challenge facing the nation. (The economy came in first.) As recently as one year ago, fewer than 1% of registered voters cited polarization as a ...
Donald Trump wanted an excuse to send National Guard troops to Chicago, and now he’s got it. The Windy City in recent days has done its best imitation of Los Angeles, where resistance to ICE operations created the justification for a Guard deployment a couple of months ago. Illinois Gov. ...