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Opinion

Smith defends Trump investigations at public Congressional hearing

Columns

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith defended his investigations of President Donald Trump at a congressional hearing Thursday in which he insisted he had acted without regard to politics and had no second thoughts about the criminal charges he brought. "No ...

Almanac for Jan. 23, 2026

Columns

Today is Friday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2026. There are 342 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1870, approximately 200 Piegan Blackfoot tribe members, mostly women, children and older adults, were killed by U.S. Army troops under the command of Major Eugene Mortimer Baker in ...

Obstructing ICE not a crime that warrants military intervention

Editorials

In better times with better political leaders, the tragic shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis would have caused each side in the fight over Immigration and Customs Enforcement to de-escalate and try to calm the furies. Instead, both sides are courting more confrontation that could end in even ...

Thanks postal workers faced with understaffing

Letters to the Editor

Bouquet From Renee Lindow, Breitung Township: I would like to thank the postal workers who are working extra hours under difficult circumstances to deliver the mail, newspapers and packages to the residents of this area. Also for those trying to maintain the usual operations within the post ...

Does Trump need a portrait of Polk?

Columns

Donald Trump has a painting of Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office, but as he tries to browbeat Denmark into coughing up Greenland, maybe he should add a portrait of a Jackson acolyte — James K. Polk. If cold-eyed American expansionism is the theme, there are fewer better representatives than ...