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The heartland after heartburn: Wisconsin and Washington

WISCONSIN -- Birdsong on my grandmother’s porch in morning sun. Seeing the Village revel in the Fourth of July with a bake sale, egg toss, parade, children’s contests and antique fire-engine rides. The Village dance is free for all ages and comers, as are the fireworks over Lake ...

Few US adults support full abortion bans, AP-NORC poll finds

By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Friday, July 14, the 195th day of 2023. There are 170 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 14, 2004, the Senate scuttled a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, with 48 senators voting to advance the ...

Almanac

By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Friday, July 14, the 195th day of 2023. There are 170 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 14, 2004, the Senate scuttled a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, with 48 senators voting to advance the ...

This is how Biden shows whose side he’s on

BERKELEY — Let me begin today’s column with a question: Why isn’t Joe Biden calling out Starbucks, along with its billionaire founder and recent CEO Howard Schultz, for its fierce union-busting campaign? (Also, for that matter, Reed Hastings’ Netflix for its refusal to treat its ...

Vice President Harris’ unknown language

WASHINGTON — If President Biden is serious about seeking a second term, he must fix the problem of his vice president, Kamala Harris. Though Biden’s poll numbers are currently not much better than Harris’, latest polling by the Los Angeles Times finds as of this month “41% of ...

Almanac

By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Thursday, July 13, the 194th day of 2023. There are 171 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 13, 1960, John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot at his party’s convention in ...