More than 90% of prescriptions in the U.S. are filled with generic drugs. These cheaper alternatives to branded medications have expanded acce…
In the name of national security, former South Carolina governor and current Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley wants to use govern…
If these were normal times, Ukraine would be preparing to hold presidential elections in March. But with war raging and parts of the country u…
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that aims to undo a federal prohibition on people with domestic violence restraini…
Let’s hope the delusional demonstrators sympathizing with Hamas — in the United States and elsewhere — caught the translation of a recent inte…
As a general, Dwight D. Eisenhower led Allied troops to victory over Adolf Hitler’s racist and genocidal regime.
Hours after Republicans ended their three-week impasse last Wednesday and came together to elect a new speaker of the House, the lower chamber…
It’s a rare issue that can bring 41 states together for a bipartisan fight. This week, state attorneys general across the political spectrum j…
Wisconsin’s gun deer season is rapidly approaching. It’s not the only time you’ll see hunting in the state, but it’s by far the biggest one fo…
Excessive use of smartphones and social media is linked to rising rates of teenage depression and self-harm, while also damaging students’ aca…
Given the magnitude of the amount allocated, it’s unlikely we’ll ever truly know the extent to which con artists, fraudsters and elected offic…
We bet the farm — in a way.
As House Republicans fiddle while the world burns, some grown-ups in the Senate have thankfully moved to fill the leadership void.
The stories and video are chilling and horrific. Armed men roaming through an Israeli music festival calculatedly shooting civilians at point-…
Saturday’s Hamas terror onslaught from their stronghold in Gaza into Israel, murdering hundreds, was a sneak attack, just like the sneak attac…
In January, after 14 failed roll call votes — during each of which he got fewer votes than Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — Republican Kevin …
The deal adopts a common sense approach that doesn’t try to put this genie back in the bottle — which won’t work — while limiting its potentia…
The Inflation Reduction Act, passed last year, gave Medicare the authority to negotiate drug prices for the first time. The government will st…
More than three years since COVID-19 reached these shores, widespread misinformation continues to inhibit reasonable measures intended to keep…
At the end of this month, states are expected to run through the last of $24 billion in additional federal funding for child care, implemented…
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All around the world, in preparation for the High Holy Days, Jews are doing the inner spiritual work right now of cheshbon hanefesh, or accoun…
Congress directed billions of dollars to the nation’s public schools to address pandemic-era learning loss. So far, there’s no evidence that t…
When the federal government falters, the nation’s most vulnerable residents feel the effects hardest and fastest. That will be the case if Con…
Social scientists believe they know why America has become so divided along political lines.
In much the way that telehealth medicine has brought medical resources to people who won’t or can’t travel to a doctor’s office, veterinary te…
It was perfectly legal for the racist killer of three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday to buy and pos…
Back when banking was heavily regulated, the “three-six-three” rule prevailed. Bankers would pay 3% interest on depositors’ accounts, charge a…
If you or someone you know now has COVID (often again), you’re not alone. Infections are ticking back up, with the 7-day average of confirmed …
Donald Trump wasn’t on the stage — the cowardly tyrant had taped a Tucker Carlson interview in which he branded the American left “savage anim…
At the Waupun Correctional Institution, a maximum security Wisconsin penitentiary located about three hours northwest of Chicago, some 1,000 p…
California’s electric vehicle push has increased the demand for natural gas. The global warming alarmists never mentioned that.
The second straight year of 14% increases in home values statewide, and mortgage interest rates near 7%, continued to illustrate the squeeze f…
It was the sort of conduct one usually associates with totalitarian governments: Law enforcement officers swarm a newspaper office and confisc…
Efforts to give the nation’s growing fleet of electric vehicles a second job as backup power sources got a significant boost last week.
As inflation cooled over the past year, President Joe Biden ran atop the podium to claim his medal. Turns out the race wasn’t over.
A criminal record, even a low-level drug possession charge, can hamper people’s ability to land a job, secure an apartment or obtain public ai…
Donald Trump’s alleged spiriting away of classified documents to Mar-a-Lago was not a threat to democracy.
America’s prosperity depends on attracting foreign talent. Yet due to a dysfunctional immigration system, millions of workers face insurmounta…
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There’s a major disconnect between what renewable energy backers promised and the current cost of electricity.
