2+ hour, 52+ min ago  (818+ words) People demonstrate outside the U. S. Supreme Court ahead of President Donald Trump's arrival on April 1. Justices heard oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara to determine if President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship is constitutional. At last Friday's Los Angeles Times Book…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (827+ words) President Donald Trump received Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach ahead of their fifth meeting in the United States this year. The close relationship between the U. S. and Israel has become foreboding for both nations....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (427+ words) Demonstrators hold inverted U. S. flags near the U. S. Capitol during the "We Are All DC" national march in solidarity with DC communities and calling for an end to the deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D. C. , on Sept. 6, 2025. We Americans are a…...

4+ mon, 3+ day ago  (330+ words) What once promised connection now delivers outrage cycles instead, Robert Cropf writes. I first encountered Leszek Ko'akowski, the Polish political thinker, as an undergraduate. It was he who warned of "an all-encompassing crisis" that societies can feel but cannot clearly…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago  (353+ words) Labor is silent, the middle class is weakened and policy reflects wealth, not the public good, writes Ahmed Bouzid. America likes to tell itself stories about freedom, democracy and shared prosperity. But beneath those stories, a quiet tragedy has unfolded…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (639+ words) "A Long Petal of the Sea" by Isabel Allende. (Ballantine Books) The Seattle Public Library loves to promote books and reading. This column, submitted by the library, is a space to share reading and book trends from a librarian's perspective....

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (529+ words) The America's Got Talent live shows kick off on Tuesday, August 19, at 8/7c, and fans are already making their predictions on who is going to walk away as the Season 20 champion on the September 24 finale. The NBC competition series wrapped up…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1264+ words) Ivan Gallardo, 14, goes down the slide at Franklin Pool Thursday, June 15, 2023, in Yakima, Wash. This story was originally published on Oct. 26, 2023. Positive news about the progress and fundraising for the planned Martin Luther King Jr. Park Aquatic Center has been…...