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Supreme Court ruling on Trump immunity could alter impeachment
WASHINGTON — How the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity in former President Donald Trump’s effort to jettison his federal charges could have some collateral damage: Congress’ impeachment power.
At oral ...Read more
No plans to rescind Biden invitation, top Morehouse official says
ATLANTA — When word spread that President Joe Biden would serve as Morehouse College’s 2024 commencement speaker, a loud contingent of students and alumni demanded that the Atlanta-based Black college rescind the ...Read more
House GOP wants answers from OMB about rulemaking costs
WASHINGTON — House Budget Committee Republicans ratcheted up pressure on the White House Monday to provide details on implementation of a law intended to offset the budgetary costs of administrative rules and regulations...Read more
Incumbents McBath, Scott decline to debate but still draw challengers' focus
ATLANTA — With congressional incumbents David Scott and Lucy McBath declining to participate, the challengers who showed up for the 6th and 13th district debates Sunday each tried to make the case that they would be the ...Read more
The most important litmus test of all
If there’s one thing that keeps me up at night, it’s my worry that those of us who are dedicated to democracy and therefore committed to playing by the rules are underestimating the willingness of House Republicans to ...Read more
Running for reelection, Baltimore mayor is now 'battle-tested,' his supporters say. Is it enough?
BALTIMORE — The screen at Baltimore’s Senator Theatre faded to black.
The film the crowd gathered to see had ended on a somber note. Mayor Brandon Scott’s quest to reduce homicides in Baltimore remained unrealized ...Read more
More Democratic voters move to Georgia ahead of upcoming elections
ATLANTA — As campaign efforts ramp up in Georgia ahead of a busy election season, candidates will need to court not only native Georgians, but also registered voters who have moved into the state since 2020, with ...Read more
Congress has a lot to say about Boeing's troubles. But what will it do?
Dueling Senate hearings earlier this month focused on Boeing's safety culture, with whistleblower testimony that lawmakers called troubling as they pledged to further address the company's problems.
A Federal Aviation ...Read more
Japan’s diplomatic charm offensive in US aims to keep Washington in committed relationship
April 2024 proved to be a busy month in Japanese-U.S. diplomacy.
The month saw a state visit to the U.S. by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida that included a White House sit-down with President Joe Biden on April 10....Read more
Greater Detroit is becoming more diverse and less segregated – but Asians and Hispanics increasingly live in their own neighborhoods
The Detroit metropolitan area is one of the most segregated areas in the United States.
But that is slowly starting to change for some racial groups.
The slow change is driven by the fact that the region...Read more
Jackie Calmes: That scowl. The gag order. Frightened jurors. Who's on trial, a former president or a mob boss?
Donald Trump has fussed about many things during his criminal trial in Manhattan: the judge, prosecutors, their relatives, witnesses, jurors and of course the media, for reporting on the sparse crowds outside.
Yet Trump ...Read more
Stephen L. Carter: Will Columbia protesters achieve their goals?
I fear that the current round of campus protests is wearing out its welcome. This isn’t a conclusion I reach lightly. In my increasingly distant youth, I was a sometime protester myself, marching and chanting alongside ...Read more
Commentary: USC's 'security risk' rationale to thwart peaceful protest is not justified
During Vietnam War protests, the Nixon administration called them “outside agitators.” Now my university’s provost prefers “participants — many of whom do not appear to be affiliated with USC.” Beyond Andrew ...Read more
LZ Granderson: Arizona's indictment of Trump allies follows a sordid, racist history
I've lived and/or worked in 10 states scattered across the country. Arizona was and remains the most complicated. The same state that elected the first openly gay mayor of a large U.S. city is also the state that did not ...Read more
Commentary: America's 'big glass' dominance hangs on the fate of two powerful new telescopes
More than 100 years ago, astronomer George Ellery Hale brought our two Pasadena institutions together to build what was then the largest optical telescope in the world. The Mount Wilson Observatory changed the conception ...Read more
Commentary: Multigenerational households are key to better support for kids of single mothers
Decades of research show that on average, children who grow up with parents who are not married and living together have worse achievement and behavioral and well-being outcomes than children of two-parent homes. Despite ...Read more
Commentary: What the US can learn from Indiana's high school redesign
Across the country, most high school classrooms still resemble their 20th century counterparts despite massive changes in the workforce over the past 50 years.
Today’s jobs require advanced skills and education or ...Read more
Cash-strapped election offices have fewer resources after bans on private grants
In April, Wisconsin joined 27 other states that have banned or restricted local governments’ use of private donations to run cash-strapped election offices, buy voting equipment or hire poll workers for Election Day.
...Read more
Martin Schram: A Supreme re-think
Things have gotten horribly crowded here in America’s virtual ERs.
As always, doctors in white coats and nurses in light blue scrubs are urgently applying their expertise to help – sometimes even save – patients, ...Read more
Japan's ruling party loses special election in blow to premier
Japan’s ruling party lost a special election Prime Minister Fumio Kishida had described in part as a judgment on himself, months ahead of a party leadership vote.
Public anger over a slush fund scandal helped the main ...Read more
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