Opinion
Justice Jackson’s campaign against the Supreme Court
Local columns
The call is coming from inside the house. The Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais has made progressives even more determined to delegitimize the Supreme Court, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is among them. In a dissent involving a post-decision procedural question, Jackson ...
GOP resistance to Iran war grows in Senate as Murkowski flips
Local columns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Wednesday again blocked Democratic legislation that would halt President Donald Trump's war with Iran, but the number of GOP senators voting against the war grew. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted against the war for the first time since ...
Almanac for May 14, 2026
Local columns
Today is Thursday, May 14, the 134th day of 2026. There are 231 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition, organized to explore the Louisiana Territory as well as the Pacific Northwest, began its journey near present-day Hartford, Illinois. Also on ...
Iran thinks Trump is bluffing, can outlast him
Editorial
Days late and tons of enriched uranium short, Iran’s regime rejected the U.S. peace offer on Sunday and replied with unserious demands. On Monday President Trump called Iran’s counteroffer a “piece of garbage” that leaves the cease-fire “on massive life support—where the doctor ...
