The Department of Government Efficiency draws two extreme reactions from budget-focused observers. On one side, you have cynics rolling their eyes and arguing that the truly consequential problem is not overpriced government boondoggles but rather entitlements like Medicare and Social ...

America needs more rules to protect workers, say some from both parties. Sen. Josh Hawley wants more rules empowering unions. Barack Obama’s Labor Secretary says there’s “no fairness, no equity, no concern for safety, no concern for children, even!” European countries, they ...

Get ready to be bombarded with ghoulish paid ads and Democratic politicians warning about grandmothers dying, children denied needed cancer treatments, and pregnant women suffering. The demagoguery is in full swing against Republicans’ efforts to control federal spending on Medicaid and ...

One of the more baffling lawsuits in the final days of the Biden administration was the complaint against Zelle, the popular money transfer network. The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau argued that, despite Zelle’s service being free, the network’s users were being ripped off. Now that ...

How good are voters’ memories? The outcome of the New York City mayoral election may hinge on how much they remember of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s corruption-filled past. Cuomo is hoping to rewrite his own history and run for mayor. He got a boost when a key Democrat, Rep. Ritchie Torres, ...

Donald Tusk, the prime minister of Poland, might not shock Europe’s leaders the way Donald Trump does, but he too has a tough message for them. “Hear for yourself how it sounds,” he said last month: “500 million Europeans begging 300 million Americans to defend them from 140 ...