Elton John retiring from touring
The iconic musician is planning one last outing
Court sentences Nassar to 175 years
The former USA Gymnastics doctor and serial rapist will die in jail. Now, attention turns to his enablers
How Trump wins the shutdown
There's little reason to believe Trump may not stop another government shutdown, because his blame game worked
Feds to kill thousands of wild horses
With many mouths to feed, the BLM is petitioning for permission to cull entire herds
Kimberly-Clark's tax plan win
With a dip in profits last year, the company announced a "restructuring plan" that includes up to 5,500 layoffs
Limbaugh blames Iraq War on "deep state"
The radio host, who was for invading Iraq, now thinks it's a liberal plot because . . . Trump?
Steele tells off evangelical hypocrites
Steele made it clear that evangelicals who support Trump have lost the moral authority to lecture others
More Garrison Keillor abuses revealed
An MPR News investigation claims Keillor's behavior goes far beyond "inappropriate"
"Slavery gets s**t done" tees on Amazon
Again, consumers are put in the position of policing what a major retailer sells
Alabama GOP prevents another Doug Jones
The overwhelmingly Republican Alabama state legislature wants to make sure seats stay in GOP hands
Why Trump still won't visit the UK
Out of fear of protests and an aggressive British press, Trump has privately told Theresa May he won't visit
Pence slammed for facilitating "pageant"
The vice president's partisan game is a danger to peace in the region
Trump's Kentucky shooting silence
The president has been quick to tweet about violent events involving Muslim perpetrators, slowing when they don't
Americans don't trust Trump on nukes
It's America's worst fear: That the president will launch a nuclear first strike
As Mueller closes in, madness spreads
Jeff Sessions tries to purge FBI of Comey's influence, while right-wingers spread outrageous conspiracy theories
Trump's FBI purge quest continues
The slippery slope at the FBI continues
Bank of America "banklash"
Consumers stage an online protest over a policy change that seems destined to hurt low-income customers
Reduce exposure to hormone-disruptors
Our government won't protect us from these harmful chemicals, so we have to protect ourselves
Better ways to foster solar innovation
Trump's duties on imported solar panels will likely backfire
LA Times union ends anti-labor saga
The election at the LA Times comes on the heels of a recent spate of successful media union drives
Whiteness and the shutdown: A history
Blame Trump or blame Schumer? That's not the point: Our politics are contaminated by a history of vicious racism
Gun-carry laws lead to more violence
The NRA wants everyone to buy guns and carry them — but research shows that violence rises when people pack heat
Will Mitch kill the filibuster?
So far Mitch McConnell has resisted calls to end the filibuster — but at some point desperation will take over
Big Pharma claims to fix mental illness
Pharma pushes its questionable psychiatric drugs on cash-hungry museums