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“I’m a journalist who interviews people who I disagree with all the time.” — Sean Hannity, 2008 “I never claimed to be a journalist.” — Sean Hannity, ...

WASHINGTON — On the subject of the Clinton Foundation and newly disclosed State Department emails, let us first dispense with Donald Trump's unhinged ...

CAIRO (AP) — For five years fighting has raged in Syria — a humanitarian disaster destabilizing the region and the world. The aim of Bashar Assad's op...

Millennial homeownership rates are way, way down. And believe it or not, that’s probably a good thing. Across all age groups, the U.S. homeownership r...

WASHINGTON — When I wrote the headline "Hillary's heel," I was thinking of Achilles, not Bill, though the former president is usually within nipping r...

The man formerly known as The Donald is entwined in a ball of contradiction. He was a registered Republican until 2001 when he became a Democrat, and ...

WASHINGTON — With defeat now the likely outcome for the Republican presidential nominee, the blame shifting has begun early and in earnest. To some pa...

WINCHESTER, Va. — Political arguments are rarely gentle or polite anymore, so it was a gift to see two Republicans who passionately disagree about wha...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump — he who likes to fly home at night in the comfort of his own plane to sleep in the comfort of his own bed — is at it again ...

WASHINGTON — When my syndicate editor told me a few clients had been asking, Don't you have anyone over there who can write something positive about D...

CHICAGO — The perverse thing about ideologues is that they’re easy to dismiss when they say something blatantly outlandish. About a week ago, Donald T...

WASHINGTON -- Maybe Donald Trump didn’t create an appetite for authoritarianism. Maybe an appetite for authoritarianism created Donald Trump. Many of ...

WASHINGTON — People always remember their first presidential vote — their first participation in the largest decision of American democracy. In high s...

LAS VEGAS — Nevada, which calls itself the "Battle Born State," actually was born prematurely because of Republicans' anxiety. Now, 152 years later, i...

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...

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, ...