The IRS is a prime target for fraudsters, who bilk the tax agency out of as much as $300 billion a year in refunds or underpayments on taxes owed, according to a new analysis by Congress's top watchdog.
Democrats are poised to flip five to 15 House seats in the Nov. 3 midterm elections and take control of the chamber from Republicans, according to a new analysis.
As an American living abroad, I believed religious persecution in Italy was a relic of the past, confined to ancient Roman history or the violence of the early Protestant Reformation. Now, several hundred years later, the treatment of one small evangelical church in the heart of Rome suggests otherwise and evokes the very real and […]
The recent artificial intelligence-related Nobel Prize in chemistry is just more evidence that the AI revolution is well underway, but there will be unobvious barriers to overcome. One will be the almost unimaginable amount of energy required to support some of its most important applications. For example, 50 pending requests for the creation of 90 new data […]
AS ATTACKS INTENSIFY, TRUMP BECOMES MORE POPULAR. It’s hard to measure the intensity of negative media coverage of former President Donald Trump, but it’s safe to say it is rising as Election Day approaches. What’s interesting to note is that in the face of unrelentingly negative coverage, at a high level now but negative for a […]
Vice President Kamala Harris announced a plan earlier this month to add home healthcare benefits to Medicare. The plan is a fiscal fantasy. Medicare is already in a fiscal crisis, and new benefits will only make things worse. According to the Brookings Institution, covering seniors’ home care for even one year would cost Medicare $40 […]
Most people will vote in just one election this year, on Nov. 5. But another very important election will take place just days later, although only around 50 people will vote. That election will be for the next Senate majority leader, and the outcome will go a long way to determining how well the next […]
