EconomyNews
SANTA FE, N.M.—“The Bachelor” is one of television’s highest-rated shows. But for taxpayers such as Jill Meyer, the decision by the Santa Fe City Council to commit… Read More
Health CareNews
Public support for Obamacare dwindled in July. Last month’s Kaiser Health Tracking Poll found that more than half of Americans view the law unfavorably, an eight… Read More
EducationCommentary
Most people would agree education and public safety should be among states’ top spending priorities. But few realize we actually invest more in criminals than… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The most successful lobbyists in the nation’s capital are masters of masquerading propaganda as fact. Repeat even outright falsehoods with a modicum of conviction, and… Read More
Health CareNews
Aetna has picked up 600,000 customers thanks to the Affordable Care Act. But is the company any more profitable? CEO and Chairman Mark Bertolini couldn’t… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Obamacare’s initial open-enrollment period ended in mid April. The big question since then has been, “What were the results?” Hard data have been lacking —… Read More
SecurityCommentary
What’s at stake in Ukraine? If the actions of Western governments speak louder than words, the short answer is “not much.” The full range of… Read More
SecurityNews
More than a decade ago, a cooperative effort between Washington and Mexico City resulted in the arrest and repatriation of thousands of illegal immigrants, reduced… Read More
SecurityNews
House Republicans worked overtime last night to pass two bills addressing the border crisis — measures all but certain to die in the Senate —… Read More
Health CareNews
With three months to go before HealthCare.gov opens again for business to Americans seeking insurance through Obamacare, congressional investigators and government accountants are sounding the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
President Obama today on his support for reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank: “We will lose business. And we will lose jobs if we don’t pass it.”… Read More
LawNews
MADISON, Wis.—After three years of legal battles, the war for Gov. Scott Walker’s cornerstone public-sector collective bargaining reforms ended Thursday with the state Supreme Court… Read More
LawNews
Homeland Security agents raided a North Carolina couple’s property and seized their $60,000 Land Rover Defender, claiming it violated EPA emissions standards. Jennifer Brinkley said… Read More
LawCommentary
In a victory for election integrity, the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the state’s voter ID law against separate challenges by the NAACP and… Read More
SocietyNews
The Sudanese mother who was sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith safety arrived Thursday night in the United States. Her husband,… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
American officials have confirmed that Russia has been violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. The INF Treaty was concluded in 1987 and prohibits all… Read More
EconomyCommentary
“They need to recharge their batteries for another year of gridlock.” >>> How Gridlock Is Stopping Congress From Making a Better Federal Budget
EducationCommentary
Thursday marked 102nd birthday of the late, great Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman. It is both fitting and proper we remember his legacy of freedom… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
On the jobs front, it’s a story of not much better and not much worse. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ July employment report shows middling… Read More
SocietyNews
HONOLULU—Although 2,500 miles from the continental United States, Hawaii has joined the list of states temporarily housing unaccompanied minors from Central America who have illegally… Read More
SocietyNews
Gov. Terry McAuliffe said the border crisis is a federal problem, not Virginia’s, and that undocumented children are only being housed at one location in the state—even… Read More
EducationNews
Education officials in New Jersey are being sued for allegedly infringing on a student’s free-speech rights when he was accused of bullying another student. According to… Read More
InternationalNews
At dawn last Friday, a group of hooded men — hidden, but unmistakably officers from Venezuela’s Military Intelligence — burst into the cell of political… Read More
Health CareNews
Andrew Slavitt, a former executive at the technology company tasked with “saving” HealthCare.gov and now second in command at the agency overseeing Obamacare, yesterday ran… Read More
SecurityNews
On their last scheduled day in session before leaving for August recess, House Republican leaders pulled legislation to address the border crisis after conservatives criticized… Read More
SocietyNews
As lawmakers prepared to head home from Washington for the long August recess, one ambitious organization sent them packing with a blueprint for delivering conservative… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Jack Phillips, the cake artist facing legal action and a ruling to re-educate his staff because he declined to design a wedding cake for a… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
This latest outbreak of the Ebola virus is getting a great deal of attention, as it should. Here are some questions that need to be… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a new report that examines whether “too big to fail” banks enjoy a cost advantage over smaller banks… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Kelly Rosati, whose four children joined her family through foster care adoption, knows first-hand the pain and difficulties caused by a broken child welfare system…. Read More
