Politics

WASHINGTON — A world that for the most part knew no other British monarch expressed deep sadness Thursday at the death...

Californians, your forgiven student loans may come with a tax bill. Here are the details

Millions of Californians got a long-awaited financial boost last month when the Biden administration announced that it would cancel up...

Is there such a thing as a perfect government?: Dr in Diplomacy- Lorenca Bejko

The creation of the perfect political system may be and often is fraught with difficulty. We feel that the ideal...

‘Something horribly failed.’ How did so many of America’s secrets end up at Mar-a-Lago?

WASHINGTON — At least 300 documents containing classified information left the White House with former President Trump, an unprecedented situation that...

At White House portrait unveiling, Michelle Obama seizes the moment

WASHINGTON — Historically, former presidents and first ladies return to the White House during their successor’s term for the official unveiling...

Op-Ed: I’m 16. I went to a drag show. I wasn’t traumatized

Some Republicans are trying to foment a moral panic about LGBTQ people supposedly “grooming” children for sexual exploitation, and they...

Column: If Mississippi is a ‘laboratory of democracy,’ we’re in trouble

The notion of states as “laboratories of democracy” is generally credited to Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis. “It is one...

Column: California aims to shut up bullies and other bad actors so democracy can thrive

At the annual meeting of the League of California Cities, members were presented with a detailed report titled “Dealing With...

The trolling of Dr. Oz: Satire and snark take center stage in Pennsylvania Senate race

ERIE, Pa. — When Dr. Mehmet Oz announced last fall that he would run for the U.S. Senate as a Republican here,...

Justice Department seized senator’s phone over ‘well-timed stock sales’