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A Social Security card. U.S. Treasury note, and $100 bill lie atop an American flag.

Social Security’s dirty secret: You weren’t supposed to live long enough to collect it

Bob Armstrong · November 7, 2026 10:00 am

Bill Clinton deposition with House Oversight over their Jeffrey Epstein investigation on Feb. 27, 2026.

Clinton and Gingrich found common ground. Washington must again

Elon Musk James Talarico

Talarico reaches out to Elon Musk — but he’s no born-again MAGA

A woman holds an Israeli flag while walking down Fifth Avenue during the Israel Day Parade, Sunday, May 31, 2026, in New York.

Israel’s greatest strength is its people. Investing in them is investing in its future

Diploma and graduation cap are pictured on a white flat surface.

The diploma outvoted the paycheck

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during an annual news conference in Moscow, Dec. 19, 2025.

How Putin is exploiting Poland and Ukraine’s oldest wound

Ivana Stradner, Maksym Panchokha July 12, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Washington, as Libby Horne and Heidi Overton listen.

The FDA wanted to drill into patients’ skulls for a placebo. Heidi Overton can end that era

Benjamin Johnson July 11, 2026 8:00 am

A wild horse jumps among others.

We put wild horses on stamps. BLM rounded them up

Patricia Miller, Meghan Miller July 11, 2026 7:00 am

A sign stating 'Protect Children From Rape Gangs' is held by an anti illegal immigration protester outside The Roundhouse hotel, on August 09, 2025 in Bournemouth, England. Protesters and counter-protesters have gathered outside hotels being used to house asylum seekers in recent weeks, as tensions flare over the government's policies on illegal migration, which has reached record numbers this summer. Some far-right politicians and campaigners have faced allegations of fanning the flames by spreading misleading data on crimes committed by foreign nationals, following isolated reports of migrant arrests in connection to sexual assault charges. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Third-wave feminism has a lot of explaining to do

Sarah Wilder July 11, 2026 7:00 am

Mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani speaks after an NYPD officer was shot.

When did New York City go from a melting pot to an empty pan?

Vito J. Fossella July 10, 2026 1:57 pm

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani exits after making a World Cup soccer tournament announcement at Harlem Tavern, Thursday, May 21, 2026 in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Mamdani’s map erases the immigrant American dream

Rep. Nick LaLota July 10, 2026 1:31 pm

The roof of a police patrol car at night, with the blue and red lights flashing.

We can test for alcohol in seconds. Marijuana impairment? Still a guessing game

Serenity Porch July 10, 2026 11:00 am

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

Congress can’t term-limit itself — the Supreme Court already said so, twice

Jay Rogers July 10, 2026 11:00 am

A grocery store cashier pauses while pulling dollar bills for their cash drawer.

EPA just sabotaged American manufacturing and will make groceries more expensive

Stephen R. Yurek July 10, 2026 11:00 am

President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

Trump promised to cut your electric bill in half. It’s up 16% instead

Jeremy Paul Ortiz July 10, 2026 11:00 am

Germany supporters cheer during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Germany and Paraguay in Foxborough, Mass., near Boston, Monday, June 29, 2026.

Viral World Cup tourist Freddy is an accidental spokesman for America’s $30 billion wireless bet

Ajit Pai July 10, 2026 10:00 am

Seen through a zoomed out, drone lens, three people stand gathered around an electrical button with AI written in lit-up crystalline blue-white. (Getty Images)

88,000 layoffs later, here’s why I’m still not panicking about AI

Jay Rogers July 10, 2026 10:00 am