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EDITORS NOTE: This is one of several stories in a regular series with a purpose of preparing voters for the May 17 primary election.

Reports about 88-year-old Sen. Dianne Feinstein's ability to serve in office illustrate the Democrats' fragile hold on power.

Much of the police state we live under today has been given a green light by the Supreme Court - from warrantless search and surveillance, to no-knock raids, and everything in between. And while many in the founding generation warned us against relying on federal judges to keep federal politicians in check - their warnings have been almost completely ignored.

11 May 2021 Two hundred and forty-five years ago, the fate of Washington’s army—in fact, the fate of the entire Revolution—lay on the muscled shoulders of the fishermen and sailors of the Marblehead Regiment. A remarkable amphibious evacuation including a miraculous fog would create one of the greatest escapes in military history. On August 27, 1776, the Americans had lost several significant engagements in Brooklyn. The British and Hessians had Washington’s army trapped with their back...

William Grayson, 81, of Weston-super-Mare, lost £200 to two crooks who claimed to be volunteers from a Covid support group and offered to do errands while he was shielding (stock image).

Doorstep scams can come in many forms. For example, fraudsters might offer building, gardening or home improvement services and then overcharge for or never complete the work. Fraudsters also often pose as salespeople or charity workers as a means of parting people from their hard-earned cash. The number of reports to police for this type of fraud in April 2020 was 46 per-cent lower than April 2019 as doorstep sellers were banned during the lockdown. Scams can come in many forms (stock). ...

Donald Trump appointed right-wing radio host Michael Savage to the board of directors of San Francisco’s Presidio Trust — where he not only caused chaos, but also railed against a museum dedicated to remembering the Japanese internment camps amid World War II, according to a Mother Jones report. The Presidio Trust is a federal corporation that controls the roughly 1,200-acre urban park at the base of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, which also includes historic sites and the Presidio...

The Senate is either unusually imbalanced or just as imbalanced as always Philip Bump © J. Scott Applewhite/AP Shades of red and blue light of dawn fills the sky behind the Capitol on Nov. 6, 2020, in Washington. Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) explained his decision not to throw out the Senate filibuster during a virtual event hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center by invoking former West Virginia senator Robert Byrd. “Bob Byrd says, ‘Joe, why do you think Rhode Isla...