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Today’s UK decision is doubly consequential: the court clarifies drivers’ employment status and the time for which they must be compensated.

"Our Constitution is clear that it is Congress, not the president, who has the authority to declare war," the senator asserted.

After organizing for three years, Lamont and Arvin, two rural communities in the heart of California’s oilfields have won a direct say in reducing the air pollution from oil, gas and agriculture production, which is some of the worst in the state.

In his February 19 Munich Security Conference speech, President Joe Biden seemed to assume the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, whose tentacles extend far beyond the North Atlantic, was doing fine before Donald Trump. That was his first mistake.

“We need to shift our priorities now, from war to human needs. And in the case of Korea, a peace agreement would actually allow all parties to do that.”

Through their work in public education, public transit and public health, millions of African Americans have been able to provide for their families and strengthen their communities. But without federal aid now those jobs are on the chopping block.

The Republican rising star struggled for two days to get clarity with regard to his appearance at a "white pride" - Ku Klux Klan event in 2002. Initially, his office tried to keep things vague, suggesting it was "likely" Scalise attended. He was a veteran state legislator then, elected from the same precincts where David Duke once ran strong. When it became clear he was not just present but a presenter, Scalise started spinning scenarios that might explain it all away.

Kenworthy thinks that capitalism working at its best—an Americanized version of the Nordic model—would be worth fighting for. I agree.

When unions serve the interests of the few, they lose their way and their ability to be forward-looking. But one of the better-kept secrets is that invariably, they also quietly become alienated from their own members. Inevitably, if the leadership of the PBA continues to ignore and fail on this challenge, new leadership will be destined to take it up.

The American public and its political leadership will do anything for the military except take it seriously. The result is a chickenhawk nation in which careless spending and strategic folly combine to lure America into endless wars it can’t win.