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Come on, admit it. It’s already summer

The summer solstice will occur on Thursday. That’s the day with the most sunshine and the most direct sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s also the day that folks will declare the “official start of summer.” Bah. There is no “official” first day of summer, because there is no governing authority of our seasons. By […]

Biden races — no, shuffles —against time

Those people doing most to confirm the damaging truth about President Joe Biden’s latest enfeebled onstage “freeze” are the ones trying hardest to suppress it. This is known as the Streisand effect, named for actress Barbra Streisand, whose attempted suppression of a photograph of her Malibu home in 2003 backfired by drawing wide attention to […]

Surprises lurk behind humble exteriors

BEDFORD, Pennsylvania — On most days after work, Brandon Borischak can be found doing one of two things: tinkering with car engines or just cars in general, admitting he is that guy whose house you will breeze by on a country road and wonder why he “has a few of them” on his property. He […]

Will punishing politicians make us more democratic?

Our research reveals a paradox: criminal prosecutions are associated with both pro-democratic and anti-democratic outcomes.

Republican former governor: Time to ‘pull back from brink of election denialism’

Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) called on her party to stop sowing doubt in the integrity of elections and warned of the damage it causes to public servants and democratic institutions, in an op-ed in an Arizona-based news outlet Tuesday. “It's time for Arizona Republicans to pull back from the brink of election denialism...

Bezos backs new Washington Post editor in wake of staff backlash

Jeff Bezos is backing the new CEO of the Washington Post and the editor he chose to lead its newsroom amidst widespread internal backlash among staff over the two hires. Bezos, the billionaire tech mogul who has owned the Post since 2013, wrote to top editors on Tuesday expressing support for CEO Will Lewis and...

CNBC financial pundit who became fugitive arrested by FBI

A Los Angeles County investment adviser who was a frequent guest on CNBC has been arrested after nearly three years on the lam.

These 10 US cities have the worst housing shortages, new report finds

"We are in a big hole," a economist for Zillow said.

Immigration surge could trim US deficits by almost $1 trillion in 10 years: CBO

An ongoing immigration surge could reduce the nation’s deficits by almost $1 trillion over the next 10 years, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said Tuesday in its latest projections. Its new analysis found that a continued surge in net immigration from 2021-26 could help lower the nation’s deficits by $900 billion and revenues could increase...

Watch live: Biden, first lady host event marking 12th anniversary of DACA 

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden are hosting a White House event marking the 12th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects migrants lacking certain documentation who came to the U.S. as children from deportation. The Biden campaign recently released an ad highlighting individuals who have benefited from the...

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