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ELDER: Race-based mapmaking is racist

October 31, 2025 Larry Elder

The Supreme Court is considering a Louisiana redistricting case that could have a greater impact on U.S. House of Representatives seats than the Texas and California “gerrymandering” maneuvers combined. The New York Times wrote, “Democrats […]

BARONE: Los Angeles riots may encourage illegal immigrants to self-deport

June 20, 2025 Michael Barone

“How’m I doin’?” the late New York Mayor Ed Koch used to ask constituents on his travels through the city. President Donald Trump, in the opinion of most Americans, is doing pretty well. His job […]

BARONE: Trump is moving fast and breaking things

February 1, 2025 Michael Barone

Move fast and break things. That’s the original operating philosophy of Facebook founder and Meta mogul Mark Zuckerberg. It seems to be the operating procedure of President Donald Trump in these first weeks of his […]

Senators eye $579B in new infrastructure spending, $1T plan

June 11, 2021 Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bipartisan group of senators is eyeing an infrastructure deal with $579 billion in new spending as negotiators try to strike a nearly $1 trillion deal on President Joe Biden’s top priority, […]

Key senators oppose Biden budget pick, confirmation at risk

February 22, 2021 Dino Hazell, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden’s nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget was thrown further into doubt on Monday as moderate Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine […]

Romney OKs voting on court nominee, all but assures approval

September 22, 2020 Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller and Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said Tuesday he supports voting to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court, all but ensuring President Donald Trump has the backing […]