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The looming Social Security cliff

Timothy P. Carney · October 18, 2026 6:00 am

Associate Justice Samuel Alito

Why speculation about Justice Alito’s future continues despite his rejection of retirement

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia walks out to speak with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, in Washington.

Zacharia had to go. Here’s who should be next

Bernie Sanders speaks outside next to a Medicaid Saves Lives poster, right.

‘Medicare for all’ is popular only when you lie about it

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, embraces U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle, left, as Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis, right, looks on during Rubio's arrival at Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport near Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026.

Is Rubio running without running?

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at 10 Downing Street, London, England, Thursday, August 1, 2024

UK’s new left-wing government already looks a questionable ally

Tom Rogan September 10, 2024 8:00 am

What happens when Social Security goes bankrupt

Conn Carroll September 9, 2024 2:00 pm

Supreme Court’s future hangs in the balance as Democrats campaign on reform promises

Kaelan Deese September 9, 2024 8:00 am

Members of the Politburo Standing Committee from left, Li Xi, secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC; Cai Qi, secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC; Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress; Chinese President Xi Jinping; Premier Li Qiang; Wang Huning, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; and Ding Xuexiang, vice premier of the People's Republic of China, attend the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee in Beijing.

US must get serious about China and Africa

Aleksandra Gadzala Tirziu September 8, 2024 2:00 pm

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Saving face: The real reasons behind Mark Zuckerberg’s physical and political evolution

Barnini Chakraborty September 8, 2024 8:00 am

Democrats’ rule of law rhetoric doesn’t match reality

Sarah Bedford September 7, 2024 8:00 am

What’s not to love about IVF?

Timothy P. Carney September 6, 2024 2:00 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, joins party leaders at the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing, Oct. 22, 2022.

China’s new war: America’s freedom depends on confronting the threat

Sen. David Perdue September 6, 2024 8:00 am

GOP downballot disaster: Trump’s picks could come back to haunt him

Isaac Schorr September 6, 2024 5:25 am

Columbia University anti-Israel protest

Universities wrestle their self-made antisemitism crises

Zachary Faria September 5, 2024 2:00 pm

Kamala Harris’s plan for economic failure

James Rogan September 5, 2024 8:00 am

Is the EU-US relationship salvageable?

Tom Rogan September 4, 2024 2:00 pm