Good evening. The December jobs report released by the government today showed another month of subdued gains, capping a year that saw a dramatic cooling in the labor market. What does that all mean ...

Happy 2026! We're back (and only slightly grumpy about it). Congress is back, too, with new challenges and lingering issues to deal with this month. Here's your evening update. Maduro Pleads Not ...

To compile this Fiscal Health Index, we looked at 116 U.S. cities with populations greater than 200,000, using data from 2015 financial reports issued by the cities themselves. Our scoring system is ...

President Obama vetoed a bill last week that would have limited the taxpayer money spent on expense accounts for former presidents. The bill, titled the Presidential Allowance Modernization Act and ...

Constitutional law scholar Laurence Tribe, author of a comprehensive new book, Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution, says Barack Obama was an amazing law student. During a broad ...

Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century is beginning to receive book of the year awards, but has it changed anything within economics? There are two ways in which is has, one involving ...

The United States established the Civil Service 142 years ago, in response to the massive corruption that followed from the previous “spoils system” in Washington DC. Prior to that, all federal ...

Fresh off his surprisingly close challenge of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 primaries – and her ignominious defeat in the general election – Bernie Sanders has emerged as the leader of progressive ...

Standing behind a podium in the Rose Garden, President Bill Clinton delivered a bold prediction 20 years ago. “Well ahead of the most ambitious schedule, America has balanced the budget,” he declared.

Whether you believe in handwriting analysis or not, it’s fun to hear how graphologists interpret the signatures of famous people. In September 2015, Politico Magazine asked Michelle Dresbold, who ...

Nearly two years ago an extreme offshoot of al-Qaeda proclaimed itself a caliphate in the Middle East. Today ISIS has been condemned worldwide for its commission of brutal crimes against humanity, ...

The Trump administration has asked for a record $81.1 billion in “black budget” funding for U.S. intelligence programs next year, The Washington Times reports. The request includes $59.9 billion for ...