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COUNTERPOINT: Reparations are expensive — but not repairing the harm costs more

The racial wealth divide between Black and white Americans is much bigger — and more stubborn — than many of us realize.

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023

Editorial: What does it take to be president? If you’ve got it, we want documentation

In announcing her decision to run for president in 2024, former UN Ambassador and South Carolina Governor, Nikki Haley, suggested that candidates over the age of 75 should have to undergo a mental competency test. It was an obvious dig at both President Joe Biden, who is 80 years old,…

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023

Jay Ambrose: Let’s pretend that Biden says he’s sorry

For hour upon hour and multiple days before he gave his recent State of the Union speech, President Joe Biden repeated all 7,224 words over and over, thereby avoiding most of his usual verbal flubs. Also, for 40 years as a senator, a vice president and a president, he learned…

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023

Trump grand juror stirs uproar by hinting at panel’s discussions

The forewoman of the special grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn Georgia’s election results has complicated the work of prosecutors with a series of surprisingly frank media interviews but is unlikely to get any potential cases thrown out.

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023

After legislative fix, court dismisses lawsuit against DeSantis over migrant flights

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In a seven-minute hearing, a Leon County Circuit Court judge dismissed a case against Gov. Ron DeSantis Wednesday brought by a state senator over flights funded by Florida that took migrants to Martha’s Vineyard from Texas last year.

Miami Herald · Feb 23, 2023

Joe Biden falls on Air Force One steps heading back from Ukraine trip

Biden is oldest ever US president

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023

Ald. Jason Ervin now faces challenger in West Side’s 28th Ward as opponent is reinstated

The Illinois Appellate Court overturned an election board ruling that Shawn A. Walker didn’t have enough signatures on his ballot petitions. Now he will face incumbent Ald. Jason Ervin in one of Chicago’s most violent wards.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 23, 2023

"Trump water" doled out in Ohio

Along with the bottles of water with his name on them, Trump also delivered "a much lesser quality water"

Salon · Feb 23, 2023

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner subpoenaed in Jan. 6 investigation

Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, have been subpoenaed in the criminal investigation into Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023

Former Arizona AG sat on records refuting election fraud

Arizona’s former attorney general suppressed findings by his investigators who concluded there was no basis for allegations that the 2020 election was marred by widespread fraud

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023