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DC’s most pressing post-midterm question: What to do about Social Security’s pending insolvency?

Tiana Lowe Doescher · October 31, 2026 6:15 am

Democratic candidate for US Senate James Talarico and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. (Photos by Ronaldo Schemidt and Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images)

Extremist Democrats boosted by corrupt Republicans

From left: Eos CEO Joe Mastrangelo, U.S. under secretary of energy Alex Fitzsimmons, and Eos COO Michelle Buczkowski.

From China to Pittsburgh, Eos bets on American manufacturing

President Donald Trump gestures after speaking at a campaign rally at the Sioux Gateway Airport in Iowa.

Has no tax on tips/overtime/Social Security helped the GOP?

President Donald Trump and tariffs.

Why did anyone think Trump’s tariffs would be popular?

President Obama is himself a Christian, of course, butÂ Thursday'sÂ tirade was anything but a display of righteous anger. (AP Photo)

Gun control and magical thinking

Hugh Hewitt October 4, 2015 9:58 pm

"I may not be a polished politician," Fincher said when he announced his first run for Congress in 2010. (Wikipedia)

Congressman Stephen Fincher: From Tea Partier to corporate welfare champion

Timothy P. Carney October 2, 2015 1:49 pm

A simmering Jeb-Marco feud heats up

Byron York October 1, 2015 9:37 pm

On college campuses, where the new rules are already being applied, accusations of sexual assaultÂ are rarely clear-cut. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

Campus sexual assault is rarely black and white

Ashe Schow October 1, 2015 5:00 am

Nationally O'Malley'sÂ numbers are even worse, coming in at justÂ 0.6 percent. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

The dogs that aren’t barking in the 2016 campaign

Michael Barone September 30, 2015 9:40 pm

House Speaker John Boehner's resignation, together withÂ the seeming peace between his heir apparent Kevin McCarthy and the Tea Partiers, marks a new era in the House Republican Party. (AP Photo)Â

The speaker’s job in the Tea Party’s Washington

Timothy P. Carney September 29, 2015 9:30 pm

Partially driving her decline, of course, is the email scandal, which has exacerbated the public's doubts about Clinton's truthfulness.Â (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

As Clinton falls, some Democrats remain optimistic

Byron York September 28, 2015 11:52 pm

Never mind Muslims … Can a Catholic be president?

Dan Hannan September 28, 2015 4:01 am

Is there any historical precedent for Donald Trump?

Michael Barone September 28, 2015 4:01 am

Pope Francis gives a thumbs up to the orchestra as he attends the World Meeting of Families festival in Philadelphia, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. (Tony Gentile/Pool Photo via AP)

Another day in history for Philadelphia

Hugh Hewitt September 27, 2015 9:00 pm

Pope Francis reaches to give a blessing to Sophie Cruz, 5, from suburban Los Angeles, during a parade in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Pope Francis challenges us to include the poor in society

Timothy P. Carney September 25, 2015 12:44 pm

Legislation sets up a new religious liberty battleground, could set precedent for the nation. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

How schools can stop ‘civil rights’ trampling due process

Ashe Schow September 24, 2015 5:00 am