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Trump focuses on foreign policy, voters worry about cost of living

Editorial

President Donald Trump kicked off his midterm campaign travel this week with a bipolar economy: huge growth but plummeting consumer confidence. How he navigates that tension will determine how badly Republicans fare this fall. This was the president’s message in Iowa on Tuesday night: “Our economy is booming. Incomes are rising. Investment is soaring. Inflation has been defeated. Our border is closed.” There are good metrics to lean on. The economy grew at an annualized 4.4 percent rate in the third quarter. Inflation, while still above the 2 percent target, has slowed ...

MAGA not really the country's powerful force

Columns

By MONA CHAREN Syndicated columnist As we survey the wreckage of Trump’s second term, it is often said that HALF THE COUNTRY voted for this, or worse, HALF THE COUNTRY is fine with this. That isn’t true. MAGA is a bit of a moving target, but a recent Economist/YouGov poll found that ...

Who Epstein really was and why story still matters

Columns

By ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS Syndicated columnist For years, the public conversation about Jeffrey Epstein has been flattened into a single, horrifying dimension: sex crimes. Those crimes were real, brutal and unforgivable. The women and girls he exploited, often coerced, drugged and ...

Give snowplows space while on the road

Editorial

The people who labor to keep the roadways clear of snow and ice have a request for the public — please keep your distance, for their sake and yours. With 13 separate incidents involving vehicles striking county snowplows in Wisconsin so far this winter, that state’s Department of Transportation and the Wisconsin County Highway Association urge motorists to give snowplows plenty of space while crews work to keep roads safe during winter weather. “Road and weather conditions can change quickly during Wisconsin winters and snowplow operators brave winter’s worst to keep our ...

Pollsters don’t ask if anti-ICE activists have ‘gone too far'

Columns

By TIM GRAHAM Syndicated columnist The unrest in Minneapolis has died down, and the Trump administration is pulling 700 immigration-enforcement offers out of the area. But all of the national media scrutiny has obsessed over Team Trump. They have rarely acted to “hold government ...

Women’s heart health focus of Wear Red Day

Editorial

Women’s heart health focus of Wear Red Day The American Heart Association is calling on the public to participate in National Wear Red Day by donning red today in support of the Go Red for Women movement that focuses women’s heart health and awareness. The association’s Go Red for Women campaign highlights some of the risks and challenges women face when it comes to cardiovascular health, such as: • Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women; • Nearly 45% of women older than age 20 are living with some form of cardiovascular disease; • Cardiovascular ...