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The federal government narrowly avoided disaster on Sunday night. After missing the initial deadline to approve the budget for the next fiscal year, Congress finally agreed on a broad spending …

The possibility of conflict with Canada has often been a joke in media. The 1995 movie Canadian Bacon imagines an unpopular President manufacturing a war with Canada out of thin …

Late last year, an important and frightening milestone was reached on the climate change front. Levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached 400 parts per million. That might not …

The deadline for approval of federal spending between now and the end of September is fast approaching. Originally set to end at midnight on Friday, Congress is working to extend …

Drug addiction is a terrible thing that can utterly destroy a person’s life. Even if it doesn’t kill you, the harm it can cause is often beyond all repair. And …

Sometimes actions have unforeseen repercussions. When Donald Trump sent 59 cruise missiles to an airfield in Syria in response to their suspected gas attack on their own people, it was …

Donald Trump recently had a significant milestone in his Presidency: his first military strike. In response to the news that President Bashar al-Assad of Syria had attacked his own people …

We’ve talked before about Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve Board. They’re the ones who vote on whether to raise or lower the interest rate for banks and credit unions—and, …

There’s been a lot of talk, during the election cycle and since, about homicide rates in the U.S. Some people claim they’re ballooning out of control. Others say that the …

Especially for larger states, some form of rail that connects the major cities seems like a good idea—at least on the surface. California has been trying for years now to …