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Opinion

Netanyahu says Israel will decide response

Columns

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday his country would be the one to decide whether and how to respond to Iran's major air assault earlier this week, brushing off calls for restraint from close allies. Israel has vowed to respond to Iran's unprecedented ...

Answer letter on ‘predictions’

Letters to the Editor

EDITOR: This is a direct response to Gary Merrill’s latest letter (April 11), as there was much misinformation in his letter. Under President Joe Biden, the unemployment rate hit a half-century low of 3.4%. Former president Donald Trump’s lowest number was 3.5%. The unemployment rate ...

$475B in the couch cushions

Columns

Here we go again. President Joe Biden has, once more, claimed to find astonishingly wide-ranging authority to forgive student loans hiding in minute places deep in the federal code. Biden has already been rebuked for this practice by the Supreme Court, yet he remains undeterred. He’s ...

First 7 jurors chosen for Trump’s trial

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NEW YORK (AP) — The first seven jurors for Donald Trump's hush money trial were seated Tuesday after lawyers grilled the jury pool about their social media posts, political views and personal lives to decide who can sit in fair judgment of the former president. The panelists who were ...

House Republicans send Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House sent two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, forcing a trial on allegations that he has "willfully and systematically" refused to enforce immigration laws. While the Senate is obligated to hold ...

Not so simple as just saying it

Letters to the Editor

EDITOR: Just a quick thought and a reminder. You cannot declare yourself to be a medical doctor. You cannot declare yourself to be a five-star military officer. You cannot declare yourself a college graduate. You cannot even declare yourself to be a certified automobile ...