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Congress can decrease opioid deaths, but it will require more investment 

Congress must commit to a smarter approach to combat opioid addiction, empowering local communities and insisting on measurable results, to prevent the devastating loss of lives to preventable overdoses.

House Speaker Mike Johnson warns Senate against changing cap on state and local taxes

House Speaker Mike Johnson is urging Senate Republicans not to make dramatic modifications to the proposed increase in the federal deduction for state and local taxes in President Trump's "big, beautiful bill."

Sen. Rand Paul threatens to oppose Trump’s agenda bill because debt spending is ‘not conservative’

Sen. Rand Paul said Sunday he would consider voting for President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" if GOP leaders scrap plans to raise the nation's borrowing limit.

Cover-up of Biden’s cognitive, physical ills adds to long tradition of presidential medical secrets

Many U.S. presidents have concealed significant medical problems from the public, but the practice is now under heightened scrutiny in the wake of former President Joseph R. Biden's cancer diagnosis and reports of debilitating cognitive decline that aides tried to cover up.

The Digital Equity Act tried to close the digital divide. Trump calls it racist and acts to end it

One program distributes laptops in rural Iowa. Another helped people get back online after Hurricane Helene washed away computers and phones in western North Carolina. Programs in Oregon and rural Alabama teach older people, including some who have never touched a computer, how to navigate in an increasingly digital world.

Putin shows more signs of ignoring Trump on ending Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin is increasingly showing signs of ignoring President Trump’s entreaties to work toward an end to the Ukraine war, something Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky had long warned. Russia overnight launched one of the largest missile and drone attacks on Ukraine yet, killing at least a dozen people and injuring scores more. Zelensky...

Former surgeon general recommends delaying children using social media for ‘as long as possible’

Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is urging parents to limit their children's use of social media to protect their mental health, and is calling on Congress to implement stricter regulations and warnings for social media use.

Trump relishes fights with stars, be it Springsteen, Swift or Rosie O’Donnell

“Rosie is a very unattractive person, both inside and out,” Donald Trump said in an interview on “Entertainment Tonight.” “She's basically a disaster,” Trump, then a New York City real estate developer and TV personality, said of comedian Rosie O'Donnell. Days earlier, O'Donnell, a co-host on “The View,” had knocked Trump as a “snake oil salesman”...

Amend the Constitution to set an upper age limit for presidents

We have to face the reality that if he had been reelected, Biden would have had to deal with cancer treatments while president and might not have lived until the end of his term.

Wendy Sherman: China watching Russia-Ukraine conflict to gauge moves on Taiwan

Former Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman warned that China is observing the international response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine to gauge its future treatment towards Taiwan, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for increased pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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