World Sep 12, 2021
At 9/11 ceremonies, moments of silence, tributes and tears
by Michael Gold and Katie Rogers
Even as time has passed, the people who gathered across the U.S. and the globe said the wounds from 9/11 have remained fresh.
Commentary / World Aug 22, 2021
Afghanistan was always about American politics
by James K. Galbraith
From Vietnam to the Persian Gulf, the American empire has been defeated and worn down about as thoroughly as the British and French in the early 1960s.
World / Politics Nov 6, 2020
Flashbacks to Florida in 2000 as Trump heads to court to save his presidency
by Peter Baker
The White House hoped to find a "James Baker-like” figure to lead its postelection battle to somehow find a way to win a second term. But the original James Baker said the White House should stop trying to stop the votes from being counted. Baker, ...
Commentary / World Nov 4, 2020
Don’t invoke Bush v. Gore to challenge 2020 voting
by Cass R. Sunstein
A note to Republicans and Democrats alike: Bush v. Gore does not draw into legal doubt the right of local authorities to decide how to conduct their elections.
World / Politics Sep 3, 2018
Democrats blast Trump move to withhold 100,000 pages of Brett Kavanaugh's records
Senate Democrats criticized the withholding of documents ahead of Tuesday's start of confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, even as a top Republican predicted he would be approved by a healthy margin. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York ...
World / Crime & Legal Dec 14, 2017
Pentagon issues denial after U.N. rights investigator says torture persists at Guantanamo Bay
An independent U.N. human rights investigator said on Wednesday that he had information about an inmate being tortured at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay detention facility, despite Washington banning "enhanced interrogation techniques" almost 10 years ago. The U.S. Department of Defense denied the allegation, saying there ...
World / Politics Nov 5, 2017
Neither George Bush voted for Trump, book author tells New York Times
George Bush and his son George W. Bush did not vote for fellow Republican Donald Trump last year, says the author of a new book on the 41st and 43rd U.S. presidents in which they open up about their disapproval of the man now ...
Baseball | BASEBALL BULLET-IN Nov 26, 2016
Pondering Trump's future prospects of throwing out first pitches in MLB, NPB
by Wayne Graczyk
What kind of president will Donald Trump be regarding sports? U.S. presidents have a tradition of throwing out the first ball to open a Major League Baseball season. They are also known for welcoming World Series winners and champion teams from other sports leagues to ...
Editorials Jul 12, 2016
The reverberations of the decision to invade Iraq may well obscure the lessons of the Chilcot report.
World / Politics Jun 18, 2016
George W. Bush ends exile, hits campaign trial to help Republicans raise money
Former President George W. Bush had every intention of sticking to his self-imposed exile from politics, but found that the phone kept ringing with appeals from Republican U.S. Senate candidates for help, friends say. As a result, Bush has embarked on a rescue mission to ...
World / Politics Jan 11, 2016
GOP state leader urges George W. Bush to save Republicans from Trump
by Michael C. Bender
For much of the 2016 Republican primary, conventional wisdom has had it that former President George W. Bush is something of a liability to his brother Jeb's struggling campaign. But for at least one top Republican in South Carolina—the state that holds the American South's ...
World / Politics Oct 19, 2015
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush transitioned from defense to offense on Sunday after criticism from rival Donald Trump that his brother, former President George W. Bush, carried some blame for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Trump, the flamboyant front-runner in the 15-candidate Republican field, once ...