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Opinion — 7024 articles

LIZ PEEK: Inflation, immigration and Trump’s State of the Union moment of truth

President Trump will address the nation Tuesday night in his State of the Union address. The stakes, for the president and for the country, could… [more]

DAN GAINOR: Trump defeated the press like David smacked Goliath. Can they recover?

Over 10 years ago, billionaire businessman Donald Trump announced he was running for the biggest office in the land. Three presidential races and two victories… [more]

JILLIAN MICHAELS: Our hockey heroes just gave America the miracle we needed most

We just witnessed something rare and beautiful at the Winter Olympics: Team USA winning gold in both men’s and women’s hockey — back-to-back, overtime thrillers… [more]

CHAD WOLF: Space isn’t just the final frontier, it’s the ‘ultimate high ground’

The race to the moon is on — again. But the strategic competition playing out today is much bigger than our race with the Soviet… [more]