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Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, founder and leader of the Georgian Dream party, greets demonstrators during a rally in support of "Russian law."

Under Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgian Dream slowly consumes itself

Ani Chkhikvadze · November 6, 2026 2:14 pm

FILE - The U. S. Department of Commerce building is seen in Washington, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

The race for federal zones starts in the statehouses

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Israeli elections prove Netanyahu’s political prowess

The seal is seen at the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington.

The VA already solved part of rural America’s health crisis

Photo shows the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington. The Trump administration has settled lawsuits with dozens of tea party groups who said they received extra, often burdensome scrutiny when applying for tax-exempt status. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

The election is over. The clock is ticking to protect taxpayers from a politicized IRS

Now is the time for leaders from both parties to work together to enact sensible mortgage deduction reform and to target the savings to address the growing rental housing crisis facing America's extremely low income families. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Yes, reform the mortgage deduction, but plow the revenue into low-income housing

Diane Yentel August 16, 2017 4:01 am

Qatar and Arab powers are already at war…in Libya

suhaib-kebhaj, Joseph Hammond August 16, 2017 4:01 am

Food marketing class actions increased from less than 20 in 2008 to nearly 100 in federal courts in 2015. The most recent example is a lawsuit slapped on Pret A Manger for "slack-filling" their sandwiches. The reason most of these slack-fill cases are dismissed early on is that they are full of baloney. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

How lawmakers can prevent abusive ‘slack-fill’ lawsuits

Sherman Joyce August 15, 2017 4:01 am

Although Obama-era Title IX mandates attempted to correct this wrong, they have instead swung the pendulum too far in the opposite direction, creating a new class of student victims wrongfully found responsible for sexual assaults they did not commit. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

USC case reveals the travesty of justice under today’s Title IX

alison-scott, cynthia-garrett August 15, 2017 4:01 am

Suniva's petition asks the government to impose tariffs that would more than double the current market price for solar panels, killing an estimated 88,000 American jobs. (AP)

Why are two bankrupt solar companies seeking a bailout that would kill their industry?

Ryan Reid August 15, 2017 4:01 am

The Senate's inability to move forward on healthcare reform left behind one key provision that made sense both as sound economic policy and good health policy - namely, repeal of the innovation-crushing and jobs-killing medical device excise tax. On behalf of American patients, their families, and manufacturers, it's time to pivot and move this forward now. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Congress needs to repeal the medical device tax

Scott Whitaker August 15, 2017 4:01 am

Washington's most powerful special interest group is Congress itself, and its members are more than happy to reach across the aisle when their personal interests are on the line. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Congress gets it right on veterans; why can’t it on anything else?

Mark Footerman August 14, 2017 4:01 am

Al Gore's latest flick, "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power," is now being shown in movie theaters across America. Yes, I didn't notice either. And the same goes for the millions of Americans who took in a movie this past weekend. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Will Al Gore demand a recount now that ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ has flopped?

Tim Huelskamp August 14, 2017 4:01 am

Solving political problems requires more than simply acknowledging God. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Conservatives should be wary of Roy Moore’s fundamentalism

Jeremy Beaman August 14, 2017 4:01 am

Take the Westboro Baptist Church for example, a group consisting mostly of family members. They scream obscenities and anti-gay slurs as they picket events such as papal visits and the funerals of service members killed overseas. They offend virtually everyone on earth. (Wikipedia)

Liberals need to stop messing with the First Amendment

alana-mastrangelo August 13, 2017 4:01 am

Former President Barack Obama's unilateral declaration of millions of acres of land as national monuments and parks was a political move, designed to thwart gas and oil drilling. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Scale back presidents’ power to create national monuments

Steve Sherman August 12, 2017 4:01 am

‘To hell with science’

Charlie Richards August 12, 2017 4:01 am