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The Trump Doctrine echoes George Washington's warning against getting overly involved overseas, but with it, the U.S. also remains willing to defend national interests.

Congress needs to catch up to the industry to ensure safeguards are in place as AI agents become more common and powerful.

Seniors are facing an automatic 23% cut to benefits, unless Congress takes action. First, legislators would have to admit there's a problem.

'It is galling that Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde, the owner of two gun stores, is shilling for the gun industry to reduce silencer regulation,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'Just think of the criticism and ridicule Obama would have suffered' if the mission to locate and kill Osama bin Laden had been unsuccessful, writes an L.A. Times reader.

'Removing the forest protections is a disservice to everybody, causing much damage while only helping the few logging companies with their own economic agenda,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'While missed chronic care appointments create individual health risks, the failure to diagnose and treat contagious conditions threatens our entire community,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

The average taxpayer's piece of the $37-trillion federal debt is about $240,000, or six years of the median income.

A 'shadow docket' ruling Monday gives a win to an administration whose lawless actions are only matched by its open defiance of the judiciary.

The Trump administration is gutting environmental agencies and rolling back environmental initiatives, and Americans aren't protesting.