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WASHINGTON — Simone Manuel, Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles will not be eligible to run for president until 2032, although Michael Phelps hits 35 years...

CHICAGO — When President Obama leaves office in January, his legacy — in many Hispanics' minds, at least — will largely be defined by his record numbe...

WASHINGTON — Many Republicans are being driven mad by hope. In the moments between Donald Trump's attacks on grieving parents and his joke about assas...

If you’re a serious fisherman you always have an eye peeled for those conditions which may trigger a bite. If you are not already aware of it, the moo...

Caption FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2014 file photo, pedestrians watch during the Feast of San Gennaro procession in New York's Little Italy neighborhood...

CHICAGO — Seated in his office here, wearing neither a necktie nor a frown, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is remarkably relaxed for someone at the epic...

In the public imagination, no industry better symbolizes the downfall of U.S. manufacturing than steel. Shuttered plants dot the Midwest. Since 1973, ...

WASHINGTON — Every couple of years or so, I feel the need to whine about the plight of newspapers. It's August. I'm Trumped out. So today's the day. E...

WASHINGTON — One of the most unintentionally revealing moments of Hillary Clinton's campaign so far came during her recent, unconvincing explanation o...

WASHINGTON — Two years ago, Karl Rove caused a stir when he planted a seed that Hillary Clinton might have suffered brain damage from a fall. My, how ...

WASHINGTON — Like shipwrecked mariners clinging to a floating mast, many Republicans rationalize supporting Donald Trump because of "the court." This ...

Like most Jews, Benjamin Aaron Shapiro, a respected journalist, is an advocate for social justice, following the Jewish concept of Tikun Olam , litera...

“What does this say about your party that this is your standard-bearer?” The headlines from President Obama’s excoriation of Donald Trump on Tuesday r...

If you had to get a loan to pay your bills, would you say your family budget is balanced? Or even consider yourself in good financial shape? Sadly, th...

WASHINGTON — Of all the dangerous things that Donald Trump has said, perhaps the most concerning is his assertion that the election might be rigged. T...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump began August 2, 2016, no doubt, determined to follow the advice of family and advisers to avoid fueling his own controversie...

My cousin Bill Robertson and I simply loved to fish in our early teens, even more than we do now. But being too young to drive, we were forced to fish...

WASHINGTON — No one would mistake Roger Ailes for a ladies man, at least not without a fistful of dollars — or a garter belt. So emerges a fresh image...

SHEFFIELD — Team health, a brutal South Division and concerns over enrollment numbers were just a few topics that dominated the inaugrual Allegheny Mo...

WASHINGTON — In the 1870s, when Boss Tweed's Tammany Hall controlled New York City, and in the 1950s and 1960s, when Chicago's Democratic machine was ...