The human body can barely cope with weather this hot. In Phoenix, where the asphalt can hit 180F (82C), emergency-room doctors are zipping hea…
Even as the state and federal governments are making slow, belated progress dealing with the industrial chemicals called PFAS in our drinking …
Healthy skepticism of authority is a very good thing — as power should never go unchecked in a democracy. But corrosive distrust of government…
One of the most demoralizing things about the world’s response to the climate crisis is the fossil fuel industry’s continued success in blocki…
While President Joe Biden’s new student loan relief program for 804,000 borrowers won’t assist anywhere near the 26 million Americans he had b…
After months of teetering on the edge, it seems inflation is declining steadily, to the point where the specter of mega-price jumps erasing sa…
When the U.S. Supreme Court recently voted to strike down affirmative action admissions programs at colleges and universities, it turned a spo…
A federal judge last week held that the federal government tried to skirt the First Amendment when it pressured social media companies to supp…
If you listen to Republican presidential hopefuls like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, you will hear that the American public education system is f…
President Joe Biden is already scheming to get around last week’s Supreme Court ruling that invalidated his effort to unilaterally make billio…
As President Joe Biden finds himself struggling with approval ratings that remain stubbornly resistant even to good economic news, Washington’…
The U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings last week that race-conscious college admissions programs are unlawful was widely expected but still deeply d…
In addition to being the revolutionaries who demanded independence from Great Britain and the visionaries who drafted the Constitution, many o…
The Supreme Court‘s decision Thursday blocking higher educational institutions from using affirmative action policies when considering student…
So much for the radical Supreme Court. A 6-3 majority on Tuesday rejected the argument advanced by some conservatives that the U.S. Constituti…
When Republican Govs. Greg Abbott of Texas and Ron DeSantis of Florida bused and flew migrants to Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C., and…
Spurred by a robust job market, a growing number of young Americans are choosing to forgo college for the workforce. Politicians of both parti…
The Fourth Amendment protects Americans from “unreasonable searches and seizures” by the government, acknowledging the “right of the people to…
With lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase, the Securities and Exchange Commission has targeted some of the largest remaining players in the c…
There was a fascinating study published this week in the JAMA Network Open, part of the American Medical Associations publications. Researcher…
When Alexander Hamilton, as the first Treasury secretary, starting in 1789, began issuing debt to borrow on the good name of the new governmen…
Something is usually better than nothing — and that’s certainly the case with the debt ceiling compromise.
This is planting season in the Farm Belt, and Midwest farmers are revving up for a big year ahead. Global demand for corn, soybeans and other …
The Biden administration’s sensible new policy for asylum seekers — requiring them to submit applications in Latin American countries before a…
The US nursing workforce is shedding workers. About 100,000 nurses quit or retired during the pandemic, while another 800,000 have signaled an…
The Food and Drug Administration is considering allowing birth-control pills to be sold without a prescription. Some conservatives are raising…
When the ancient Greeks wanted to learn what their future held, they would consult with oracles. Alexander the Great, for one, visited the Ora…
The National Institutes of Health is launching a four-year study of users of the two overdose prevention centers in New York and an upcoming o…
America’s system of caring for elderly people who need long-term care is strained to the breaking point. While bureaucrats and businesses argu…
The odd thing about the debt limit negotiations is that it isn’t hard to imagine a compromise on the big issues separating the two parties.
“Innocent people are dead, shot by a young man with a potent firearm, who died after an exchange of gunfire with police.” That was, word-for-w…
Those well-steeped in our nation’s history long ago learned the inspiring story of how President George Washington delivered his stirring Gett…
Thanks to recent reports about financial and personal dealings by members of the Supreme Court — including lavish trips bestowed upon Justice …
US regulators appear to be on a collision course with crypto. Sometime soon, many issuers and intermediaries could be forced out of business o…
It’s easy to understand why reforming Social Security and other programs has been nearly impossible. Many may not realize it, but it’s because…
A new poll indicates the U.S. Supreme Court, once at the top of the nation’s most respected national institutions, is plummeting in public app…
As the end of the school year approaches, a large number of US students are facing an unpleasant possibility: They may be asked to repeat a gr…
“Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants,” wrote Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, in a 1913 essay. The dictum has proved so apt …
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Less sugar, lower sodium and more whole grains are among the new guidelines for school meals under consideration by the U.S. Department of Agr…