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Trump is afraid he'll lose reelection, and he's in a fury over it

President Trump and his propagandists go to extraordinary lengths to create the illusion that he is winning everywhere.

• Commentary Opinion: We are living in historic times. Or are we?

  If we are living through historic events, would we know?

  6 m ago
• Commentary Opinion: Banning hate never works out as we expect

  We are asking social media companies to enforce editorial standards on an endless global stream of user-generated content. 

  1:07 PM
• Editorial Editorial: Modernize state laws

  Fix ‘gay panic’ defense, and harassment laws

• Opinion Opinion: See Matt Davies' latest cartoon

  See Matt Davies' latest Newsday cartoon by clicking above.

• Dan Raviv Opinion: A Trump-Kushner optical illusion

  White House ‘In Cash We Trust’ mentality will be tested in Bahrain next week.

• Editorial Editorial: No cap, no raise for lawmakers

  Legislature must limit outside income.

• Commentary Opinion: Disappearing ink no laughing matter

  News outlets shedding cartoonists underscores a new threat to the genre.

• Michael Dobie Dobie: Reason to fear era of 'deepfakes'

  Computer-generated videos use actual footage to create a false reality.

• OpEd Essay: Dad was creative - and complicated

  He was a complicated soul who could be very funny at times, but also withdraw into his thoughts.

• Commentary Opinion: Paying teachers what they are worth

  Education is largely a local issue paid for by local property taxes. A president has precisely nothing to do with that.

• Commentary Opinion: Biden's abortion flip damaged his 2020 prospects

  For more than 40 years, Biden supported the Hyde Amendment, which bars federal funding for abortions.