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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders vehemently oppose an anti-retail theft measure on the November ballot. But they're being ignored by California voters who...

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From the Dispatch Politics on The Dispatch Happy Thursday! Election Day is 47 days away. At his Long Island rally last night, former President Donald Trump walked out to his … Click to Continue...

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Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The situation on the Korean Peninsula is one of the most enduring geopolitical challenges, and the pursuit of a free and unified Korea represents both a … Click to Continue »...

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Electronic pagers across Lebanon exploded simultaneously on Tuesday, killing 12 and wounding more than 2,700. The following day, another wave of explosions in the country came from detonating wal...

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Last month on Truth Social, former President Donald Trump reposted a collage of young women wearing "Swifties for Trump" T-shirts. Most of the images clearly looked as if they'd been … Click to...

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I try to stay optimistic that our institutions, our democracy and our American mixing-bowl experiment are all going to survive the current stress test they're undergoing. But lately I've been …...

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The presidential election has brought back a topic that always seems to need more momentum to succeed, but always has enough support to stick around: ending the Department of Education. … Click...

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Whenever the topic of China comes up for discussion, President Joe Biden's administration has a talking point waiting in its back pocket: While the U.S. and China are global competitors, … Clic...

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Australia's government wants to ban children up to age 16 from social media, and is spending millions of dollars to figure out how. I'm willing to wager it won't take … Click to Continue »

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Marie-Louise stood in Boston's Logan Airport, clutching her two young children. Behind them was a life shattered by violence in Haiti, forcing them to flee for safety. Now, they face … Click to...

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A large national survey released last week by PRRI, a nonpartisan, nonprofit polling organization, applied some sharp detail to the rise of authoritarianism in the U.S. The overall trend, of … ...

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Since President Jimmy Carter created the modern Department of Education in 1979, the department has faced continuous calls for its abolition. This threat has persisted through Republican administ...

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Tax increases get the attention, but regulations can be even costlier. The Committee to Unleash Prosperity recently found new rules imposed during the Biden-Harris administration will cost taxpay...

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Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is back in the news. As of early September, the World Health Organization has reported more than 5,000 laboratory-confirmed cases this year. Given the well-docu...

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Anyone glancing at the headlines might think the electric vehicle market is doomed: Mainstream shoppers are skeptical, old-fashioned gas guzzlers are making the profits, and ex-President Donald T...

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As a scientist, I view every animal behavior as a crucial data point, revealing an animal's well-being through the collective story they tell. After 25 years in the wildlife world, … Click to C...

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Britain is beset by a feeling of listless decline. There is a sense that nothing works anymore, that the taxation the government collects (at its highest level since 1948) is … Click to Continu...

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From the Boiling Frogs on The Dispatch The "respectable" case for populist governance goes like this. Yes, we'll probably have to put up with more demagoguery than we're used to … Click to Cont...

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Everyone needs to stop talking about the lube. Right now. The arrest of music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs is not about the 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lube discovered … Click to Continue »

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Jerk alert! Social media users are spreading rumors that a sequel to the hit 1985 film The Goonies is under production. "Steven Spielberg will direct the sequel," claim the posts, … Click to Co...

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Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Does America need a shrink? Has American behavior, certainly regarding the November presidential election, become so irrational and inexplicable that clinical help, if it were a...

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Once again, former President Donald Trump is talking about his candidacy as if he doesn't have a presidency we can refer to. This time the topic is the construction of … Click to Continue »

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Three tiny puppies born last year at an Ohio breeding facility were just 3 days old when they took their last breath. According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) … Click to Continue »...

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Former President Donald Trump isn’t a threat to democracy. Vice President Kamala Harris should acknowledge this before someone else tries to murder the former president. On Sunday, the Secret S...

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South Carolina is scheduled to resume executions Friday with the lethal injection of 46-year-old Freddie Owens, and the state could execute five more people every five weeks through March. Since ...

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Getting folks to watch a documentary about the Big Lie is a Big Ask. Who wants to relive that horrible chapter in America's political history, especially while we're writing a … Click to Contin...

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Donald Trump, in his determined effort to claim the mantle of friend of the working man and woman, unveiled a proposal the other day to make overtime pay tax-exempt. "People … Click to Continue...

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Another unwell person sought to kill Donald Trump, according to the FBI and other officials. We should all be grateful that no one was hurt, and that the Secret Service … Click to Continue »

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Did you know I share a first name with pop icon Michael Jackson’s brother Tito? You do now. Tito passed away at 70, his family announced Sunday on social media. … Click to Continue »

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George Stinney Jr. was just 14, a kid fond of art and airplanes with his whole life ahead of him, when men led him from his home and made him … Click to Continue »

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