editorial

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s immigration proposal rests on three assumptions: that immigration hurts American workers; that illegal immigration, in par...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Looking out at bumper-to-bumper Monday morning traffic crawling along the Philippine capital’s main avenue, taxi driver Ran...

WASHINGTON — Not every bad act is a crime. Not every bad act that can technically be categorized as a crime should be pursued by prosecutors. And not ...

WASHINGTON — It wasn’t quite “Call me Ishmael,” but “Call me Caitlyn” made a whale of a splash. One could hardly find a news channel the past couple o...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Once a democratic socialist, always a democratic socialist. Once a scold of big money in politics, still a scold. No one can ac...

WASHINGTON — The new tell-all, “The Residence,” featuring intimate anecdotes collected from past and current White House staff members, is absolutely ...

Choosing statewide judges: Going from bad to good enough Theory and practice are often at odds — no more so perhaps than in American government. In cl...

WASHINGTON — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was born in 1970, six years after events refuted a theory on which he is wagering his candidacy. The 1964 theory was ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Maine celebrates its Whoopie pies. North Carolinians proudly dance their Shag. In Kansas, even dirt is official: Harney silt loam...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ideas fly from Gov. John Kasich like sparks from a flint. While explaining his prison reforms, he interrupts himself midsentence — hi...

SAN DIEGO — President Obama and his administration still play games with the immigration issue — and, consequently, with people’s lives. When handling...

Indecision may not be the best quality in a columnist, but in the case of NBC News anchor Brian Williams, that’s what I find in myself: I doubt that t...

WASHINGTON — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal took his presidential campaign-in-waiting to Washington on Monday trailed by an unwelcome, unsavory and downr...

WASHINGTON — These are tough times for NBC’s Brian Williams —and tougher times for journalism. The NBC newsman is off the air while the network is “ga...

WASHINGTON — The measles outbreak at California’s Disneyland — which has spread like pixie dust — along with several other smaller flare-ups, has heal...

I have been extremely fortunate to spend almost my entire career working in rural, largely farming communities. Just about every day, a student, paren...

WASHINGTON — Any Republican event convened by Rep. Steven King — he of “calves the size of cantaloupes” fame — could easily have degenerated into a fe...

Much chatter amid even more controversy has met the news that Mitt Romney may be running again for president. Whether he should or shouldn’t, whether ...

WASHINGTON — This is a tale of two policies promoted by President Obama: one to make community college free, the other to provide for paid sick leave ...

WASHINGTON — Forget E.F. Hutton. It’s P.F. (Pope Francis) these days who, when he talks, people listen. And then they get busy trying to figure out wh...