The recurring farce of lifting the US government debt ceiling began again this week. As total debt surpasses $31.4 trillion – the current statutory limit – the Treasury is undertaking a series of bookkeeping maneuvers to disguise new borrowing and keep the government operating. At some point…

The recurring farce of lifting the US government debt ceiling began again this week. As total debt surpasses $31.4 trillion – the current statutory limit – the Treasury is undertaking a series of bookkeeping maneuvers to disguise new borrowing and keep the government operating. At some point…

The recurring farce of lifting the US government debt ceiling began again this week. As total debt surpasses $31.4 trillion – the current statutory limit – the Treasury is undertaking a series of bookkeeping maneuvers to disguise new borrowing and keep the government operating. At some point…

The recurring farce of lifting the US government debt ceiling began again this week. As total debt surpasses $31.4 trillion – the current statutory limit – the Treasury is undertaking a series of bookkeeping maneuvers to disguise new borrowing and keep the government operating. At some point…

Defense spending is vital to the ensure the nation’s security. But that doesn’t mean the Pentagon should be above budget scrutiny. Far from it, as a recent audit reveals.

You can’t say the 2022 climate data coming out is surprising. But it sure is alarming.

You can’t say the 2022 climate data coming out is surprising. But it sure is alarming.

You can’t say the 2022 climate data coming out is surprising. But it sure is alarming.

You can’t say the 2022 climate data coming out is surprising. But it sure is alarming.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are both being investigated over their handling of classified materials. While publicly disclosed information reflects that the cases are clearly different, the investigatory processes should not be.

Perhaps not since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks have the spacious skies over America been as empty as they were Wednesday morning when the Federal Aviation Administration ordered all domestic flights grounded over a computer malfunction. The cause wasn’t immediately identified, but this is the…

We don’t know whether the Federal Trade Commission is right that forbidding noncompete agreements in labor contracts will increase wages by nearly $300 billion per year. Nor do we have a strong opinion about whether the ban can be carried out via regulation, as just proposed, or requires leg…

We don’t know whether the Federal Trade Commission is right that forbidding noncompete agreements in labor contracts will increase wages by nearly $300 billion per year. Nor do we have a strong opinion about whether the ban can be carried out via regulation, as just proposed, or requires leg…

We don’t know whether the Federal Trade Commission is right that forbidding noncompete agreements in labor contracts will increase wages by nearly $300 billion per year. Nor do we have a strong opinion about whether the ban can be carried out via regulation, as just proposed, or requires leg…

We don’t know whether the Federal Trade Commission is right that forbidding noncompete agreements in labor contracts will increase wages by nearly $300 billion per year. Nor do we have a strong opinion about whether the ban can be carried out via regulation, as just proposed, or requires leg…

We don’t know whether the Federal Trade Commission is right that forbidding noncompete agreements in labor contracts will increase wages by nearly $300 billion per year. Nor do we have a strong opinion about whether the ban can be carried out via regulation, as just proposed, or requires leg…

The emergence of immigration policy as a constant source of seeming contradiction under President Joe Biden was a development few expected. Improbably, this was underscored this week by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch – a conservative appointed by Donald Trump.

While it’s hard to imagine Congress left many things out of the 4,000-page omnibus spending bill President Joe Biden signed into law last week, there were some key omissions. Among the least explicable was the Afghan Adjustment Act.

Pictures of travelers still marooned in airports over the long holiday week are deeply disturbing.

Pictures of travelers still marooned in airports over the long holiday week are deeply disturbing.

Pictures of travelers still marooned in airports over the long holiday week are deeply disturbing.

Pictures of travelers still marooned in airports over the long holiday week are deeply disturbing.

A gaping question remains to be answered following the House Ways and Means Committee’s decision to release Donald Trump’s tax returns: Why did the Internal Revenue Service fail to audit Trump’s taxes during the first two years of his presidency, as required by law? There’s a growing mountai…

One characteristic of American life distinguishes our country from all other democracies: Our political campaigns are never-ending. The moment one election cycle ends, the nation begins focusing on the next. Even if candidates have not formally declared their intentions, we have already begu…

One characteristic of American life distinguishes our country from all other democracies: Our political campaigns are never-ending. The moment one election cycle ends, the nation begins focusing on the next. Even if candidates have not formally declared their intentions, we have already begu…

