Monday, June 22, 2026

Democrats have stopped loving their country

Democratic pride in America has cratered since 9/11 while Republican pride hasn't moved. New polling shows just how wide that gap has grown. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Mon Jun 22 2026

 
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump watch fireworks during the celebration of the Army’s 250th birthday on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2025.

Democratic pride in America has cratered since 9/11 while Republican pride hasn't moved. New polling shows just how wide that gap has grown.

From left, congressional candidate Claire Valdez, congressional candidate Brad Lander, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier raise their hands during a Get Out the Vote rally on June 18, 2026, in New York City.
 

As New York City progressives go, so go Democrats. Hopefully.

The New York primary election will decide whether democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani was a fluke or a foghorn alerting NYC to a deep blue wave.

Do politicians need age limits? How old is too old to serve? USA TODAY readers sent in their suggestions for our latest Opinion Forum.
 

It's time for age limits for government – and for voters

Trump is 80. Biden is 83. Is age just a number? According to USA TODAY readers, it's an albatross at best for elected officials.

Howie Mandel performs his standup comedy routine at the David Copperfield Theater at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino on Jan. 17, 2025, in Las Vegas.
 

Howie Mandel: How my OCD panic attack changed my life

OCD became shorthand for being neat, organized or particular. Obsessive-compulsive disorder isn't about color-coding your closet. It's about control.

The author David McGrath, age 5, with father Charles McGrath in Chicago in 1954.
 

DNA test revealed truth about my dad. It still keeps me up at night.

My five brothers, three sisters and I celebrated our Irish heritage. Until we took a DNA test and learned something about the man who raised us.

Eric Ginsburg feeds his son while getting a lemonade sip assist from his daughter.
 

I struggled with isolation as a new dad. Turns out I wasn't alone.

Starting a dad group changed parenting for me. If there isn't something similar where you live, build it. I promise other dads are longing for it.

Participants march through downtown Indianapolis during the Indy Pride Parade on June 13, 2026. The annual event brings together LGBTQ+ organizations, community groups, businesses, performers and allies in one of the city’s largest celebrations of the LGBTQ+ community.
 

Being unapologetically gay is the best form of resistance

As anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment climbs, it's a necessary reminder that liberation isn't passive; we must seize it in our very identities.

Students in London discuss social media on Feb. 23, 2026.
 

The internet is vast and scary. Social media bans won't solve that.

I was the kind of teenager for whom social media was a portal to the world that I would never have gotten growing up in rural North Carolina.

A woman walks on a street in Tehran, Iran, on June 14, 2026.
 

War exposed Iran's cracks. Peace may see it crumble.

A regime like Iran's may discover that once war's excuse disappears, the pressures it obscured return. That is the challenge the theocracy now faces.

This is a photograph taken by National Park Service photographer Abbie Rowe on April 12, 1945. It shows crowds gathering outside the White House upon hearing the news of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death.
 

The American flag didn't always fly over the White House. Here's why.

Every president from Dwight D. Eisenhower's final months in office to the present day has served under the same version of the American flag.

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