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The late political commentator played a key role in the rise of Ohio Gov. John Gilligan.

On Friday's PBS NewsHour, liberal pundit Mark Shields ripped Attorney General William Barr for ruining his own legacy by being the president's "in-house lawyer," but he wanted a more stinging insult. He suggested he was "Donald Trump's Roy Cohn," a lawyer hated by liberals for prosecuting Soviet agents like Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in the Cold War years. Shields pretended the whole time that Republicans sullied the Justice Department with partisanship, and un...

Former President Trump endorsed dozens of GOP candidates in the midterms, but Biden has been far slower to help out Democrats in the midterms. Some say Dems don't want his help.

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The weekly News Roundup from Irish America, covering the heroic help of an Irish cafe in a hostage situation, the Russian Spy who studied at Trinity College, and the death of political icon Mark Shields.

Political commentator Mark Shields, who died June 18 at age 85, often wore his Catholic faith on his sleeve in his columns, commentary and tal...

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Politics, and she approached me and said, would you like to write political editorials for the washington post? and i, you know, not knowing any better, i said yeah, but those are unsigned. ive got to get some ego satisfaction. she said, okay, come right a once a week call. im so, i did that from 1979 through the campaign of 1980, covered the whole campaign, which was great. >> mark shields glided into tv commentary first on cnns capitol gang, and then for 33 years on the pbs news hour. i always...

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Political commentator Mark Shields, who died June 18 at age 85, often wore his Catholic faith on his sleeve in his columns, commentary and talks around the country. Shields, who died of complications from kidney disease at his home in the Washington suburb of Chevy Chase, Maryland, was known for his wit and his genial presence on television, where he hosted The Capital Gang on CNN and appeared frequently on PBS news programming. He provided weekly political analysis and

And the Senate's guns bill clears a key procedural hurdle.