One characteristic of American life distinguishes our country from all other democracies: Our political campaigns are never-ending. The moment one election cycle ends, the nation begins focusing on the next. Even if candidates have not formally declared their intentions, we have already begu…

One characteristic of American life distinguishes our country from all other democracies: Our political campaigns are never-ending. The moment one election cycle ends, the nation begins focusing on the next. Even if candidates have not formally declared their intentions, we have already begu…

One characteristic of American life distinguishes our country from all other democracies: Our political campaigns are never-ending. The moment one election cycle ends, the nation begins focusing on the next. Even if candidates have not formally declared their intentions, we have already begu…

Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee were so busy patting themselves on the back after Wednesday’s partisan vote to publicly release former President Donald Trump’s tax returns that they forgot one thing: explaining why this is legally necessary or proper. The vote wasn’t an attem…

Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee were so busy patting themselves on the back after Wednesday’s partisan vote to publicly release former President Donald Trump’s tax returns that they forgot one thing: explaining why this is legally necessary or proper. The vote wasn’t an attem…

Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee were so busy patting themselves on the back after Wednesday’s partisan vote to publicly release former President Donald Trump’s tax returns that they forgot one thing: explaining why this is legally necessary or proper. The vote wasn’t an attem…

Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee were so busy patting themselves on the back after Wednesday’s partisan vote to publicly release former President Donald Trump’s tax returns that they forgot one thing: explaining why this is legally necessary or proper. The vote wasn’t an attem…

Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee were so busy patting themselves on the back after Wednesday’s partisan vote to publicly release former President Donald Trump’s tax returns that they forgot one thing: explaining why this is legally necessary or proper. The vote wasn’t an attem…

President Joe Biden turned 80 on Nov. 20, and so far, he has given every indication he plans to run for reelection in 2024. If he were to win, his second term would conclude not long after his 86th birthday.

Is the age of nuclear fusion finally dawning?

Is the age of nuclear fusion finally dawning?

Is the age of nuclear fusion finally dawning?

Is the age of nuclear fusion finally dawning?

The release of WNBA star Brittney Griner after 10 months of Russian detention is cause for justifiable celebration. It has spared Griner from the possibility of years in a Russian penal colony, a punishment that far exceeded her alleged offense, and reunited her with friends and family. Pres…

Lawmakers are vowing to go back to the chalkboard on education. Top Republicans vow to “reinvent” high school to expand work-based learning experiences for Hoosier students.

Lawmakers are vowing to go back to the chalkboard on education. Top Republicans vow to “reinvent” high school to expand work-based learning experiences for Hoosier students.

Lawmakers are vowing to go back to the chalkboard on education. Top Republicans vow to “reinvent” high school to expand work-based learning experiences for Hoosier students.

Lawmakers are vowing to go back to the chalkboard on education. Top Republicans vow to “reinvent” high school to expand work-based learning experiences for Hoosier students.

Progress can be painfully slow in the American constitutional system. That makes it all the more important to recognize when the process works as it should.

Behold Congress’ lame duck session, their last chance to pass long-overdue measures to fix loopholes in federal election law that helped stoke the ill-conceived Jan. 6, 2021, “Stop the Steal” assault on the Capitol.

Back in 2001, precious few Americans could have explained what Houston-based Enron did as a company and how it got so spectacularly wealthy. But when it filed for a record-breaking bankruptcy, Americans got schooled fast about not putting their trust and money behind swaggering, fast-talking…

Back in 2001, precious few Americans could have explained what Houston-based Enron did as a company and how it got so spectacularly wealthy. But when it filed for a record-breaking bankruptcy, Americans got schooled fast about not putting their trust and money behind swaggering, fast-talking…

Back in 2001, precious few Americans could have explained what Houston-based Enron did as a company and how it got so spectacularly wealthy. But when it filed for a record-breaking bankruptcy, Americans got schooled fast about not putting their trust and money behind swaggering, fast-talking…

Back in 2001, precious few Americans could have explained what Houston-based Enron did as a company and how it got so spectacularly wealthy. But when it filed for a record-breaking bankruptcy, Americans got schooled fast about not putting their trust and money behind swaggering, fast-talking…

For a six-month period last year, something life-changing happened for tens of millions of American families: They started receiving automatic monthly payments of as much as $300 per child to use for whatever they needed.