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View from Away: The GOP still wants to ban abortion

It’s not surprising that the Republican Party took out of its platform, after decades, support of a national abortion ban. Not that Donald Trump and his new vice presidential running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, have had some epiphany and renounced their longstanding opposition to reproductive rights. It’s more likely that party leaders realized […]

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Douglas Rooks: Much more at stake than Biden-Trump

We’ve just lived through an extraordinary political crisis — extraordinary because so unexpected. The about-to-be-renominated president delivered an instantly notorious debate performance June 27 that left some supporters gasping while others headed for the exits. On Monday, with Congress back, Joe Biden quieted dissent with a letter usefully read by all Americans, not just Democrats. […]