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Debra Zavada, Wolford On May 13, 2025, bad actors on the dark web hacked my North Dakota Teachers’ Fund for Retirement account and were able to have my June 1st pension sent to Green Dot Bank. I discovered this on June 2. The North Dakota Retirement and Investment Office was unable to ...

Trump declares war on mail-in voting

National Columnists

President Donald Trump is declaring war on mail-in voting. In a recent announcement, the president stated that an executive order to end mail-in voting in federal elections is currently being drafted. There’s been a lot of talk over the past two presidential cycles over mail-in voting and ...

Good immigrants make America stronger

National Columnists

This week, news emerged that the Trump administration has been setting new standards with regard to incoming immigrants. According to Axios, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will not take into account the “positive attributes” of migrants entering the country; such attributes ...

Our cities, towns shouldn’t be open-air drug dens

National Columnists

Will more marijuana use make America a better place? Not many who’ve seen and smelled what legalizing the drug has done to cities like New York, D.C. and San Francisco would say so. Yet President Donald Trump is contemplating a change to marijuana’s federal classification that would ...

Explaining truths about Trump-Putin talks

National Columnists

When U.S. President Donald Trump met with his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, at a U.S. military base in Alaska last week, the world united in hope. Just kidding. They mostly just bickered over who “won” the peace smackdown. You would think that the prospect of finally ...

Like others, I’m addicted to my phone

National Columnists

I am addicted! To my phone. I check an email and before I realize it, I’m watching TikTok videos: lions fight hyenas, military dads reunite with kids, athletes do amazing things ... I look up, and an hour has passed. I’ve wasted time, ignored my family and friends, and ...