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Jonathan Bernstein: Democracy is hard. It’s supposed to be

Legislation helping veterans exposed to toxic trash-incineration pits while serving overseas finally passed the Senate this week. Comedian and activist…

Tribune News Service

First Thing: Texas Democrats push to blunt impact of state’s abortion ban

Blue cities aim to pass bills to protect those who receive and provide abortions: ‘The fight starts locally’. Plus, the…

The Guardian - UK

Potential rival or running mate? Kristi Noem, the governor denying Trump a face on Mount Rushmore

South Dakota Republican says monument is ‘special just the way it is’, while speculation grows she is trying to broaden…

The Guardian - US

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Is Joe Biden another Jimmy Carter?

Carter's presidency was sunk by a failure to promote his own accomplishments — not because there weren't any

Salon

Steve Kerr or Bill Walsh: Who’s No. 1 among Bay Area pro coaches?

He’s got four championships. He’s the winningest coach in NBA postseason history. And he was recently named one of the…

Tribune News Service

How Biden is like the founding fathers

Biden has great ideas but can't implement them due to political stalemate — just like Washington and Jefferson

Salon

Republicans Are Sending Abortion Back to the States. But D.C. Isn’t a State.

The District of Columbia is a Democratic bastion. A GOP-led Congress could ban abortion there.

Politico

Thomas ensures the next Jan. 6 has guns

Ginni Thomas worked the coup's inside game — then her husband made it easier for insurrectionists to use firearms

Salon

Tea with benefits: Lessons from the Royal Family

Our politicians can learn from the British Royal Family how to gather public goodwill by giving themselves a cuddly makeover

The Hindu

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Column: The real ‘miracle’ of the Jan. 6 hearings? Republicans and Democrats working together

There was plenty of powerful evidence presented during Day 4 of the House select committee hearings on Jan. 6, showing…

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 hearing: Elegy for a lost America

I listened to the first hearing driving through Trump country. Production values were great! But that's about it

Salon

Jonathan Bernstein: Jan. 6 panel made the case against Trump

At long last, the House Jan. 6 committee held its first hearing, and made it a pretty good one. Right…

Tribune News Service

Greatest shipwreck since Mary Rose discovered off coast of Norfolk

Discovery made by amateur divers who found HMS Gloucester finally revealed after being kept secret for 10 years

The Telegraph

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Royal warship’s wreckage found off coast of Norfolk after sinking in 1682

The HMS Gloucester was carrying the future king James Stuart.

The Independent UK

'Will we do our duty?' Cheney lays her legacy on the line

One of the House members in the spotlight during Thursday's hearing on the U.S. Capitol insurrection is Republican congresswoman Liz…

The Independent UK

Inside the Fight For the Soul (and Dollars) of the Fastest-Growing Sport in America

As pickleball mania has surged, evangelists and opportunists have appeared out of thin air. Collisions were inevitable.

Sports Illustrated

Monkeypox hits US shores

Health experts say it may be spreading in an unexpected way — but stress that there is "no risk to…

Salon

Supreme Court: "Political" since forever

Politics is nothing new in the supposedly august Supreme Court — and it's often been the worst possible kind

Salon

SCOTUS gets religion — the law suffers

Alito's draft opinion is full of specious legal and historical language — but it's just religious doctrine in drag

Salon

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Once a Hartford treasure, J. Doyle Dewitt collection of historic American political memorabilia sold at auction

HARTFORD, Conn. — The University of Hartford has quietly sold one of the most extraordinary collections of American political memorabilia…

Tribune News Service

Iconic painting of George Washington is sailing away from Minnesota for $15 million-plus

MINNEAPOLIS —"Washington Crossing the Delaware" has crossed the Mississippi River — bound from Winona's Minnesota Marine Art Museum to Christie's…

Tribune News Service

Florida’s congressional map: An about-face in GOP strategy and a setback for Blacks

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — “I can hear the moans.’‘

Tribune News Service

'Washington Crossing The Delaware' Painting—Which Hung In White House For Decades—Could Fetch $20 Million

It’s one of the most recognizable paintings in American history.

Forbes

This Timely Exhibit Features Native American Artists Who Are Dismantling Identity Politics

From a fictive fashion magazine to documentation of foraging, the nine indigenous artists on view at the Princeton University Art…

Forbes

New Supreme Court justice Jackson hails US progress on racial equality

Washington (AFP) - Ketanji Brown Jackson celebrated her rise "from segregation to the Supreme Court" at a White House event…

AFP