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WASHINGTON — After a grueling year that cost Democrats the Senate majority, the mood at the White House is remarkably chipper. The hyper-competitive p...

WASHINGTON — In the category of stunning, heartening, woefully underreported good news: In 2000, an estimated 9.9 million children around the world di...

SAN DIEGO — Sometimes you’ll have a disagreement with someone but you’re not that far apart. My argument with Dallas-based radio host Chris Salcedo, w...

In 2014, Pennsylvania selected a new governor, rejected an old governor, and voted decisively to be indecisive about which party should control state ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, the Republican Party’s point man on Cuba, seemed to be struggling to contain his fury as he responded to Pre...

WASHINGTON — The Battle of Palmito Ranch near Brownsville, Texas, on May 13, 1865, is called the last battle of the Civil War, but the Texas Division ...

WASHINGTON — First there’s the spark, then the conflagration, followed by the litigation and then, surely, the movie. Call it “Moonlight Fire,” and pr...

OK, so here’s what we know for sure. In the AFC, New England, Denver and Indianapolis have clinched division titles. The North, however, remains unset...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Just when we figure Doug Whaley’s future as Bills’ general manager is in jeopardy for the outrageous price he paid to acquire wid...

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WASHINGTON — The so-called “Cromnibus” is an ugly piece of work. On balance, I’m glad — no, make that relieved — it passed. The Cromnibus is the giant...

The age of Tom Wolf It’s not often that someone’s greatest wish and worst nightmare occur at the same time, but forGovernor-elect TomWolfboth are fate...

SAN DIEGO — As a Mexican-American journalist, I’m often accused by immigration restrictionists of “undermining the rule of law,” “supporting open bord...

WASHINGTON — By history’s frequently brutal dialectic, the good that we call progress often comes spasmodically, in lurches propelled by tragedies cau...

WASHINGTON — Releasing the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on torture wasn’t even close to a close call. It was a necessary, if infuriatingly b...

Let’s take a look at where we stand with three weeks to go in the regular season. In the AFC, New England, Denver, Indianapolis and Cincinnati current...

Cleaning out the high school football notebook as the NFL season winds down: The Don Raabe Big 30 Charities Classic has made several changes to the fo...

WASHINGTON — It is probably too soon to declare a feminist reformation, but a few signs here and there give one hope. Hold it, sirs, don’t stop readin...

WASHINGTON — The words, spoken about the Eric Garner travesty in New York, were righteous and powerful. “When you look at what they did to this guy an...

WASHINGTON — With the apparently imminent release of the Feinstein report on CIA interrogations of high-value terrorists a decade ago, let’s consider ...