Frederic J. Frommer

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President Gerald Ford speaks as Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter listens during a televised debate in Sept. 23, 1976, held at Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theater. (AP Photo)

The parties have flipped on support for Israel

Frederic J. Frommer · October 24, 2026 8:18 am

JD Vance Richard Nixon

Vance embodies Nixon’s populist, outsider qualities

Frederic J. Frommer · October 2, 2026 6:15 am

From left: Newton N. Minow in May 1961; Brendan Carr in 2026. (AP Photo; Jose Luis Magana/AP)

How Brendan Carr’s attack on TV stations echoes FCC chairman under JFK

Frederic J. Frommer · June 20, 2026 6:00 am

A traffic light in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.

House Republicans push to lift DC’s ‘right turn on red’ ban

Frederic J. Frommer · May 1, 2026 6:08 am

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (second from right) repeats the oath of office at his fourth inauguration on the rear porch of the White House on Jan. 20, 1945. (AP Photo)

Trump’s grudging acknowledgment of the presidential two-term limit still raises concerns

Frederic J. Frommer · January 9, 2026 4:18 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset as U.S. President Donald Trump and Amir Ohana, Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, look on October 13, 2025 in Jerusalem. President Trump is visiting the country hours after Hamas released some of the remaining Israeli hostages captured on Oct. 7, 2023, part of a US-brokered ceasefire deal to end the war in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

With Trump administration-brokered Gaza ceasefire, Israel has a chance to rebuild frayed international relations

Frederic J. Frommer · November 14, 2025 6:00 am

Mitch McConnell flag burning Washington Examiner Illustration/AP/Getty

Years before Trump’s executive order, McConnell helped block a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning

Frederic J. Frommer · October 17, 2025 5:35 am

Left: Roger Clemens is sworn-in prior to testifying before a House Oversight, and Government Reform committee hearing on drug use in baseball on Feb. 13, 2008. Right: Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens struck out 20 batters on April 29, 1986, for a Major League Baseball record. He is congratulated by teammates during the Red Sox vs. Mariners game at Fenway Park. (Susan Walsh/AP; Bettmann / Contributor via Getty Images)

Trump plays hardball in Baseball Hall of Fame push for Roger Clemens

Frederic J. Frommer · September 26, 2025 5:40 am

FILE - In this July 10, 2008 file photo, farm workers make their way across a field shrouded in fog as they hoe weeds from a burley tobacco crop near Warsaw, Ky. Two years after the Obama administration backed off a rule that would have banned children from dangerous agriculture jobs, advocates and lawmakers are trying anew to get kids off tobacco farms. The multi-pronged approach includes legislation to ban kids from working on such farms; pursuit of a narrower federal rule than the one that was scuttled; and public pressure on tobacco companies from lawmakers and health groups. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)

Multiple efforts to ban tobacco farm child labor

Frederic J. Frommer · October 21, 2014 4:45 pm

Voting advocates fear impact of Va. voter ID law

Frederic J. Frommer · October 21, 2014 4:05 pm

Things to know about Virginia’s voter ID law

Frederic J. Frommer · October 21, 2014 3:52 pm

APNewsBreak: Mine safety violations down

Frederic J. Frommer · October 2, 2014 7:33 pm