'America's balance sheet': Will Trump open public lands to new uses and ease protections?
Doug Burgum, incoming President Donald Trump’s pick for Interior Secretary, told Senators Thursday that the nation's federal lands are “America’s balance sheet.” The North Dakota governor, who comes ...
Soaring wealth inequality has remade the map of American prosperity
One need only glance at headlines about Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and other super-wealthy individuals to understand that wealth ...
Democrats' crisis of the future: The biggest states that back them are shrinking
California, Illinois and New York are shrinking. Texas and Florida are growing rapidly. With America’s population shifting from reliably Democratic states to areas controlled by Republicans, Democrats ...
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JD Vance's Ohio hometown struggles with how to recognize the incoming vice president
In Middletown, Ohio, many residents of JD Vance's hometown are bursting with pride at their native son’s accomplishments. But ...
I've driven through 49 states. Here's the most incredible spot in each region of the US.
After a year of driving through 49 states, here is the best spot in each region of the US from the South's Everglades to the ...
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Supreme Court seems open to age checks for online porn, though some free-speech questions remain
The Supreme Court seems open to a Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing online pornography. But the justices could ...