Politics

Karsten Moran for The New York Times Senator Amy Klobuchar seemed quite clear when she revealed the first state she would visit as a presidential candidate: Wisconsin. “Because, as you remember,...

At least 20 county sheriffs in Washington state – more than half of the state’s total – are now publicly refusing to police new gun laws. Several county governments have also passed...

President Donald Trump regularly thumps his chest and claims credit for each new uptick of the fast-growing US economy. But when it comes to economic performance, the country’s presidents have considerably more...

Time’s up for bogus environmental do-gooders as the U.S. government rolls back anti-coal regulations left over from the Obama era. President Donald Trump has eased restrictions that have stifled innovation...

On October 19, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a stay of the execution of a death row inmate in Alabama. The inmate, Torrey McNabb, had been sentenced for the murder...

A 401(k) is a defined contribution retirement account, named after the provision of the Internal Revenue Code that defers the taxation of a portion of an employee’s paycheck directed into...

In 1992, Congress passed and President George H.W. Bush signed into law a bill creating a 25 year deadline before all files pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy were...

On October 30, the United States’ Department of Justice, via special counsel Robert Mueller, indicted Paul Manafort and Rick Gates. Robert Mueller is tasked with investigating Russia’s real or alleged interventions in the U.S. presidential...

The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 took place on the days Russians then (using the old Julian calendar) called October 25th through the 27th. The western world (on the Gregorian calendar)...

Christopher Collins, the first member of Congress to endorse Donald Trump, is ending his re-election bid days after the Republican was charged with insider trading. In an about-face, Collins released a...