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What the Trump-Clinton debate might tell us about Tuesday’s match

NEW YORK (AP) — He claimed she would raise taxes and accused her of supporting open border policies that allowed an influx of migrants into the country. He blamed her for a litany of the current administration’s failures and cast her potential presidency as four more years of the ...

No party has a monopoly on patriotism

WASHINGTON — If you don’t tell a lie, my father used to say, you won’t have to worry about which version of your story you told last. Right, I agreed, but, with an attitude like that, ol’ Dad was well advised to avoid going into politics. That advice came to mind amid the unfolding ...

Almanac

By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Tuesday, Sept. 10, the 254th day of 2024. There are 112 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 10, 1991, the Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. The ...

Welcome to the permission-slip economy

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris thinks U.S. Steel should not have the right to sell its business to Japan’s Nippon Steel. Previously, some Republican senators thought they too should have the ability to kill the deal between private companies. And it doesn’t stop there. During ...

Abortion, identity politics are Harris’s pathways to victory

WASHINGTON — Abortion is the Democrats’ kryptonite to the Republicans. It worked in 2022 and they feel they can do it again in 2024. Reproductive rights are not merely due to the health of the woman; they are largely due to the finances of the woman. Their target is the “Sallys” of ...

Almanac

By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Monday, Sept. 9, the 253rd day of 2024. There are 113 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 9, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction, a measure primarily ...