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Newsom’s contradictory State of the State speech doesn’t bode well for presidential run

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s State of the State speech underscores warring impulses that, if he runs, will become difficult to explain in a polarized...

yesterday 5

Emily Hoeven

Why Venezuela’s oil is not the cash cow Trump claims it to be

An oil pump jack is pictured in 2024 in Cabimas, Venezuela. Costs to restart the country’s oil industry will be high and pose risks for companies...

yesterday 10

David Levine

Greenland and Cuba are the next contestants on Trump’s might-makes-right reality show

yesterday 9

Jack Ohman

‘Orwellian’ is the only word for Trump’s reaction to the fatal Minneapolis ICE shooting

yesterday 2

Tony Bravo

Barry Bonds deserves election to the Hall of Fame — as baseball’s sordid history shows

Barry Bonds blasts his record-breaking 756th career home run in the bottom of the fifth inning against the Washington Nationals at AT&T Park in San...

previous day 4

Harry Mok

Baseball has always had a doping problem. So why is Barry Bonds still not in the Hall?

previous day 3

Jack Chorley

How Trump can keep the House without winning the midterms

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson leads the first day of the 119th Congress in the House Chamber on Jan. 3, 2025. Republicans could use delay...

previous day 10

Steve Posner

Trump’s illegal invasion of Venezuela shows how the U.S. has abandoned checks and balances

From left: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and President Donald Trump monitor U.S. military operations in Venezuela...

06.01.2026 2

Erwin Chemerinsky

Trump’s plan to open California’s coastline to oil drilling threatens more than ocean life

Cargo vessels are seen anchored offshore, sharing space with oil platforms, before heading into the Los Angeles-Long Beach port on Oct. 5, 2021....

05.01.2026 1

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