The U.S. national debt recently surpassed $40 trillion. Reining it in is the only way to achieve progressive goals.

Dolly embodied the American dream. “I had an ambition, and it burned inside of me,” she said. “It was something I knew would ...

The U.S. Senate candidate crossed over into bravado when he compared trans surgery to circumcision in an interview with Jesse Watters.

Establishment is used as a description and even a slur for Democrats in and running for office, but it’s really just misleading.

Go on any online forum, and you will see progressives decry “the DNC” as a corrupt bastion of the insider establishment ...

Last week, The New York Times published an explosive report entitled “Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter.” It immediately went viral—as it should have. While it’s hard to top ...

The U.S. Senate candidate crossed over into bravado when he compared trans surgery to circumcision. Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent media organization based in Washington, ...

Trump’s deficits and ballooning U.S. debt are rattling the bond market. Clinton’s approach to budget surpluses offer a ...

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The White House and its new helipad and the ballroom, right, under construction, are pictured on the South Lawn, as seen from the Washington Monument, August 23, 2026, in Washington. Credit: ...

If El-Sayed believes only the good polls and not the bad, he may wrongly conclude he need not adjust to woo swing voters.

From someone who has spent two decades running universities and the past few years studying how AI is likely to affect them, here is some advice for playing the odds. Founded in 1969, the Washington ...