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Power transmission towers line a street in Redondo Beach, California.

Utility companies want to shift risks on struggling families

Todd Snitchler · July 22, 2026 9:00 am

Reenactors at Mount Vernon in 2019. (Photo courtesy of Mount Vernon.)

On This Day: Washington fears a ‘great deficiency’ in weapons

Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA).

Steelers, civic leaders, and Gov. Josh Shapiro break records and pull off flawless Day 1 of NFL Draft

"The embroidered Queenaas Crown badge and the Union Jack flag, the flag of the United Kingdom whom Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will have reigned over, along with the British Commonwealth, for 60 years from February 6th 1952 to February 2012."

When Charles III meets King Donald

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump kisses a "Women for Trump" placard during a rally at the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, Florida on October 12, 2016. / AFP / Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump to corporate America: Kiss my a**, please

Akin scandal hands Missouri to Obama

Akin scandal hands Missouri to Obama

Paul Bedard August 24, 2012 4:00 am

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill (AP Photo)

Rape matters: McCaskill over Akin by 10%

Paul Bedard August 23, 2012 4:00 am

A campaign sign stands outside the Senate campaign office of U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 in Chesterfield, Mo. Rep. Akin has come under pressure to abandon his Senate compaign after his comments that women's bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases of "legitimate rape". (AP Photo/Bill Boyce)

Battleship Missouri

Noemie Emery August 23, 2012 4:00 am

I (heart) Obamacare–for your car

I (heart) Obamacare–for your car

Paul Bedard August 23, 2012 4:00 am

President Obama shakes hands with university and college students after urging Congress to pass legislation that would keep federal student loan rates from doubling. A new poll says younger voters are angry with the economy. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Poll: Angry with economy, youth vote to jump 50%

Paul Bedard August 23, 2012 4:00 am

Tinfoil hat brigade warns of federal bullet buys

Tinfoil hat brigade warns of federal bullet buys

Ron Arnold August 23, 2012 4:00 am

Men replace women as conflicted, swing voters

Men replace women as conflicted, swing voters

Paul Bedard August 23, 2012 4:00 am

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Akin’s ‘rape’ gaffe beats Biden’s ‘chains’ for TV coverage

Paul Bedard August 22, 2012 4:00 am

Revised version.

College diploma suddenly worth less on Obama site

Paul Bedard August 22, 2012 4:00 am

A banner on the Democratic National Committee homepage.

Dem Convention becomes anti-Akin affair

Paul Bedard August 22, 2012 4:00 am

(Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for People)

Conventions key for CNN, Blitzer

Paul Bedard August 22, 2012 4:00 am

Before ‘legitimate rape,’ there was ‘rape-rape’

Before ‘legitimate rape,’ there was ‘rape-rape’

Gregory Kane August 22, 2012 4:00 am