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The Hidden Cost of California's Housing Crisis

Homeowners are having children, but renters are not. And there are a lot of renters...  Read more

Is the Mueller Investigation Expanding Its Scope?

Rod Rosenstein plays coy with congressional Republicans...  Read more

Why my government is reforming Poland's judiciary

Poland's new Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, writes: "No democratic nation can long accept having any branch of government independent of checks, balances, and public accountability. That is the judiciary's status in today's Poland."...  Read more

Trump's Rhetoric Against Journalists Doesn't Threaten the First Amendment

It shows its strength. Therein lies the paradox of presidential powerlessness...  Read more

House panel marks up education funding bill

Democrats opposed the bill, arguing that the changes favor for-profit colleges and would make it harder for students to afford a four-year college degree...  Read more

Export-Import Bank deserves better than Scott Garrett

While in Congress, Garrett made it his goal to shut down Ex-Im, repeatedly voting against reauthorizing the bank and arguing its mission is "doling out taxpayer funded welfare for mega corporations."...  Read more

Republican arrogance just made Doug Jones a senator

“Republicans really have no way way to win tonight.”  Read more

Bloomberg gets oil companies, dozens of others to join climate disclosure pact

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been a vocal advocate of taking concrete steps to achieve the carbon emission-reducing goals set by world leaders in Paris in 2015...  Read more

Failed New York subway attack reflects tireless counterterrorism by US

Akayed Ullah is suspected to have constructed a crude pipe bomb and entered the New York City subway system with the intent of carrying out a terror attack Monday morning...  Read more

Everything You Need to Know about Roy Moore, Doug Jones, and the Alabama Senate Vote Tonight

Buckle up, it could be a crazy night...  Read more

A New Intifada?

The gates of hell remain closed...  Read more

Heads Roy Moore Wins, Tails the GOP Loses

Tonight's vote isn't going to end the Republican civil war...  Read more

Republican tax bill would tie the hands of blue-state governments

New Jersey Gov.-elect Phil Murphy and other blue-state governors want to raise taxes on millionaires in order to boost state spending. The tax reform bill, however, would make such state tax hikes much more painful...  Read more

Did Paul Manafort Violate the Judge's Gag Order?

Robert Mueller files more evidence...  Read more

House could be first up to tackle entitlement reform

House Speaker Paul Ryan told radio show host Ross Kaminsky on Wednesday that he wants to revisit entitlement reform after tax reform is finished...  Read more

Pushed by Trump, states look to promote apprenticeships

Several states are rising to President Trump's challenge to promote apprenticeship programs as a way to fill a "skills gap" in companies and reduce the unemployment rate...  Read more

Jerusalem, divided

A number of U.S. allies in the Middle East are condemning the Trump administration's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, with the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia urging Washington to reconsider and reverse the announcement...  Read more

The Washington swamp is filled with ethanol

EISA and the Renewable Fuel Standard had no impact on gasoline prices or climate change...  Read more