The National Debt Just Hit $36 Trillion. Does Trump Have a Plan To Control It?
It would take nearly $8 trillion in budget cuts merely to stabilize the national debt so it does not grow faster than the ...
Chicago Mayor Johnson's Budget Betrayal Would Raise Taxes on Small Businesses
A proposed alcohol tax hike will hit immigrant-owned liquor stores while city spending on nonessential projects remains high.
The Math Does Not Favor Avoiding Senate Scrutiny of Trump's Bizarre Cabinet Picks
Several Republican senators have said they are not inclined to abdicate their "advice and consent" role in presidential ...
Can RFK Jr. Fix Our Dysfunctional Public Health Agencies?
The CDC, the FDA, and the NIH have long needed drastic reform. But is putting Robert Kennedy Jr. in charge of HHS the right ...
Starlink Election Fraud Claims Show Dems Are Not Immune to Conspiracy Theories
The spread of conspiracy theories in response to a bruising electoral loss is not only found on the political right.
Thomas Berry (Cato Institute) on Trump's Recess Appointment Plan
President-elect Trump has demanded on X that Senate Republican leadership "must agree to Recess Appointments (in the Senate!), without which we will not ...
Justice Department Finds 'Dehumanizing' Filth and Violence at Atlanta Jail Where Man Died Covered in Bugs
Justice Department investigators found squalid living conditions, unchecked violence, and illegal mistreatment of minors and ...
The Impact of Trump's Cost-Cutting Initiative Hinges on What He Means by 'Government Efficiency'
The name of President-elect Donald Trump's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is tellingly ambiguous.
Supreme Court Won't Hear a Qualified Immunity Case Where a Cop Disclosed an Abuse Report to a Woman's Abuser
A California woman won't be allowed to sue the police officer who allegedly leaked a confidential abuse report to her violent ...
Matt Gaetz's Personality Irked His GOP Colleagues. There Are Better Reasons To Oppose His Nomination.
If he is confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general, former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz will replace ...
Biden Wants To Triple Nuclear Energy Capacity, but He'll Have To Cut Red Tape To Do It
The Biden administration has an ambitious plan to triple America's nuclear power capacity by 2050 from 2020 levels. From ...
DOGE's Chances Are Slim, but It Might Be Our Only Hope
President-elect Donald Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is getting a lot of buzz, much of it ...