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The Situation: The Enduring Truths of the Mueller Report
The Situation on Sunday considered the fact that things would suck right now even without The Situation. Also over the weekend came the announcement that Bob Mueller died. Mueller’s death was the occasion—inevitably and of course—for unspeakably inappropriate presidential conduct. It has also been the occasion for some thoughtful remembrances and articles about the man, his remarkable history and legacy…
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Competing Claims on SAVE America Act Disenfranchising Voters
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said the SAVE America Act “could disenfranchise over 20 million American citizens,” while Republicans dispute that the voter registration and ID bill would block any legitimate voters. Election experts say the bill, which isn’t expected to pass, would make it difficult for some unknown number of voters to register and cast a vote. At…
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USC cancels gubernatorial debate amid mounting criticism
USC canceled its planned Tuesday gubernatorial debate, a stunning about-face that came after days of fiery criticism about excluding every prominent candidate of color from participating. Although the university defended the methodology used to determine who was invited to participate in the forum, it called off the event less than 24 hours before it was to take place. In a…
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Delta suspends major travel perk for members of Congress
Politically Georgia Your daily jolt of news and analysis from the AJC politics team. A Delta Air Lines plane is seen taking off at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in November. (Miguel Martinez/AJC) Today’s newsletter highlights: Lawmakers approve a bill increasing penalties for blocking streets. The financial imbalance in the governor’s race is widening. The state Senate passes a bill aimed…
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Immigration: Supreme Court to scrutinize former policy of turning away asylum seekers at southern border
The Supreme Court on Tuesday will consider the legality of a policy championed by President Donald Trump during his first term that prevented scores of migrants arriving at the southern border from starting the process of applying for asylum. The policy was rolled out under President Barack Obama, formalized by Trump and rescinded in 2021 under President Joe Biden, but…
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Trump says there are talks with Iran. Tehran says he’s buying time
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump started the fourth week of his war against Iran by offering the world some guarded optimism that the U.S. could soon be winding operations down, a claim that markets cheered but Iranian officials dismissed as a ploy to buy time for a conflict that is causing economic pain around the globe. In a social…
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Full hearing delayed for man charged in Loyola shooting
Sheridan Gorman spent the early morning hours on Thursday with friends, watching the skyline on the Loyola Beach Pier, prosecutors said, when she noticed someone hiding. As the group started to run away, Jose Medina, 25, fired a gun, prosecutors alleged Monday, hitting the 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student in the back while her friends took cover in a grassy…
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MAGA’s Mueller Myths – by Cathy Young
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller about to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on July 24, 2019. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) THE DEATH OF ROBERT MUELLER at the age of 81 elicited a predictably graceless reaction from Donald Trump and a torrent of mud from the MAGA swamp—including claims that the veteran prosecutor and former FBI director, picked by…
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Trump’s ‘Venezuela solution’ to Cuba would see the island nation returned to a client state
The U.S. and Cuban governments have been at odds since the conclusion of the Cuban Revolution 67 years ago. Yet despite pressure, embargoes and various CIA plots, the communist government in Havana has resisted the wishes of its very powerful neighbor separated by just 90 miles (145 kilometers) of water. From my perspective as an expert on Havana-Washington ties, however,…
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March 22, 2026 – by Heather Cox Richardson
President Donald J. Trump‘s behavior is increasingly erratic as he lashes out at those he perceives to be enemies. On Thursday he defended his failure to inform allies and partners about his February 28 attack on Iran by telling a Japanese reporter he wanted the element of surprise. “Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn’t you tell me…
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