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Trump perverted foreign policy by asking Ukraine to investigate Biden
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The measles outbreak in Samoa is a stark and sad illustration of what can happen when the agents of fear and misinformation persuade parents to shun childhood vaccinations. -
How are some of Devin Nunes’ constituents feeling about the aggressive Trump defender?
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If Trump thought Ukraine was irredeemably corrupt, why did he ask a corrupt government to investigate the Bidens?
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As a physician who studies health economics, I wonder: Can our society afford to pay for the kind of medicines that have kept my wife’s cancer at bay?
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Forcing artists to reveal their social media handles won’t improve national security but could subject them to reprisals from repressive governments.
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A serial jailhouse informant helped send a likely innocent man to Florida’s death row, proving again that the death penalty is irredeemably flawed.
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Republicans scoffed when Democrats asserted during Wednesday’s impeachment hearing that the facts weren’t in dispute. But the Democrats are right.
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In their first impeachment hearing, Judiciary Committee members on Wednesday treated the witnesses like props.
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Kamala Harris was on fire there for a while. Not long enough, though. And that’s depressing.
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Lacking a clear message to set herself apart, Harris sank into the sea of indistinguishable Democratic candidates.
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Imagine if President Trump wins reelection after surviving the Mueller investigation and impeachment. There will be no reining him in.
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Trump perverted foreign policy by asking Ukraine to investigate Biden
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How are some of Devin Nunes’ constituents feeling about the aggressive Trump defender?
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The measles outbreak in Samoa is a stark and sad illustration of what can happen when the agents of fear and misinformation persuade parents to shun childhood vaccinations.
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If Trump thought Ukraine was irredeemably corrupt, why did he ask a corrupt government to investigate the Bidens?
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This week’s ruling in a lawsuit over Harvard’s admissions practices hurts Asian Americans.
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Early in 2020, look for another attempt to push forward the disastrous Pebble Mine project in Alaska.
A new Justice Department directive prohibits volunteers from assisting people who don’t have lawyers in immigration court.
Rather than tear apart the country with a wrenching impeachment trial, let’s censure him and move on
Like Nixon, Trump documented his high crime with a smoking weapon.
President Trump wants U.S. troops withdrawn. His secretary of Defense just acknowledged that isn’t in the cards.
Facts in the Trump impeachment inquiry aren’t in dispute. The question is whether they justify impeachment.
Rick Wilson, a Republican political strategist, media consultant and author, talks about whether the Republican brand can ever recover from Trump.
Give addicted mothers like Chelsea Becker a break.
The United States should act to alleviate what caused the protests in Iran — economic malaise caused by a corrupt government and U.S. sanctions.
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All presidential elections are uniquely consequential, but a good case can be made that the next one is the most important of our lives. The time has come to undo the great mistake of 2016 and drive Trump out of office at the ballot box.
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Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine) plans to plead guilty to a count of misusing campaign funds and seems likely to resign. So much for his “witch hunt” allegation.
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After Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticizes Trump for withholding aid, the president declares himself vindicated and impeachment a hoax. What?
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It’s not just the racial complexion of immigrants that the White House wants to change. Trump and his hardline advisors want to bar poor people, too.
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It’s a stretch to characterize Rudolph Giuliani’s sources as liars in one venue, then turn around and portray them as clarions of truth in another.
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Joe Biden has been criticized for his dated slang, but it’s also part of his appeal
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Macmillian has attacked one of America’s most beloved democratic institutions by limiting library access to e-books.
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Beijing’s leaders are willing to use brutal means to suppress dissent, but have been careful to avoid any images that might recall 1989.
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The clash between executive and legislative branches of governments dates back centuries.
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Edison says decisions to cut power in certain areas are based on careful work and expertise, and that the company is trying to reduce fire risk in many ways.
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Joe Biden’s dated slang has more to do with associating himself with the heroic John McCain than inducing nostalgia for the 1950s.
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Renewable energy that’s generated where it is consumed obviates the need for long-distance transmission lines that have caused so many wildfires.
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Not a single reader wrote to the L.A. Times expressing support for a study to convert existing lanes on the 405 into toll lanes.
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The winter supermarket avocado is a symbol of our need and our ability to get everything we want all the time – and the consequences. Costs in this case are paid in the form of deadly violence in Mexico.
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The last thing the federal government needs is a homelessness consultant with regressive, outdated ideas about how to fix homelessness.
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Los Angeles still needs to ban “behested payments,” which are charitable donations made at politicians’ request and help developers curry favor.
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Law professors give a valuable lesson at the Trump impeachment hearing.
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