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Opinion

Trump: The insulter in chief

Each time one thinks President Trump has reached the lowest level possible in insulting his enemies, he finds new depths to plunge. Following a 6-3 ruling by the Supreme Court, which included three conservative justices he appointed, the president called the justices “fools,” a ...

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The bad news is for at least the remainder of this year 47 will continue to tax Americans with his tariffs, probably start a war, drug prices will increase, he will embarrass America on the international stage, try to rig the midterms, make money off Americans, and violate the law on a weekly ...

Some in Congress still try to advance rail safety legislation

More than three years after a disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Congress has continued to sit on its hands rather than upset its friends in the railroad industry by implementing desperately needed rail safety reform. Well, most of Congress, anyway. A few have repeatedly tried to push ...

Changing political parties has become commonplace

With the changing political climate in the Mahoning Valley, it didn’t come as a major shock that Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Cynthia Westcott Rice, a longtime Democrat, switched political parties and filed as a Republican. But after pledging her allegiance to being a ...

At America’s 250th birthday, Democrats want a different country

Jack Hughes delivered the gold medal to the U.S. ice hockey team in the winter Olympics, scoring the winning goal in overtime play. In a postgame interview, Hughes exclaimed: “This is all about our country now. I love the USA. I love my teammates. It’s unbelievable. The USA hockey ...