VERSAILLES, Pa. — As if to emphasize that this river town of 1,200 has zero in common with the royalty that once ruled at the eponymous location outside Paris, royalty far removed from the concerns and the despair of its people, this Youghiogheny River town is pronounced in its own unique ...
by Carl P. Leubsdorf The controversial rulings in the Trump documents case by a Florida federal judge nominated by the former president — and the prospect that a Trump-dominated appeals court will consider any appeals — is a vivid reminder of the long reach of any president’s ...
President John F. Kennedy committed America to landing on the moon in a speech on Sept. 12, 1962. It was spring. The calendar said otherwise, yes. But, as has been argued before in this space, Kennedy presided over a season of renewal, a season when optimism was birthright, confidence, high ...
by Jonathan D. Glater and Dalié Jiménez In a remarkable move, the Biden administration Wednesday announced that it would cancel millions of dollars in federal student loans, giving struggling student borrowers some concrete good news. This mini debt jubilee, accompanied by another ...
Keeping up with the times is important A recent article in the Washington Post described President Biden’s pause to use outside experts to help him work through his approach to multiple crises facing his presidency as a diversion. The topic was the dire condition of democracy at home and ...
by Samar Al-Bulushi and Lina Benabdallah Last week Secretary of State Anthony Blinken released the Biden administration’s long-awaited Africa strategy during his visit to South Africa. Perhaps the most notable shift in tone during Blinken’s five-day, three-country tour of the ...