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Something a bit strange is happening Tuesday in heavily Republican Utah.

Major new laws take effect that may seem more likely in a liberal, blue state: gay-rights protection, giving many drug offenders treatment instead of a prison cell and toughening seat-belt enforcement that conservatives fought for years.

And there's more: Tax hikes take effect later in July for

In the Rose Garden yesterday evening, President Trump threatened to deploy the U.S. military to restore order in the American cities if mayors and governors fail to do it.

In his brief speech, Trump said the appropriate things about the George Floyd case (he called it a “brutal death”) and about the legal process underway in Minneapolis (“justice will be served”). He was also right

America and American are offensive.

This is not my view. But an early version of a document compiled by the “Inclusive Communications Task Force at Colorado State University” actually singled out the words “America” and “American” as being potentially offensive. Here is the actual language used in the draft:

“The Americas encompass a lot more than the United States. There is

House Democrats asked a U.S. court to force the Treasury Department to turn over six years of President Donald Trump’s personal and business tax returns.

The long-expected lawsuit filed Tuesday is Congress’s latest attempt to assert oversight over the executive branch, as the Trump administration has either rejected or ignored various subpoenas since Democrats took the majority in the