President Trump has held out as long as he can on the wall. But now it's time for him to pack it in.He never really made the sale, except... Read More

Why have Democrats shut down—or at least partially shut down—the federal government rather than approve partial funding for a... Read More

The federal deficit just hit a six-year high, but President Trump's fiscal policy is apparently responsible enough for Larry Kudlow, his top... Read More

Facebook capitalizes on human nature — quite literally in the form of $40 billion in annual revenue. In the era of viral fake news, we... Read More

As 2018 drew to a close, Steve Pearlstein, the Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning business columnist, published a book that would've... Read More

There is little doubt that Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, representing parts of Queens and the Bronx, is being treated as a leader... Read More

Second-wave feminism, long derided (largely unfairly) as unsexy and overly earnest, has come roaring back in style in the past couple of... Read More

Sen. Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) announcement that he will be traveling to Canada for hernia surgery is one that should be taught in journalism... Read More

It's a new year and almost two decades into a new century, yet so much about American life and our political leadership... Read More

The current government shutdown is now the longest in American history, affecting about 800,000 federal employees out of 1.8 million... Read More

The Colorado Supreme Court said Monday that state law does not allow oil and gas regulators to make health and environmental protection their... Read More

Lt. David Lincoln, an experienced paramedic at the Brevard County Fire Department in Titusville, Fla., makes about $60,000 a year for a... Read More

For several months, the Trump administration has been engaged in an internal debate over the merits of allowing states to partially expand... Read More

Opponents of Medicare for All warn that the cost will scare people away. They speak in panicked tones about trillions of dollars in... Read More

ow that the nation has heard the President explain how he wants to address our immigration crisis, and we have all enjoyed the comic relief... Read More

Americans spend an average of 293 hours per year driving, equivalent to over seven 40-hour workweeks. That's time that busy professionals... Read More

What did Donald Cardinal Weurl, Washington's retired archbishop, know about his pervy predecessor, the ex-cardinal Theodore “Uncle... Read More

Americans have long understood that children are best cared for by their parents. The state can only intervene in the family when there is... Read More

As the partial government shutdown drags on and the American public grows increasingly weary, President Donald Trump seems to have found the... Read More

I guess no one in the FBI ever watched “The Apprentice.” It was only the number-one rated show in the country.  In it,... Read More

Familiarity, it is said, breeds contempt. It also breeds indifference. For almost three years now, the intelligence services and police... Read More

The world's busiest airport has descended into chaos as President Trump's government shutdown drags into its fourth week.Travelers at... Read More

What would William Barr do if he is confirmed as attorney general and confronted with a repetition of the 1973 Saturday Night Massacre, when... Read More

The Missouri attorney general's office is investigating whether Google has run afoul of consumer protection or antitrust laws in the... Read More