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Donald Trump was sworn in yesterday as the 47th President of the United States. From this moment on, America's decline is ...

PHOENIX — My guest on this week’s AZ Political Podcast is the only person to whom I have ever lost an election: former Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates. (It’s an odd story that you’ll ...

"The Qatari World Cup was quite successful, yet it also exposed people around the world to other things in Qatar which are mainly negative. Saudi Arabia learned a lesson from Qatar" ...