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Trump accuses Biden of causing a border ‘bloodbath’

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump accused President Joe Biden of unleashing a “bloodbath” at the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday, escalating his inflammatory rhetoric as he campaigned in two Midwestern swing states likely to be critical to the outcome of the 2024 election. Trump, who ...

Wisconsin voters approve ban on private money for elections

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Private money to fund elections will be banned in Wisconsin after voters approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday put forward by Republicans in reaction to grants received in 2020 that were funded by donations from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Voters also ...

Colorblindness is America’s most transgressive idea

Writer Coleman Hughes went on “The View” and was greeted almost as though he had shown up wearing a white hood. Hughes, a soft-spoken black intellectual who is a political independent, was talking about his new book, “The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America.” ...

Group halts food delivery after Israeli strike kills 7

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Some of Israel's closest allies, including the United States, on Tuesday condemned the deaths of seven aid workers who were killed by airstrikes in Gaza — a loss that prompted multiple charities to suspend food deliveries to Palestinians on the brink of ...

Gulliver’s entanglement

As he ambled down the street, friends observed his slowed gait and bowed shoulders. To them, he seemed as though he was bearing the weight of the world. Erased were the quick stride and bounce in his steps, accompanied with an effervescent smile. What they could not see were the invisible ...