Politics

Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf told a packed congressional hearing Tuesday that the U.S. military would become “a second-class armed force” if President Clinton lifts the ban on homosexuals serving in the military, and a highly visible Marine, in riveting testimony, said he would fear for his gay son’s life if the young man joined … Read more

President Clinton arrived in Washington four years ago with a full head of wavy, graying hair. It has grown silvery in time–more presidential, if anything. But what is this? The main man’s mane is on the wane. In the right light–and at certain camera angles–the pink flesh of Clinton’s scalp shines through his feathered hairdo. … Read more

Usha Vance attends a campaign rally on Nov. 1, 2024, in Selma, N.C. (Allison Joyce / Associated Press) Second lady Usha Vance plans a trip to Greenland, the self-governing, mineral-rich territory of American ally Denmark that President Trump has suggested the United States should take control over. Vance will leave Thursday and return Saturday, according … Read more

It was a dark chapter in American history. For more than half a century, California and other states forcibly sterilized 60,000 mentally ill people as part of a misguided national campaign to eliminate crime, “feeblemindedness,” alcoholism, poverty and other problems blamed for dragging society down. On Tuesday, Gov. Gray Davis apologized, placing California in a … Read more

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) arrives to speak during a “Fighting Oligarchy” tour event Thursday at Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. (Ross D. Franklin / Associated Press) Bernie Sanders stepped onto a stage in downtown Denver, surrounded by tens of thousands of cheering supporters in what he described as the biggest rally he had ever … Read more

Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer during a TV interview at the Capitol in Washington. (Ben Curtis / Associated Press) Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer says he won’t resign his post, despite pressure from some in his party after he voted to move forward with a Republican spending bill that avoided a government shutdown. … Read more

Alan Dershowitz, an attorney for President Trump, speaks during the impeachment trial in the Senate on Monday. (Senate Television via Associated Press) Celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who has sought to cast himself as a nonpartisan member of President Trump’s defense team, pledged Tuesday that he would not earn money from his work in the Senate … Read more

Billionaire Michael R. Bloomberg, in Norfolk, Va., a day after announcing his presidential bid. He plans to entirely self-fund his campaign. (Getty Images) Billionaire Michael R. Bloomberg announced his run for president on Sunday and immediately demonstrated the power of his wealth by launching a massive television ad campaign that cost tens of millions of … Read more

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2024. His Democratic colleagues in the Senate say he’s the architect of their new digital push. (Susan Walsh / Associated Press) For weeks, Democratic lawmakers have met with and mimicked figures they believe may offer them a path back to power … Read more