The week you bring your precious child home from the hospital, your phone fills with congratulations and, if you’re truly fortunate, your porch fills up with food from friends. Everybody wants to know how the baby is sleeping and whether she has her dad’s nose. Fewer people ask the other question: how is her mother […]
There will never be a convenient time to address Social Security. Waiting only guarantees that the solutions available tomorrow will be harder than the ones available today. Social Security is an American promise, and Congress seems unmotivated or unwilling to do the hard work required to keep it. The program’s finances are deteriorating, and according […]
President Trump's battle to make the Kennedy Center his own returns to court on Thursday, where a judge will hear arguments in whether Trump's name may be inscribed on the building. Earlier this week, the Justice Department argued in court filings that the renowned performing arts facility will suffer financial ruin if his name isn't...
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on Wednesday pushed back against the Trump administration's renewed attempt to fire her from the central bank's Board of Governors, despite a Supreme Court ruling preventing her removal. Cook's lawyers, Abbe Lowell and Norm Eisen, said President Trump has "no legal basis" to remove their client. The Fed governor, who was...
Almost anywhere else, we would call it a public health crisis, an occupational safety crisis and, quite possibly, a mass tort.
In the NFL today, we just call it football.
Rep. Seth Moulton and Sen. Ed Markey are squaring off for Massachusetts's Democratic Senate nod next week in the latest primary to spotlight young challengers vying to push out the party's old guard. Moulton, a 47-year-old who’s been in the House for six terms, is mounting a long-shot bid to unseat Markey, who at 80 has served on Capitol Hill for...
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on Wednesday announced an investigation into a “major” cybersecurity incident that the Qilin ransomware group claimed responsibility for. The ATF said a standalone system operating separately from the agency's network did not appear to affect its enterprise network, eForms system or other systems, according to a...
In today's issue: ▪ Trump’s mail-in voting order challenged again ▪ Meta agrees to restrictions in settlement ▪ FDA approves major pancreatic cancer treatment ▪ Abbey Gate bombing fifth anniversary Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh will step into the spotlight this week as he delivers his first major speech as chair, with investors anxious to see whether he...
Republicans on Capitol Hill are divided over whether to make a last-ditch push to enact legislation to stimulate the economy and cheer up voters before Election Day as the latest federal data shows the economy is slowing and inflation remains a problem. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) last month floated a fourth budget reconciliation...
A Maryland court blocked Democrats' congressional redistricting ballot initiative after a judge ruled state deadlines for adding measures were violated.
Iowa Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand indicated that he would not want former President Joe Biden or former Vice President Kamala Harris to campaign for him.
