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Virginia governor’s race shows the treacherous terrain of Trumpian GOP politics

ARLINGTON, Va. – The breakfasters at Bob and Edith’s Diner are too preoccupied with their tasty bacon and…

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President Trump needs his own ‘Luther’ – in reverse

Remember how critics used to argue that President Barack Obama was more reserved and dispassionate than he ought…

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#MeToo: My daughter and granddaughter, too

While trying not to indulge in schadenfreude over those hypocritical Hollywood elites who’ve claimed to stand for “women’s…

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Former President Bush says what needs to be said on Trump

WASHINGTON – George W. Bush’s speech last week at a forum hosted by his eponymous institute might as…

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UofL right to fire Jurich, but what took so long?

The firing of Tom Jurich as the University of Louisville’s athletics director has sparked consternation in some quarters.…

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Trump gives Democrats a lifeline

The latest CNN poll should be a wake-up call for Republicans. Among its findings: President Donald Trump’s approval…

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Beshear legal stunt ill-serves taxpayers

Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear says he is signing up Kentuckians for a lawsuit that has everything to…

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Democrats go after the wrong target for 2018

One of the Democrats’ first political ads of the 2018 campaign attacks “Paul Ryan and the Washington Republicans.”…

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Congress must rein in surveillance abuses

Congress will soon have the choice of either reining in government abuses of surveillance powers or perpetuating them.…

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The Trump-McConnell detente

That was some chaotic scene in the White House Rose Garden on Monday. After lunch with Senate Majority…