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The nation has been given a split screen view of Chicago.

On one side, President Donald Trump declares the city a war-torn “hellhole” requiring deployment of National Guard troops to help enforce his administration’...Read more

States are doing what they generally do during a federal government shutdown: continuing to operate programs serving some of the neediest people.

That means schools are still serving federally subsidized meals and states ...Read more

It’s harvest time in the Midwest and farmers are bringing in bumper crops of soybeans, corn and wheat. They should be elated.

But their best customers are shopping elsewhere as a result of a global trade war ignited by ...Read more

With America’s global leadership in scientific innovation facing unprecedented competition, getting high-skilled immigration right should be a top priority in Washington. The first task for the White House is to get out ...Read more

CHICAGO — A federal appeals court in Chicago on Saturday denied the Trump administration’s request for an emergency stay of a district judge’s order barring the president from deploying National Guard troops in the ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — Democrats Chris Murphy and John Larson go way back.

When Murphy was an up-and-coming politician who defeated longtime Republican Rep. Nancy Johnson in 2006 in an upset that surprised some insiders, he ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s hardball tactic of ordering permanent layoffs Friday amid a government shutdown hardened Democrats’ deep distrust of Republicans and risks prolonging a standoff that is already the fourth ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he is directing the Defense Department to use funds his administration has identified to deliver paychecks to U.S. troops on Oct. 15 despite the ongoing government shutdown.

“I am using my ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s hardball tactic of ordering permanent layoffs Friday amid a government shutdown hardened Democrats’ deep distrust of Republicans and risks prolonging a standoff that is already the fourth ...Read more

Former President Joe Biden started radiation treatments for an aggressive form of prostate cancer diagnosed in May.

“As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation ...Read more

On my home office wall hangs a framed poster with the word peace in English, Arabic, and Hebrew.

I acquired it in Jerusalem in November 1977 when I was covering Egyptian President Anwar Sadat’s historic visit there, a ...Read more

There are many ways to interpret Bari Weiss’ elevation to editor in chief of CBS News — an impressive title that still doesn’t quite capture her influence, considering she’ll report directly to David Ellison, ...Read more

The Trump-corrupted Department of Justice indictment of the president’s declared political enemy, New York Attorney General Tish James, on flimsy bank fraud charges is a joke and the matter should be easily dismissed by ...Read more

As a retired admiral and former supreme allied commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, I was thrilled when Sweden and Finland joined the alliance. My first thought was about the vast coastline the two Nordic ...Read more

In the 2024 election, Donald Trump mapped an escape route for Republicans from the greatest long-term challenge facing the party. Less than a year later, that path looks much more precarious.

The core demographic ...Read more

Too much suffering on both sides. Too much division. Too much danger for Israel to be as isolated and stigmatized as it has become. Too big a rift between American Jews and the homeland we love.

Do President Donald ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to lay off more than 4,100 federal workers from seven departments in response to the partial government shutdown, according to a court filing submitted Friday.

The ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced his plans to travel to Cairo and Jerusalem to herald an agreement that has halted the fighting in Gaza and set the stage for Hamas to release hostages the militant group is ...Read more

​WASHINGTON — The Trump administration made good on its threat to begin mass firings of federal civilian employees Friday while exploring creative avenues to make sure military personnel don’t miss their paychecks ...Read more

The deployment of the Texas National Guard to Chicago at the order of President Donald Trump this week is dividing state governors and sowing discord within the National Governors Association, a long-standing group ...Read more