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Everyone has a stake in keeping the unemployment rate low. A single percentage point increase in unemployment is tied to a jump in the poverty rate of about 0.4 to 0.7 percentage points. Higher rates of unemployment are ...Read more

I first met Frank O. Gehry, who died Dec. 5 at his California home, in November of 1982 when I was an undergraduate architecture student at the University of Virginia. He was known at the time for his own home in Santa ...Read more

On a recent French language immersion course in Nice, I got to know one of my classmates, an academic from Russia. On the final day of class, I gathered the courage to bring up the war between Russia and Ukraine.

This ...Read more

Most Americans would be overjoyed if politicians and political activists would cool their rhetoric. Despite the claims of activists on both the left and right, all policy questions aren’t “life or death,” and those ...Read more

WASHINGTON — To the unfamiliar, the U.S. Capitol and its surrounding office buildings are a maze of fluorescent lighting, identical hallways and unmarked tunnels. Even experienced staff and lawmakers sometimes get lost. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Redistricting, retirements and realignments are reshaping politics in Texas.

The state is home to what is likely to be one of the most expensive and divisive Senate contests next year, with fierce battles ...Read more

Politicians and policy experts like to talk about the “root causes” of crime, homelessness, poverty, rising prices and other problems. If they want to understand the root cause of political polarization, they might ...Read more

Military life is a family mission anchored in shared purpose, sacrifice, and service. Every deployment, relocation, and empty chair at the dinner table reflects not only the service member’s duty to the country, but also...Read more

The Trump administration’s latest outrage is firing immigration judges and replacing them with military lawyers who lack experience in immigration law. The move combines two of President Donald Trump’s signature ...Read more

Physician-assisted suicide is legal in 11 U.S states and Washington, D.C.—and Illinois might join the list by the end of December. The state recently passed a bill that would allow doctors to prescribe a lethal dose of ...Read more

He did it again. Consider the pattern. On Dec. 8, President Donald Trump went after Rachel Scott, who happens to be a woman of color, for asking him whether the administration would release the controversial video of the...Read more

Nearly eight years later, President Trump has finally confirmed reports that he referred to Haiti and African nations as “s–thole countries” during a private 2018 meeting with lawmakers.

Trump adamantly claimed at ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signaled he’ll oppose a Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. deal that doesn’t include new ownership of CNN, a potential wrinkle for the bid from Netflix Inc.

“I think any deal should �...Read more

Congressional Democrats are sounding alarms over the deep involvement of Saudi Arabian and other Middle Eastern royal families in Paramount’s proposed bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.

Warner Bros. Discovery owns CNN, HBO...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday launched a Gold Card initiative that would allow foreign nationals to purchase legal status in the United States for $1 million.

President Donald Trump was among the U....Read more

Rep. Young Kim has amended congressional financial reports after a complaint alleged she failed to disclose five sponsored trips since 2022.

The complaint from End Citizens United, a left-leaning campaign finance reform ...Read more

BOSTON — A future debate between the three Republican candidates for Massachusetts governor is up in the air as Mike Kennealy is calling on his competitors to join him on stage.

Kennealy posted a video to his campaign�...Read more

MOUNT POCONO, Pa. — The bar in the heart of the casino floor buzzed with businessmen, tourists and gamblers enjoying drinks and cigarettes, but it wasn't the usual college basketball on the overhead TVs or the countertop...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats in Congress joined together Wednesday to push a plan that would modernize how the federal government hires and trains people familiar with artificial intelligence.

The AI Talent ...Read more