I caught this virus before anyone had even died in Illinois. That was like a century ago, right? Now we’re talking about Year Two, vaccines, new variants, a new administration, […]
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Back to news homeSenate ends standoff, agrees to start Trump’s impeachment trial Feb. 9
The House on Jan. 13 passed a sole impeachment article, alleging “incitement of insurrection.” House leaders could have forced the Senate to begin the trial immediately by transmitting the papers […]
Tests of Biden’s leadership, and GOP’s willingness to cooperate, come quickly
The executive actions collectively were designed to show a change in course after the presidency of Donald Trump, but the principal focus of the first days is on job one: […]
Trump’s new reality: Ex-president, private citizen and, perhaps, criminal defendant
The question came out of the blue and has haunted me ever since. It was Jan. 17, 2017, three days before Donald Trump’s swearing-in, and my wife and I sat […]
Biden wants unity and justice. Watching ‘Promising Young Woman’ could help.
The “Promising Young Woman” of the title is Cassie, who dropped out of medical school along with her best friend Nina after Nina was raped at a party. Years later, […]
‘Not afraid’: Protesters across Russia defy Putin in marches for jailed opposition leader Navalny
The rallies — from Russia’s Far East to central Moscow — came less than a week after Navalny returned from Germany, where he recovered from a nerve agent poisoning in […]
100 million doses in 100 days: How Biden’s coronavirus vaccine push compares with those of other countries
The strategy document calls the 1 million shots per day pace “aggressive,” an effort that will “take every American doing their part.” But critics have pointed out that it does […]
Texas sues Biden administration over 100-day deportation ‘pause’
Paxton’s lawsuit claims the deportation freeze defies an agreement between Texas and DHS finalized Jan. 8 — less than two weeks before Trump left office — requiring the department to […]
George Floyd languished inside a Texas prison. Communities and companies saw it as ‘economic development.’
BARTLETT, Tex. — The prison transport to this tiny city north of Austin took George Floyd past ranch land and cotton fields — worlds away from his home in Houston. […]
Ahead of runoffs, civic groups in Georgia mount ambitious campaign to mobilize Black voters
They are up against historical winds, as runoffs here typically draw out a whiter pool of voters than regularly scheduled elections and have traditionally favored Republicans. Though most of the […]