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WASHINGTON — In his 72 years, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, who was raised in segregated Richmond...

WASHINGTON — Stepping back, cooling off a bit, displaying some strategic patience, taking the long view: The first two weeks of the Trump administrati...

We have come to a challenging moment in the history of our nation. The debate over immigration has raged since President Donald Trump ordered the cons...

The surefire way to bring the word "un-American" into vogue is to propose a restriction on immigration, no matter how minor. Democrats, who have spent...

WASHINGTON — The image of President Donald Trump, flanked by Vice President Mike Pence and Defense Secretary James Mattis, signing an executive order ...

SAN DIEGO — As the grandson of a Mexican immigrant — the cadre that Donald Trump labeled criminals and rapists — I was "Never Trump" from the start. A...

The nation's foremost culture warrior is President Donald J. Trump. He wouldn't, at first blush, seem well-suited to the part. Trump once appeared on ...

Jan. 20, 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became “the rulers of this nation again.” So pledged Donald J. Trump in his inaugural address,...

WASHINGTON — So, that happened. Let us pray. Yes, of course, you can go back to sleep, Mr. Van Winkle, but it won’t change the facts. Donald Trump is ...

WASHINGTON — After every major Trump speech or event, the person I was before it seems desperately naive. I have been a consistent Trump critic, but m...

by ANELIA DIMITROVA Regional Editor OELWEIN IOWA - “Jan. 20, 2017, will be remembered as the day that the people became the rulers of this nation agai...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Echoing the anti-establishment and populist rhetoric from his campaign rallies, the 45 th President of the United States of America...

WASHINGTON — Were Donald Trump to read all the previous inaugural addresses in preparation for his big day, it would be pretty tough going from James ...

WASHINGTON — When Barack Obama moves two miles from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to 2446 Belmont Road in Washington's Kalorama neighborhood, he will live ...

WASHINGTON — One of the most confusing shifts of the Trump ascendancy is, on reflection, one of the most clarifying. Donald Trump's, Sarah Palin's and...

"When the chips are down, I have Israel's back." — Barack Obama, AIPAC conference, March 4, 2012 WASHINGTON — The audience — overwhelmingly Jewish, pa...

REAL-LIFE GRINCH: When we read about a real-life Grinch who struck in Jefferson County, we had to share. DuBois-based state police reported on Christm...

Starting next month, the United States will have a minority government. This assertion flies in the face of just about everything you have read, becau...

WASHINGTON — So, this is the new conservatism's recipe for restored greatness: Political coercion shall supplant economic calculation in shaping decis...

WASHINGTON — Whatever his other considerable achievements, our president-elect is not known for his broad reading in American history. But Donald Trum...