Good evening. With the government shutdown over, the Jeffrey Epstein scandal has exploded back into the headlines. Following the release of new emails that shed more light on the relationship between ...

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is almost over. The House, back for its first votes since September 19, just passed the Senate’s bipartisan deal to reopen the government. The 222-209 ...

Wednesday brought the first fallout from Tuesday's elections, in which Democrats swept key races by large margins. President Trump, clearly bothered by the election results, voiced growing frustration ...

Happy Tuesday! After a monthslong fight, the House and Senate passed a bill requiring the Justice Department to release files in the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. A 427-1 vote in the ...

President Trump on Friday signed an executive order that reduces his tariffs on a variety of grocery items amid growing concerns at the White House that voter unhappiness over high and rising prices ...

To compile this Fiscal Health Index, we looked at 116 U.S. cities with populations greater than 200,000, using data from 2015 financial reports issued by the cities themselves. Our scoring system is ...

It’s no secret that North Dakota’s oil industry is booming. Advancements in hydraulic fracturing have helped Western North Dakota experience month after month of record-setting oil production, making ...

Opinions about tax policy are divided in the U.S. along fairly predictable partisan lines, with Republicans typically expressing preferences for lower taxes compared to Democrats, but how do those ...

The results of “the cost-sharing revolution” in health care — the decades-long shift of an increasing share of medical expenses onto patients, even for those with insurance — are not encouraging, a ...

This week, America wraps up the fortieth anniversary of its most dangerous constitutional crises since the Civil War, with little celebration – and arguably no real insight into its lessons. Saturday ...

Nearly two years ago an extreme offshoot of al-Qaeda proclaimed itself a caliphate in the Middle East. Today ISIS has been condemned worldwide for its commission of brutal crimes against humanity, ...

The alarming epidemic of obesity among Americans and its implications for rising public health costs have become a topic of endless fascination and speculation among public policy experts, academics ...