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I grew up watching the tennis greats of yesteryear with my dad, but have only returned to the sport recently thanks to another family superfan, my wife. So perhaps it’s understandable that to my adult eyes, it seemed ...Read more

Pop quiz: How many U.S. airports have slot machines operating among the departure and arrival gates?

The answer is two: Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas and Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Reno. Those ...Read more

“What are we going to do with the kids this summer?”

More than halfway through July, some iteration of that question continues to be raised in homes across the nation as harried parents scramble to keep their kids ...Read more

It can make you dizzy, trying to figure out what is going on inside Gov. Ron DeSantis’ head, particularly when it comes to ethics laws meant to hold Florida’s leaders accountable and in balance.

Throughout his tenure,...Read more

LOS ANGELES — I took a week of vacation to relax, clear my head and stop obsessing over depressing news.

I hear frequently from people who say that, for their peace of mind, they're tuning out the news altogether, so I ...Read more

Broad economic sanctions, most of which are imposed by the U.S. government, kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people each year — disproportionately children. This week the Lancet Global Health journal published an ...Read more

As a self-proclaimed "Reagan conservative," Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon proposes a return to normalcy.

Amidst a retirement announcement, voting in favor of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and dealing with criticism both ...Read more

Every day, more than 3.5 million professional truck drivers keep America’s economy on the move. They haul more than 73% of the nation’s freight, ensuring that food reaches our shelves, medicine arrives at hospitals and...Read more

White House budgets, generally speaking, aren’t serious governing documents. Even so, they’re a declaration of national priorities — and by that measure, the latest blueprint is deeply troubling. What sort of ...Read more

Donald Trump has now thoroughly sullied the office of the presidency.

I'm not talking about the Oval Office, with its new, gaudy gilt trappings that seem to spread by the day, as if the famously nocturnal president ...Read more

A guy I know, another writer, read one of my columns not long ago, and had a little advice.

"You shouldn't say how old you are," he said, giving me the worried/wisdom look.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because editors are gonna ...Read more

For a generation, Americans have had a historically large number of ex-presidents around, a possible source of counsel from one of only 45 people who have exercised the broad powers conferred by Article II of the ...Read more

Orange County officials and front-line workers are responding with a mix of concern and selective support to President Donald Trump's new executive order targeting homelessness, a sweeping directive that leans heavily on ...Read more

President Donald Trump has picked the candidate he’s supporting to fill North Carolina’s open Senate seat in the 2026 election: Michael Whatley.

Whatley is a North Carolina native who served as head of the state’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat ― the day after another potential contender for the GOP nomination bowed out.

"From the U.S. ...Read more

President Donald Trump is endorsing Ashley Moody for a full term U.S. Senate seat.

Moody, who was twice elected to be Florida Attorney General, was appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in January to replace Sen. Marco Rubio. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a $9 billion package of spending cuts that ends federal funding for public broadcasters and reduces foreign aid, the White House said.

The measure was spurred by ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump downplayed his clash with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell over cost overruns during a tour of the central bank’s renovation project on Thursday, making it clear that he saw ...Read more

Multiple defense bills on Congress’ post-recess agenda would cement in law the Trump administration’s restrictions on health care for transgender members of the military community.

The provisions could have a lasting ...Read more