There’s no law that says a politician has to write a book after a big election. Kamala Harris, the former vice president, was not required to write a book about her losing 2024 presidential campaign. But she wrote one anyway, and now a lot of people, those favorable to Harris and those not, are wondering why she did.
At Sunday’s memorial for the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump paid a peculiar tribute. Having quoted Kirk’s words of forgiveness, he put aside the script.
Though human history is undeniably replete with political violence, Brian Klaas, a professor of global politics who studies these events, asserts that three key factors currently place the United States at high risk for this type of destabilizing violence.
The overhaul of American attitudes toward immigration has many fronts. One is the border, both the southern and northern frontiers. Another is workplaces – Mexican restaurants, manufacturing plants like the Hyundai facility where hundreds of Koreans recently were arrested – where the undocumented are found. A third is this week’s emphasis on sanctuary cities, which harbor many of the migrants Donald Trump is targeting.
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When the United States pushed to reduce tariffs and other trade barriers in the wake of World War II, much of the world followed its lead, embracing the argument from America’s leaders that increasing trade would increase prosperity.
It’s hard to take Jell-O salad to the after-church brunch a few hours after your husband of 33 years runs off with a younger woman.
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During the rituals of prayers and stories one night, Angel Studios co-founder Jeffrey Harmon’s young son asked: “Dad, what does the other side of your eyeballs look like? ... Can I pull them out and look at them?”