PARIS — U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration routinely treat Europe like it's a golddigger who always forgets her purse at home. Being the self-appointed alpha, he's only too keen to remind her how much of a drag she is on his wallet. He sighs and lets the whole restaurant know ...
In October, the new owners of CBS appointed Bari Weiss to the new position of editor-in-chief, which has made her far more controversial than the actual content of CBS News would suggest. Weiss quickly became a scandalous figure out of all proportion to the actual content of CBS News under her ...
Another exercise in nonpartisan cooperation ended sadly, as Donald Trump undoubtedly planned. Every year, the nation's governors meet with the president to discuss common concerns. Trump had initially banned two Democratic members of the National Governors Association from attending — ...
Gavin Newsom won't be the Democrats' 2028 presidential nominee unless he wins a significant share of the African American vote. So how's he courting it? Promoting his new memoir to a largely black audience in Atlanta, the California governor decided to forge a connection by boasting about ...
It seems like everyone in Chicago has a story about the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died last week at the age of 84. Here's mine. I was a young reporter when I first talked to him, working the weekend and holiday shifts, which meant I often covered some of the bleakest stories in the ...
Having covered the late Rev. Jesse Jackson off and on since the 1960s, I am still amused to receive an email from one of my many critics who wants me to know that you don't have to be white to find something to criticize about Black people, as if I didn't know. In fact, I've made an ...
