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Commentary: Supreme Court may want to check the Bible on citizenship and rights

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President Donald Trump claims that birthright citizenship isn’t that: a birthright. He wants the authority to revoke the citizenship of U.S.-born children of immigrants here illegally and visitors here temporarily.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on birthright citizenship this spring. It will likely hand down a ruling by summer. Before ...Read more

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Howard Chua-Eoan: Think dry January is hard? Try my year off the booze

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I gave up drinking on Jan. 20, 2025. What has a year without alcohol been like? And has it been worth it?

The world is certainly a more accommodating place for abstainers. But my memories run deep. I still frequent my favorite wine bars where I listen longingly as the sommeliers describe vintages to other customers. It’s like poetry — ...Read more

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Editorial: Clintons arrogantly ignore subpoena; face contempt charges

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It should come as little surprise that Bill and Hillary Clinton have defied subpoenas to testify in the U.S. House probe of Jeffrey Epstein. But the fact that even many Democrats have criticized their failure to appear should be a warning to the power couple.

Bill Clinton has a history of thumbing his nose at the legal process. In 1998, he ...Read more

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Laura Yuen: These Minnesota teens are pushing back on ICE -- and telling their stories

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They are leading student walkouts, delivering groceries to frightened families and checking in on friends who are no longer going to school.

Some are the children of undocumented immigrants, putting food on the table because their parents can’t risk leaving the house for work.

As President Donald Trump’s ICE crackdown intensifies in ...Read more

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Commentary: Donald Trump stirs up trouble in US-Canada relations

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Days after President Donald Trump dropped his tariff threat against eight European countries over their opposition to the United States acquiring Greenland, the self-proclaimed “tariff man” instituted another warning against yet another ally: Canada. “If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against ...Read more

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Editorial: The rule of law in Minneapolis: Feds cannot be trusted on Minnesota justifications

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The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the local Minneapolis county attorney’s office shouldn’t have had to sue the federal government for access to the evidence from Saturday’s fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents, but in the age of President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, it was ...Read more

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Noah Feldman: If ICE can kill with impunity, the rule of law is already gone

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If ICE agents can shoot civilians at point-blank range and never be held accountable, then we aren’t living under the rule of law. We’re living in a police state.

The law on the books is extremely clear that Minnesota prosecutors and law enforcement have the authority to investigate and criminally charge Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...Read more

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Editorial: Putting Homan in charge of ICE in Minn. chance for reset

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Kristi Noem may have to fall on her sword, but a major reset of how ICE operations in Minneapolis are conducted is the best way to get the country back on track in terms of enforcing immigration law.

The White House said Monday that border czar Tom Homan will oversee Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minnesota and head to ...Read more

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Editorial: A trickle of water sense from California

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California has hundreds of miles of coastline, yet melted snow from other states remains an important source of its water. Perhaps a needed change is on the horizon — one that would even help Nevada.

Interstate negotiations over the Colorado River appear deadlocked. The three Lower Basin states, including Nevada, remain at odds with their ...Read more

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Commentary: People are turning to AI chatbots for companionship. Is this robot love risky?

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“Alexa, will you marry me?” When Amazon founder Jeff Bezos reported in 2016 that over 250,000 people had proposed to their Alexa devices, commentators laughed it off. But by 2026, people have said, “I do,” to avatars, chatbots and robots in ceremonies around the world.

The American Marriage Ministries, which certifies marriage ...Read more

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Catherine Thorbecke: Forget DeepSeek, dying alone is China's latest tech obsession

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This time last year, the hottest Chinese tech product was DeepSeek’s market-moving artificial intelligence model. In 2026, it’s something far simpler: an app for people worried about dying alone.

The bluntly named “Are You Dead?” platform rocketed to the top of the app-store charts in China before going viral globally. The interface is...Read more

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Tom Philp: California has no teamwork to address homelessness. No wonder we fail

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With the Newsom Administration and Democrats in charge of the California Legislature slashing funding for a key homeless shelter program by 75% over a two-year period, the Capitol is devoid of any substantive state-local partnership to turn the tide on this chronic crisis. But there is, at least, one idea.

The association that represents ...Read more

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Editorial: Bondi's letter to Minnesota deserves scorn. But it's also a warning we can't ignore

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Florida woman Pam Bondi has really distinguished herself this time. The U.S. attorney general who famously botched the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files has written a letter to Minnesota’s governor — on Saturday, the same day nurse Alex Pretti was shot dead by immigration agents — in what can only be interpreted as an extortion attempt...Read more

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Commentary: Why medication abortion is the top target for anti-abortion groups in 2026

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January would have marked the 53rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide — that is, until 2022, when the court overturned it. Since then, abortion has been banned in 13 states and severely limited in 10 others.

Yet anti-abortion activists remain frustrated, in some cases even more so ...Read more

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Joe Battenfeld: Liberals who hid Joe Biden's decline question Trump's mental fitness

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Liberal Democrats who for years covered up Joe Biden’s mental decline are now raising questions about President Donald Trump’s erratic behavior and fitness for office – even invoking the Constitution to remove him from power.

“Invoke the 25th Amendment,” Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey – who is facing a Democratic primary challenge –...Read more

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Michael Hiltzik: Minnesota's Fortune 500 corporations finally speak out about ICE, but not loudly enough

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Here are a couple of points about the business community of Minnesota you may not have known.

First, it's home to a surprisingly large cadre of 17 major corporations, members of Fortune's roster of the 500 largest U.S. companies.

Some of America's best-known consumer companies, including UnitedHealth Group, Target, Best Buy, 3M and General ...Read more

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George Skelton: Newsom tried to punch over his weight class in the Alps

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When a California governor goes to Europe and lectures world leaders that they must “grow a spine” and “stand tall” against the American president, I wince.

Not that they shouldn’t, nor that President Donald Trump doesn’t deserve almost any nasty thing said about him. It just seems a tad arrogant.

A world ...Read more

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Aaron Brown: As freedom is tested in Minnesota, the world watches

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MINNEAPOLIS -- For as long as I can remember, the word “Russia” was shorthand for “oppression.” I grew up at the end of the Cold War and celebrated the unraveling of the Soviet Union, easily conflating the nightly news with Rocky IV.

But I learned that the world isn’t as black-and-white as Cold War propaganda suggested. Oppression can...Read more

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Commentary: Alex Pretti's death shows why militarized immigration raids portend lethal force

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A man stands to the side in Minneapolis, recording what is happening in front of him with his phone. Nearby, federal immigration agents deploy pepper spray on a female protester. The man steps forward. What began as observation becomes intervention.

Within moments, several agents move toward him and pin him to the ground. They shoot at him ...Read more

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Editorial: Trump's Minneapolis misadventure turns deadly for a second time

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“Americans are not liking what they see,” Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt said Sunday of the Saturday morning events in Minneapolis that resulted in the shooting death of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol officer.

Ya think, governor?

So what do you and your fellow Republicans plan to do about a situation that has gone so far ...Read more

 

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