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Salt Lake City gets nod for 2030 games, but anti-Olympics Denver...

Colorado lost out in its bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics to its only competitor on Friday, as the United States Olympic...

Littwin: Chloe Kim’s American dream comes true — and then there...

Well, this is embarrassing. At the same time the U.S. Senate is busily debating a way to protect the Dreamers, an effort that will almost...

Wiretap, Olympics Edition: How Usain Bolt stole the spotlight once again

The GOAT, still Michael Phelps has his 23 golds, and Simone Biles is being called the greatest gymnast ever, and Katie Ledecky is smashing records...

Wiretap: Trump reinvents himself, Romney style – but keeps the racism

Donald Trump had to do something. His poll numbers were plummeting. His latest controversies wouldn't go away. So he gave what was billed as...

Wiretap: Ignoring Putinism takes olympic-level training

"For sheer moral horror nothing can compare with his role in perpetuating a war that has killed well over 100,000 people and displaced 9 million."