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Donald Trump’s pick of twice-defeated Arizona gubernatorial and U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake as director of the Voice of America seems ironic in that she’s the epitome of someone who has openly ...

The governor, considered a potential vice-presidential running mate for former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, described Cricket as “less than worthless” and “untrainable.” Obviously, she ...

Making a film about a terminally ill woman who must decide her own fate is a brave and challenging one for any director. Brave, because in the flashy, fast-moving business of today’s moviedom, such ...

In 2003, the publisher of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary began bestowing a crown. On Dec. 9, 2024, it selected “polarization” ...

The woman sat across from me at my desk. She told me that she wanted to carry her pregnancy to term because she wanted so much to have a baby, but she couldn’t go on any longer. “I don’t feel pregnant ...