On Jan. 3, 2011, then-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger packed up his belongings and left downtown Sacramento’s Hyatt hotel — the governor’s mansion is primarily an historic site for tourists at this late date. Few realized they were witnessing the final chapter of a distinct political species. At the time, it felt like a temporary setback, […]

Virginians will head to the ballot boxes on Tuesday to make their voices heard in the Old Dominion’s 2026 primary elections. The state’s election schedule was upended by Democrats’ proposed redistricting measure, which pushed back primaries from mid-June to Aug. 4, but the new map ultimately failed to take effect. When the state Supreme Court struck down […]

The first round of August Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in 11 days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, Aug. 12. The second round will go out on Aug. 19 to those born between […]

Who would have guessed that an Italian film made in 1957, starring one icon of that nation’s cinema (Marcello Mastroianni) and directed by another (Luchino Visconti), and based, of all things, on a short story by a long-dead Russian master (Fyodor Dostoevsky), would speak more urgently to contemporary audiences’ needs, fears, and hopes than any […]