Articles filed under Politics
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Washington wakes up for the holidaysDec 08, 2022 12:00 am - It's beginning to look a lot like ... Washington. After years of trauma, the capital feels back to itself for Christmas. The holiday ball for Congress just happened at t...
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Ousted Peru leader appears in court to face rebellion chargeDec 08, 2022 12:00 am - LIMA, Peru - Peru's stunning political crisis grinded forward Thursday, as former President Pedro Castillo appeared in court following a failed attempt to close a hostil...
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Schumer reelected Senate leader after Dems expand majorityDec 08, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Schumer was unanimously elected Thursday for another term as Senate Democratic leader, helming a bolstered 51-seat majority for a new era of divi...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Donald Trump's political death wishDec 07, 2022 12:00 am - What is former President Donald Trump thinking? On Saturday, he posted this statement on his social media network, Truth Social: "So, with the revelation of MASSIVE & WI...
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U.S. Jews fear collision with expected Israeli governmentDec 07, 2022 12:00 am - JERUSALEM - Israel's ties to the Jewish American community, one of its closest and most important allies, are about to be put to the test, with Israel's emerging far-rig...
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Interracial marriages to get added protection under new lawDec 07, 2022 12:00 am - RICHMOND, Va. - One day in the 1970s, Paul Fleisher and his wife were walking through a department store parking lot when they noticed a group of people looking at them....
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A Christian call to stand up against growing antisemitismDec 06, 2022 10:00 pm - Last week a Jewish high school senior who does interfaith work locally with other teens told me that his suburban Jewish high school recently was evacuated after being t...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: In a winter of discontent, Americans vote for the status quoDec 06, 2022 12:00 am - Are we living in an era of political contentment? Most Americans would answer that question with a bellowing "No!" But there's a case to be made that American voters, fo...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Paralysis as policy: Doing nothing about gun violenceDec 06, 2022 12:00 am - A new report out this week has found the gun death rate to be the highest in 40 years. No one is exempt. More men are dying than women - by 86% to 14% - but deaths among...
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Holiday displays - including the Satanic Temple's - return to Illinois CapitolDec 06, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Satanic Temple of Illinois debuted a new display in the Illinois Capitol rotunda Tuesday, taking its place next to the annual Christmas and Hanukkah di...