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Trump has an ‘America first’ problem

On the sidewalk outside a Walgreens in Chicago, an agent of the federal government pinned a 21-year-old man to the pavement, while a woman screamed, "He's a citizen! He's a citizen!" Pulling up a cloth mask to conceal the lower portion of his face, the agent, from Immigration and Customs ...

‘No Kings’: Hundreds protest Trump administration in Washington

Signs protesting the Trump administration lined both sides of Main Street in Washington — and at times the cars driving down it — during a heavily attended “No Kings” protest Saturday. An estimated 800 people came out for Saturday’s events, one of about 2,500 “No Kings” rallies ...

A pathway to undoing U.S. democracy

Ironically enough, the actions of the president who was the chief champion of American democracy to the world in the 20th century could be repurposed by Donald Trump to do serious, perhaps permanent, harm to that very form of government in the U.S. In the summer of 1941, as the United States ...

Fayette residents protest Trump administration

Alarmed by what they’ve seen as a swerve into authoritarian rule, dozens of Fayette County residents turned out for Saturday’s Fayette Against Fascism protest in Uniontown. President Trump’s move to send more than 2,000 National Guard members into Washington, D.C., is one glaring ...

Hits and misses

Miss: More than $700 billion in proposed cuts to Medicaid included in President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” could produce dire consequences in the region if the measure is passed, staff writer Karen Mansfield reported last week. Funding cuts could significantly increase uncompensated ...