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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

One example of this kind of abuse can be found in the University of Colorado Health system. In setting up a similarly elaborate network of corporate, for-profit, and tax exempt entities, UC attempted to fashion the optimal legal circuitry for monetary advantages. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Some charity hospitals avoid the tax man while ignoring the needy

Drew Johnson September 22, 2017 4:01 am

Graham-Cassidy gives states the authority and the funding to clean up the mess created by Washington, D.C. It repeals the most onerous mandates of Obamacare to give states the flexibility and freedom to design their own healthcare solutions. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Graham-Cassidy can turn Obamacare’s failure into an American success

Curtis Ellis September 21, 2017 1:20 pm

Ali Alchikh, 49, and his wife, Najoua Laroui, found replenished supplies of bottled water at Costco and purchased it for their extended family Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, in Tampa, Fla. Both said they've never stocked up before a hurricane, but the strength of Irma and media reports from Houston encouraged them to buy bottled water. (Jonathan Capriel/The Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Price gouging has its purpose

Harry Dardashti September 21, 2017 4:01 am

All providers today support an Internet that ensures transparency and equality, i.e., net neutrality. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Backers of heavy-handed Internet rules are all thumbs

Pete Sepp September 20, 2017 4:01 am

In less than a month, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Gill v. Whitford, a politically charged gerrymandering case, and rule on whether Wisconsin's State Assembly map was intentionally drawn to favor one party over another. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)

How will gerrymandering measure up before the Supreme Court?

Ray Wallin September 20, 2017 4:01 am

Republican strategist Karl Rove's recent column blaming the House Freedom Caucus for Washington dysfunction was wrong and misguided, Reps. Andy Biggs, Dave Brat, Trent Franks, and Paul Gosar wrote in an op-ed. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

House Freedom Caucus members: Karl Rove, stop blaming us for dysfunction in Congress

Rep. Andy Biggs, Rep. Paul Gosar, Rep Dave Brat, Rep Trent Franks September 19, 2017 6:34 pm

President Trump struck a deal last week with top Democratic and Republican leaders to secure hurricane aid funding and to raise the debt ceiling. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Rep. Tom Rice: Trump’s grand experiment with bipartisanship is working

Rep Tom Rice September 19, 2017 4:51 pm

The CFPB on Tuesday announced a final rule that would lower most credit card late fees to $8. (Flickr)

CFPB’s Richard Cordray wants to replace arbitration with a broken class-action system

Lisa Rickard September 19, 2017 4:01 am

Nine years after the crisis, Fannie and Freddie remain unfixed

Thomas Aiello, Pete Sepp September 19, 2017 4:01 am

In this April 17, 2016 file photo, a long-range S-300 missile system is displayed by Iran's army during a parade marking National Army Day, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Why Iran’s nuclear program is a greater threat than North Korea’s

Shahriar Kia September 19, 2017 4:01 am

It represents an open quandary for policymakers both Western and Chinese. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

How to solve a problem like North Korea?

Author's Name September 18, 2017 4:01 am

The U.N. is failing its mission to make the world a better and safer place, and it continues to lose credibility. It legitimizes corrupt, destabilizing regimes that violate the human rights of their citizens, it lacks accountability, and it wastes a lot of money. (samdiesel / iStock)

It’s time for serious United Nations reform

Rep. Francis Rooney September 18, 2017 4:01 am