Cast members of a popular TV sitcom featuring two gay characters are stepping out of their fictional roles to deliver a real-life message, urging voters to defeat a March ballot initiative aimed at banning recognition of same-sex marriages in California. The four stars of NBC’s hit show “Will and Grace,” which draws about 13 million … Read more
Washington State Park workers put up a new Canadian flag in front of an American flag about to be replaced during scheduled maintenance atop the Peace Arch in Peace Arch Historical State Park in 2021 in Blaine, Wash. (Elaine Thompson / Associated Press) At the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, a quote from former President Reagan … Read more
A veteran CIA officer testified Monday that former CIA spy chief Clair E. George had expressed concern about retired Air Force Gen. Richard V. Secord’s participation in the arms for hostages deal with Iran, despite earlier statements by George to the contrary. The reluctant but potentially damaging testimony by George W. Cave provided support for … Read more
Jarrett Borden, a Florida resident, speaks about President Trump and Elon Musk in Hollywood, Fla., on Wednesday. (Daniel Kozin / Associated Press) The nation will hear a new president sing a far different tune in his prime-time address before Congress on Tuesday night. Some Americans will lustily sing along. Others will plug their ears. The … Read more
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House on Friday in Washington. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) Key Republicans and Democrats in Congress have been stalwart supporters of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but the blowup between the Ukrainian leader and President Trump is threatening to change that. Zelensky … Read more
Beyoncé, left, has given Vice President Kamala Harris her blessing to use her song “Freedom,” an explosive expression of empowerment, at campaign events and in ads. (Associated Press) Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid for the presidency has a soundtrack: Beyoncé’s “Freedom.” The song played as the leading Democratic presidential candidate took the stage in her … Read more
Gov. Gavin Newsom, Jennifer Siebel Newsom and their children, from left, Dutch, Brooklynn, Hunter and Montana, are shown on Jan. 6, 2023, after Newsom took the oath of office in Sacramento. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) Gov. Gavin Newsom and wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom plan to move their family back to Marin County, a … Read more
I’m all for the separation of church and state. I believe that government endorsement of any particular religious sect or tradition has a corrosive effect on both the state and the faith in question. But I also think the attempt to separate religion from government is veering toward a foolish, parochial and ultimately impossible quest … Read more
Seeking again to quell repercussions from his conduct during the divisive Vietnam War, Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton on Tuesday urged the nation’s veterans to cast their votes for the future and not let fester the issues of the past. Clinton confronted the potential political fallout of his efforts to avoid military service before a … Read more
The House approved a bill Wednesday that rewrites two decades of water law in California, wiping out environmental protections and dropping reforms of federal irrigation policy that have long irritated agribusiness in the Central Valley. The legislation passed on a mostly party line vote of 246-175 in the Republican-controlled House. But its prospects of becoming … Read more
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