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Tax education shouldn’t end with Tax Day

April means Tax Day, a yearly reminder that most people don’t like our tax code. As a recent Tax Foundation poll found, people don’t understand it either. With a looming tax battle on Capitol Hill, the need for tax policy education has never been higher. We shouldn’t let tax education end with Tax Day. ​ The public […]

Cultivating civility: Braver Angels aims at depolarization

It’s no secret that we live in a polarized world. Even if you ignore politics (good luck trying that), you’d also have to ignore entertainment news (exes or coworkers squabbling), sports news (rivals or teammates bickering), and social media (dislikes, trolls, goofs gone viral) to escape polarization. But one impressive group is trying to ratchet […]

Faster aging might lead to getting cancer earlier

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Faster aging might lead to getting cancer earlier Experts have known for a while that accelerated aging is linked to higher chances of getting cancer, but a new study presented this month suggests that this may be why...

Patrick Mahomes on staying out of presidential race: ‘I don’t want to pressure anyone’ 

Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes is declining to weigh in on this year's presidential race, urging voters in a new interview to do their own research before the election. “I don’t want to pressure anyone to vote for a certain president,” Mahomes said in an interview with Time magazine published Tuesday. “I want...

Blue city mayor defunds police force by more than $8 million to aid migrants

Denver is making cuts to public services, including the police, to dig up an additional $45 million to fund care for a deluge of migrants coming into the liberal city.

West Virginia AG vows to keep defending girls’ sports despite court ruling against transgender ban

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, a Republican, vowed to keep fighting to keep biological males out of girls sports after a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday to overturn a state transgender sports ban.

Supreme Court wary of obstruction charge used against some Jan 6 riot defendants

The Supreme Court's ruling on an obstruction of justice case for a Capitol riot defendant could have major implication on Trump's unrelated election interference case

US files 2nd labor complaint after Mexico refuses to act on union-busting by a Mexican company

The U.S. Trade Representatives Office said Tuesday it has filed a labor complaint after Mexico refused to act in the case of a Mexican call center that allegedly fired or threatened union organizers.

House resolution condemning ‘From the River to the Sea’ chant as antisemitic passes with 44 opposed

Dozens of House Democrats voted against a bill to condemn the pro-Palestinian chant "From the river to the sea" on Tuesday.

‘Parameters of a conceptual agreement’? Not so fast.

With help from Shawn NessNew from New YorkHappening now: Lawmakers pushed back on Gov. Kathy Hochul saying a budget is all but...

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