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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

The season 27 premiere of “South Park” may have been delayed two weeks, but it made quite an entrance Wednesday night – so much so that even the White House took note. It is perhaps not all that surprising since ...Read more

UnitedHealth Group’s confirmation of a federal probe into its Medicare business comes just as lawmakers in Washington are newly calling for reforms in the sprawling Advantage program, which now provides coverage for a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Deflect, distract, delay. Then depart.

President Donald Trump and congressional Republican leaders have been forced to pivot from celebrating a string of legislative and foreign policy wins to doing ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Trump administration has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to end sanctuary city law policies in New York City, arguing that the laws that protect migrants violates the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at removing homeless people from streets.

The measure, titled by the White House as “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” calls on ...Read more

In a marked shift in U.S. policy toward Venezuela, the Trump administration has quietly approved a new license allowing oil giant Chevron to restart its operations in the South American nation, according to sources with ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has set up a “strike force” to probe unfounded claims that former President Barack Obama illegally pushed allegations that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republicans delivered some big legislative victories this month in Congress for President Donald Trump. But when it comes to funding the government, it’s a familiar story on Capitol Hill.

Lawmakers in the...Read more