Politics is the only profession of which I am aware in which competence doesn’t seem to matter. One can fail miserably; one can be corrupt and one can get away with crimes that if committed by someone outside of elective office, arrest, prosecution and a stint in jail would be the result. Yet ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is scrapping plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of the Republican president, the Justice Department's top official said Tuesday in retreating from a program that faced setbacks in the courts and a fierce political backlash ...
Today is Wednesday, June 3, the 154th day of 2026. There are 211 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1943, an altercation between U.S. Navy sailors and young Mexican Americans on the streets of Los Angeles led to several days of clashes known as the Zoot Suit Riots as white mobs ...
While the region still shows the fresh greenery of spring, a lack of recent rain has officials concerned about the tinder-dry, flammable materials that remains underneath. With dry weather conditions persisting across the state, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources urges residents ...
The Orwellian “Anti-Weaponization Fund” Trump has created — the legal equivalent of twirling the combination lock on Fort Knox and driving off with gold bars — purports to be righting a wrong. The bogus (and badly written) “settlement agreement,” which is laughable as there was no ...