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Comment: AI ‘cannibals’ eating into $20 billion music market

AI-produced songs are taking money from the artists it feeds from. A new detection tool could help.

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Stephens: Trump made right call to block Iran’s nuclear plans

While there are unknowns, the bombing leaves Iran with few options other than negotiation.

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Comment: Trump isn’t first president to treat press badly

It doesn’t excuse excluding the AP from the Oval Office, but presidential cold shoulders are nothing new.

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Comment: Immigration crackdown has economic fallout for all

Undocumented workers are a major source of labor in many fields. Replacing them won’t be easy; or cheap.

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Editorial cartoons for Tuesday, June 24

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

Making adjustments to keep Social Security solvent represents only one of the issues confronting Congress. It could also correct outdated aspects of a program that serves nearly 90 percent of Americans over 65. (Stephen Savage/The New York Times) -- NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY SLUGGED SCI SOCIAL SECURITY BY PAULA SPAN FOR NOV. 26, 2018. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED.

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Editorial: Congress must act on Social Security’s solvency

That some workers are weighing early retirement and reduced benefits should bother members of Congress.

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Kristof: Bombing of Iranian nuclear sites leaves 3 key unknowns

We don’t know how Iran will respond, if the attacks were successful or if they can lead to…

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Harrop: With success against Iranian targets, time to step back

Trump’s call to strike was right, as is his declaration to shift the conversation to negotiations.

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Stephens: Here’s one path for Trump in dealing with Iran

The U.S. should bomb a nuclear facility at Fordo, but then follow with a carrot-and-stick offer.

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Comment: MAGA coalition may not survive U.S. attack on Iran

Split over Trump’s campaign promise of no ‘forever wars,’ his supporters are attacking each other.

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Ask voters what they want done on immigration

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Immigration problems are result of Democrats

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THis is an editorial cartoon by Michael de Adder . Michael de Adder was born in Moncton, New Brunswick. He studied art at Mount Allison University where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drawing and painting. He began his career working for The Coast, a Halifax-based alternative weekly, drawing a popular comic strip called Walterworld which lampooned the then-current mayor of Halifax, Walter Fitzgerald. This led to freelance jobs at The Chronicle-Herald and The Hill Times in Ottawa, Ontario. After freelancing for a few years, de Adder landed his first full time cartooning job at the Halifax Daily News. After the Daily News folded in 2008, he became the full-time freelance cartoonist at New Brunswick Publishing. He was let go for political views expressed through his work including a cartoon depicting U.S. President Donald Trump’s border policies. He now freelances for the Halifax Chronicle Herald, the Toronto Star, Ottawa Hill Times and Counterpoint in the USA. He has over a million readers per day and is considered the most read cartoonist in Canada. Michael de Adder has won numerous awards for his work, including seven Atlantic Journalism Awards plus a Gold Innovation Award for news animation in 2008. He won the Association of Editorial Cartoonists' 2002 Golden Spike Award for best editorial cartoon spiked by an editor and the Association of Canadian Cartoonists 2014 Townsend Award. The National Cartoonists Society for the Reuben Award has shortlisted him in the Editorial Cartooning category. He is a past president of the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists and spent 10 years on the board of the Cartoonists Rights Network.

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Editorial cartoons for Monday, June 23

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

Minnesota State Patrol Special Response Team vehicles on a rural road during a manhunt for a man suspected of assassinating a Democratic state lawmaker and attempting to kill another, in Green Isle, Minn., on Sunday, June 15, 2025. A man suspected of assassinating a Minnesota lawmaker on Saturday and of shooting another was identified by the authorities as Vance Boelter, 57. (Tim Gruber/The New York Times)

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Comment: ‘Lone wolf’ myth makes it harder to confront extremism

Connected by social media, violent extremists often are inspired and encouraged by others.

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Editorial cartoons for Sunday, June 22

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

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Comment: Signing on to a bright future in STEM careers

A Jackson grad signs her intent to study neuroscience, impressed with the doctors who saved her dad.

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Comment: ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ hides ugly consequences for families

Urge your members of Congress to preserve funding for Medicaid, SNAP and more that aids communities.

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Comment: Why you don’t want MAHA as your nutritionist or doctor

Americans can make their own health choices; government helps best by informing those choices.

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Forum: Building WSU Everett as it grows our local workforce

Our region will need credential workers. Support for WSU Everett is key to meeting the needs of students.

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Forum: The arc of pride and mourning for a kid’s athletic dream

Disappointment when a child’s aspirations end allows finding acceptance and hope in new objectives.