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A coup by any other name

WASHINGTON — The president’s war with the nation is well underway. Shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development was taking the smallest lamb from the flock. Other vital parts of the government may soon follow in a flash. At least three departments face a strange Cabinet ...

Almanac

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of 2025. There are 329 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 5, 2020, the Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump, bringing to a close the third presidential trial in American history. Though a majority of ...

What you need to know about Trump’s tariffs

BERKELEY — Understand this: The reason Trump has raised tariffs on Canada and Mexico is not to have more bargaining leverage to get better deals for the United States from Canada or from Mexico. Hours before the Canadian tariffs went into effect, Trump was asked if there was anything ...

The changing media landscape

WASHINGTON — When White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced last week that the briefing room is now open to reporters for “new media,” including podcasters and websites, she was acknowledging the power and reach of these outlets, which was demonstrated in the last election ...

Trump is emphatically correct about birthright citizenship

WASHINGTON — Less than two weeks into this second Trump presidency, the fearmongering has already reached fever pitch. “He can’t do it!” the critics have invariably howled in decrying President Donald Trump’s landmark day-one executive order upending the status quo on birthright ...

Almanac

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2025. There are 330 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 4, 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, ordering Simpson ...