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“It’s going to take years for everything to get squared away in the state of Florida to fully recover and rebuild,” U.S. President Joe Biden said after touring hurricane-damaged Fort Myers by helicopter on Wednesday (October 5), while pledging support to help ... More »
Angelina Jolie detailed what she described as abusive behavior by ex-husband Brad Pitt in a court filing on Tuesday, escalating a legal battle over a French winery the former couple once shared and revealing new details about the dissolution of their marriage.... More »
As midterms approach, Democratic Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett says the most important issues to American people are her party’s biggest priority. “We can show to the American people up until November that we are holding a line on democracy. We are standing at... More »
Leslie Reagan Professor of History at the University of Illinois and Award-winning Author or ˜When Abortion Was A Crime,” and Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at the Washington Post and Author of ˜Resistance: How Women Saved Democracy from Donald Trump” join Ali... More »
NetflixIn a TV interview clip shown early in Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story, the famous DJ and Top of the Pops host is told that, while his biography Love Is an Uphill Thing features a collection of entertaining anecdotes, it never provides insight into ... More »
As an African MIT alum, I argue that as imperfect as SATs are as an assessment tool, they level the playing field a bit more for African students. More »
In the wake of apparent Russian war crimes in Ukraine, some lawmakers say the sanctions can’t be lifted until the autocrat is out of power. But does that kill Putin’s incentive to withdraw? More »
The firms that helped document the Russian invasion of Ukraine are now finding imagery of atrocities. More »
Wisconsin's local elections just gave us the first glimpse at the 2022 electorate. It doesn't look great for Democrats. More »
It’s the core belief of the QAnon conspiracy movement, and a new poll reveals it’s now part of the GOP mainstream. More »
The political reaction to these laws, mostly coming out of Republican-controlled states, seems to have overshadowed what’s actually in them. More »
The hearings are Democrats’ latest attempt to shield themselves from voters' anger over the surge in pump prices to record highs last month after Russia invaded Ukraine. More »
