Sports
Raleigh, Judge heat up homer race at Yankee Stadium
NEW YORK — In the battle of baseball’s biggest sluggers, Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh both delivered in…
Opinion
Welch: A plan to supply drugs to addicts is a dangerous dance
A state panel’s plan to create a ‘safer supply’ of drugs is the wrong path to addiction recovery.
Opinion
Douthat: Conservatives sacrificed own goals to pay for tax cuts
Along with its cuts to Medicaid, long-held GOP priorities were ignored in the Big Beautiful Bill.
Opinion
Comment: Supreme Court porn ruling a naked change to speech rights
The majority ignored a 20-year-old ruling that overturned an age-verification law similar to the Texas law.
Opinion
Comment: With Voice of America silenced, who’s next?
The Trump administration saw VOA as ‘radical left’ media. It’s the mark of authoritarian governments.
Opinion
Comment: Michelle Obama is quitting politics. Or is she?
She may be stepping back from campaigns and speeches, but her new podcast is in itself a political…
Sports
NHL players, owners vote to ratify 4-year CBA
Notable changes include an 84-game season starting in 2026, shorter contract terms.
Sports
Paolo Banchero, Orlando agree to max contract extension
The former O’Dea star could earn up to $287 million over five years.
Opinion
Was Republicans’ BBB just socialism for the ultra-rich?
It seems to this reader that the recently passed spending and tax bill provides a big Christmas morning…
Opinion
GOP priorities are not pro-life, or pro-Christian
The Republican Party has long branded itself as the pro-life, pro-Christian party. But their legislative priorities fly straight…
Opinion
Comment: $100 billion for ICE just asks for waste, fraud, abuse
It will expand its holding facilities, more than double its agents and ensnare immigrants and citizens alike.
Opinion
Comment: Students can thrive if we lock up their phones
There’s plenty of research proving the value of phone bans. The biggest hurdle has been parents.
Opinion
Dowd: A lesson from amicable Founding Foes Adams and Jefferson
A new exhibit on the two founders has advice as we near the nation’s 250th birthday in the…
Opinion
Comment: RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel turns misinformation into policy
The new CDC panel’s railroading of a decision to pull a flu vaccine foreshadows future unsound decisions.
Opinion
Saunders: Combs’ mixed verdict shows perils of over-charging
Granted, the hip-hop mogul is a dirtbag, but prosecutors reached too far to send him to prison.
Opinion
Comment: Supreme Court’s majority is picking its battles
If a constitutional crisis with Trump must happen, the chief justice wants it on his terms.
Sports
Pirates finish historically bad offensive series in Seattle
SEATTLE — Similar to the first two games of the series, the Pirates were held scoreless Sunday afternoon,…