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Trustees of the Social Security program just issued their annual report. Each year, the picture of the program's solvency is dismal. But this year it's even worse. Rather than falling short in 2033, as reported last year, this year the shortfall is ...

Congress is debating major funding bills that would avoid another of those phony government "shutdowns" now scheduled for January 30. One sticking point is that Democrats want to either defund ICE, or greatly reduce its budget even though it is ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, men in powdered hair and knee breeches did what no colony had ever done successfully. They broke away from the most powerful empire on earth. They were not bloodthirsty radicals. They had petitioned again and again to ...

As Wimbledon holds its 149th championship, not every eye is on the ball. Many eyes are on a different kind of ball. Enter: the pickleball. Between 2020 and 2023, pickleball participation increased by more than 150%. What started as a fitness fad for ...

Tim Walz is going away, but the Democratic Party's Tim Walz crisis isn't. The Minnesota governor gave up his quest for a third term Monday: Staying out of jail will be challenging enough for him over the next few months, never mind prolonging his ...

So much for the notion that the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 majority of justices appointed by Republican presidents, was going to be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. That is a frequently voiced charge by partisan Democrats, and a fear of many ...

Six days after the commencement of Operation Epic Fury, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce, in the context of the ongoing joint American-Israeli military campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran: "There will be no deal with ...

America needs true warriors to do what others cannot-fight our wars and win. Pete Hegseth is working to make the military great again. On Veterans Day, we pause from our busy lives to salute the courage of those who fought in the mud of Belleau Wood,

In the Illinois Democratic Party electorate, circa 2025, the fringe has gone mainstream. A substantial minority of Democrats support political violence (including felonies to stop federal immigration officers from carrying out their duties), and ...

Across the nation, states are fiercely competing for companies and population by slashing taxes. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is dooming her state to be the loser. In 2026, eight states are cutting their income taxes, and four others are reducing ...