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Trump calls Democrats communists Editor: Donald Trump, without any evidence, has been warning recently that communism will pose a threat to the United States if Democrats win in the midterm elections. “It’s the biggest threat to our country, including World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, September 11th,” he said in a political message as he visited the newly constructed Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota. He referred to Democrats as “hard core, godless Communists” at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s 2026 policy conference. Trump’s latest round of ...

Dear Annie

Columns

Dear Annie: My 14-year-old daughter spends far too much time on social media, and I am beginning to see it affect her mood, confidence and sleep. She checks her phone the moment she wakes up and often stays online long after she is supposed to be asleep. If a friend posts a picture ...

To your good health

Columns

DEAR DR. ROACH: About four months ago, my doctor switched me from a combination of 5 mg of amlodipine and 100 mg of Losartan daily (which I'd been taking for several years) to 10 mg of amlodipine only. Things went just fine until very recently, when I started developing some annoying skin ...

Clarence Page

Columns

It is unfortunate but also ironically appropriate that national efforts to celebrate the nation's birth have been rattled by internal disputes over how that birth should be celebrated. "Who controls the past controls the future," wrote George Orwell in 1984. "Who controls the present controls ...

Veronique de Rugy

Columns

Congress loves to wrap legislation in the language of the public interest. This year's surface transportation reauthorization bill is no exception. Supporters describe the House Transportation Committee-passed package as a major safety bill designed to make America's transportation system ...

Holding Space for Good

Columns

Frederick Law Olmsted is well known for pioneering landscape architecture. We know him as the man behind Central Park in New York City, which was his first major park project. He is also well known for his work on the U.S. Capitol grounds and the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. ...