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Leonard Pitts: Can a nation in winter rally behind a common cause?

by Leonard Pitts Jr. Tribune Content Agency September 14, 2022September 13, 2022

In announcing his Cancer Moonshot initiative, President Biden repeatedly invoked JFK – but the 35th president led a different America in a different time.

Nation & World

Biden honors 9/11 victims, vows commitment to thwart terror

by COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press September 11, 2022

The president took part in a somber wreath-laying ceremony held at the Pentagon under a steady rain.

Nation & World, News, Politics

Gloves off, Biden embraces tough tone on ‘MAGA Republicans’

by SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press September 8, 2022September 8, 2022

Joe Biden’s increasingly stark warnings about Trump-fueled elements of the Republican Party are making up the core part of his midterm message.

Op-eds, Opinion

Leonard Pitts: Trying to persuade Trump Republicans is a waste of time

by Leonard Pitts Jr. Tribune Content Agency September 7, 2022September 6, 2022

For once, President Biden called it as he saw it. MAGA believers thought he was dreadfully unkind.

Election 2020, Nation & World, News, Politics

Ginni Thomas pressed Wisconsin lawmakers to overturn Biden’s 2020 victory

by Emma Brown The Washington Post September 1, 2022September 1, 2022

Ginni Thomas’s political activism is highly unusual for the spouse of a Supreme Court justice, and for years it has raised questions about potential conflicts of interest for her husband.

Nation & World, News, Politics

Unfinished business: Biden sharpens his attacks on Trumpism

by ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press August 31, 2022August 31, 2022

President Biden, who largely avoided even referring to ‘the former guy’ by name during his first year in office, has grown increasingly vocal in calling out Donald Trump personally.

Nation & World, News

Student loan relief limited for many by U.S. drug war’s legacy

by AARON MORRISON Associated Press August 30, 2022August 30, 2022

Many have cheered the White House proposal to provide student loan debt relief to millions of Americans as a significant step toward addressing the nation’s racial wealth gap.