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A decade ago, Colorado entrepreneur and philanthropist Jared Polis made history as the first openly gay man elected as a nonincumbent to Congress. But most voters did not get a glimpse of his longtime partner Marlon Reis until the night Polis won the...

For anyone with a computer, tablet or smartphone, social media platforms are merely an arm’s length away. They tempt everyone minute by minute, hour by hour to make a wisecrack, a joke or a “profound” comment to show the world how clever they are. Ha...

Tonight, my thoughts go back to December of 2014, when our country was being shaken by protests and unrest in the name of Eric Garner, in the name of Trayvon Martin, in the name of so many others. When cities across America became battlegrounds,” How...

When May began, Donald Trump was presiding over diplomatic negotiations that could have delivered twin triumphs for his administration. Now, on Memorial Day, he is reaping the wreckage of talks about Iran, and the North Korea process is in limbo. He ...

The outlook for Gina Haspel’s nomination to run the CIA is not good. As The Washington Post revealed, White House aides had to talk Haspel out of withdrawing her nomination on Friday. On Monday, CNN reported a back-up nominee is in place in case Hasp...

The Democratic National Committee’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump, his presidential campaign, WikiLeaks and the Russian Federation had barely been filed before the first fundraising e-mail hit my inbox. The party was bragging about the litig...

The consular section of the US Consulate will close for routine services from May 4 because of construction work on the grounds. Services affected include visas, waivers, passports and registration of births. Normal service is expected to start agai...

For someone reputed to be a deep, long-range thinker, outgoing House Speaker Paul Ryan, showed a surprising lack of foresight in his handling of President Donald Trump. Imagine what will happen if special counsel Robert Mueller concludes that Trump’s...

Shark Week, spanking and sinister threats: Stormy Daniels’s (née Stephanie Clifford’s) long-awaited 60 Minutes interview was by turns amusing and appalling, but was ultimately more smoke than fire when it came to new revelations about her alleged aff...

A self-driving car operated by Uber struck and killed a woman on Sunday in Tempe, Arizona. Few details have emerged, but it’s reportedly the first fatality involving a self-driving vehicle. In January, a Pittsburgh car crash sent two people to the ho...

Much of the world continues to be alarmed at the amount of tragedies where countless lives are lost through criminal use of weapons designed for the battlefield. This has created a massive reaction from younger Americans who feel the latest mass kill...

According to many of its critics, the Trump Administration represents the greatest challenge to American liberal democracy in decades. Trump regularly bemoans the independence of the Department of Justice, demonises the press for running critical or ...