A federal judge barred the administration from carrying out President Trump's plan to close the golf course and scenic drive around Hains Point in Washington's East Potomac Park, saying the National Park Service's explanations for the shutdown just don't add up.

Voters gave Congress a clear mandate in the midterm elections: Make our lives more affordable. Doing so will require examining the drivers raising the costs of groceries, gas, and other essentials — inflation, tariffs, and the war in Iran, to name a few. What won’t help lower prices, however, is banning retail technologies that enable […]