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Despite widespread support for Ukraine here in the United States, there are pockets of resistance emerging on the ideological fringes of both parties.

Many observers of politics lament the growing levels of political polarization in the United States. Although there is a case to be made that America’s most divided days came during the Civil War, polarization has no doubt reached striking levels in the present moment.

The ambiguity is the result of decades of partisan politics and public confusion about the characteristics of certain guns.

Kudos to this small number of senators who are willing to buck their parties’ bases to try to find an elusive middle ground.

There is broad disagreement about what deserves to be called “fake news.”

When the Columbine High School massacre took place in 1999 it was seen as a watershed moment in the United States – the worst mass shooting at a school in the country’s history. Now, it ranks fourth.

On subjects such as allowing handgun ownership and conducting background checks for gun sales, majorities of the U.S. public are seeing eye-to-eye.

On a political landscape that is looking increasingly unfavorable to Democrats, the potential elimination of federal protection for abortion rights is a rare issue that could work in their favor this November. But the party’s early floundering on the topic is less than reassuring.

There was once a time when business would simply stay out of the cultural wars. But on this with-us-or-against-us landscape, true believers on both sides are no longer willing to accept such a passive approach.

Buying drugs on the street is a game of Russian roulette. Counterfeit pills purchased in nonmedical settings may contain life-threatening amounts of fentanyl.

A majority vote for a pro-choice bill supported by the Democrats would mark a major step forward and an even more powerful message than a slightly stronger bill that was defeated.

The war in Ukraine risks creating global food shortages, inflating prices even higher, and putting farmers at a severe disadvantage in combating climate change.

An unleashed Trump, freed to reassume his forceful but divisive role in the national political debate, could provide an inadvertent rescue to his Democratic foes.

Would reinstating congressional earmarks improve or hinder legislative gridlock as well as bipartisanship?

France’s highbrow leader must learn to demonstrate respect toward his country’s embittered working class.

Many climate activists today believe that if Congress doesn’t act on climate change right now, we have no chance of survival. But the truth is, we have a number of reasons to be hopeful.

Polling shows that trust in the media among conservatives is low and dropping. Much of the American right is hostile toward the press.

The last thing Joe Biden needs right now is another crisis. But it looks like that's exactly what he’s getting.