Opinion
The GOP can’t punt on health care
Local columns
The debate over affordability is now truly and fully joined. After the off-year elections, Democrats are coalescing around a cost-of-living message that makes more sense than their anti-Trump obsessions (not that we aren't going to hear a lot about those). For its part, the White House has ...
What’s next once Trump signs Epstein files bill
Local columns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is sending President Donald Trump a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a potentially far-reaching development in a yearslong push by survivors of Epstein's abuse for a public ...
Almanac for Nov. 20, 2025
Local columns
Today is Thursday, Nov. 20, the 324th day of 2025. There are 41 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1910, Francisco Madero led a revolt against Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, marking the beginning of the decade-long Mexican Revolution. Also on this date: In 1945, 22 former ...
US researchers increasingly seeking work abroad
Editorial
You know there’s a problem when scientists in the United States increasingly see European bureaucracy as a safer setting for conducting their cutting-edge research than their home country’s own institutions. The European Research Council, which grants funding for academic work in the ...
