Earlier in May, Rotten Tomatoes deemed The Circle a cinematic flop. Over at the SubStandard podcast, Sonny Bunch described the book as "mediocre." And yet, the novel demonstrates what many fear about social media: its uncanny ability to subsume the individual. But should people flee from its…
President Donald Trump stated on Thursday that the United States would pull out of the Paris climate agreement, saying that it would not only help the economy of the United States but act as "a reassertion of America's sovereignty."
An attempt by Senate Republicans to rollback an Obama-era regulation limiting methane emissions on federal lands failed, but the Interior Department has announced it would review the rule on its own.
California politicians aren't sitting around waiting to see what becomes of Obamacare reform on Capitol Hill; the state Senate Health Committee voted 5-2 in favor of a single-payer bill for Californians on Wednesday.
A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau sheds light on how the continued economic insecurity of many Americans has shaped people's thoughts and behaviors in the aftermath of the Great Recession. The bureau finds that 41 percent of men ages 25 to 34 were poor in 2016, more than one-and-a-half times…
After President Donald Trump spoke to workers in Wisconsin on Tuesday, he signed an executive order calling on the government to fully review its H-1B visa program for temporary workers and to prioritize American firms when working with contractors.
On Thursday, the Congressional Budget Office released a report projecting that federal budget deficits will more than triple over the next thirty years. That will lead to record levels of debt for the U.S. federal government.
A Pew Research survey released on Thursday indicates that Americans of both parties want employers, not the government, to administer paid family and medical leave.
As tension continues to mount on Capitol Hill, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned several Congressional leaders on Wednesday that America would face the debt ceiling this week.
On Sunday, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin told the Disabled American Veterans conference in Arlington, Virginia that he was thinking about lifting restrictions on veterans who wish to receive private medical care.
Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Friday, President Donald Trump tied his loosening of energy restrictions with the greater goal of "[putting] the regulation industry… out of business."
Upon hearing that Congress would attempt to overturn a regulation restricting the use of drug tests for unemployment benefits, several Republican governors sent a letter on Tuesday in support of the resolution.
Doctors are divided over whether to keep the individual mandate that compels Americans to purchase health insurance. That's according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Trying to allay concerns about possible cuts to Medicaid expansion, Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Rep. Tom Price said on Wednesday that the Trump administration "absolutely must ensure that individuals don't fall through the cracks in whatever transition occurs."
Rep. Tom Price, the nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services in the new presidential administration, said during his confirmation hearing Wednesday that he was committed to President-elect Donald Trump's vision of providing "insurance for everybody."
A federal judge in West Virginia has given the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) less than seven months to review whether its Obama-era policies directly led to job losses in the coal industry, according to an order issued Wednesday.
On Tuesday, President Obama announced a ban on offshore drilling for oil and natural gas within several areas of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
The state of New York currently has some of the strictest weapons laws in America. But a statute banning most residents from possessing Tasers is now facing a federal lawsuit alleging that it violates the Second Amendment.
Florida senator Marco Rubio introduced a bill on Tuesday that aims to help Puerto Rico's struggling economy with a "wage enhancement" plan.
Several years ago, the American Medical Association supported Obamacare. But on Wednesday, it decided to support a noted opponent of the law for a key government position: Georgia representative Tom Price, who Donald Trump has selected to be Secretary of Health and Human Services in his…
On Friday, four Republican senators introduced a bill that would prevent the Obama administration from paying certain insurers in what they say amounts to a "bailout" of Obamacare.
As House Republicans meet on Wednesday to discuss their plans for next year, three of them are attempting to bring back the practice of earmarking.
As doubts continue to linger over the efficacy of Obamacare, Colorado voters will decide whether they want to create the nation's first functioning single-payer system on Tuesday.
Opponents of the Obama administration's Clean Water Rule claimed that it encouraged massive infringements on state authority by the federal government, according to briefs filed in federal court on Tuesday.
After much controversy, the Pentagon is suspending its attempts to recover bonuses overpaid to thousands of soldiers in California more than 10 years ago.
It’s no easy feat to condense the subject of religion, much less comment on its themes, within 256 pages. Similar efforts like Stephen Prothero's God Is Not One and Huston Smith's The World's Religions have done so at nearly twice the length of A Little History of Religion. But Richard Holloway,…
President Barack Obama tried to reassure the American public on Thursday that his health care legislation "worked," amid competition and cost issues in multiple states and skepticism from both sides of the aisle.
Obamacare enrollment is projected to flatten or even decline next year, according to a new report from Standard and Poor's, leading to a possible increase in insurance costs.
An email thread released by Wikileaks appears to reveal skepticism in Hillary Clinton's camp about a nationwide $15 minimum wage, reflecting doubt among some liberal economists about the key progressive agenda item.
While stumping for Hillary Clinton on Monday, former president Bill Clinton criticized the health insurance market under Obamacare as "the craziest thing in the world."
This week, the District of Columbia government proposed to deregulate the local taxi industry, which is facing challenges from ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft. Issued by the Department of For-Hire Vehicles (DFHV) through an emergency notice, the new rules permit cab drivers to institute…
On Tuesday, a Pew Research Center white paper found that while the number of illegal Mexican immigrants has decreased compared with other countries, the number of illegal immigrants as a whole who stay long-term has risen considerably.
House Republicans say a culture of negligence at the Office of Personnel Management allowed the private information of millions of former and current government employees to be exposed by hackers, according to a majority report released this week by the House Committee on Oversight and Government…
First, the soda tax hit Berkeley; then, it hit Philly. Now, supporters seek to expand to four other cities, with both sides facing the largest spending to date before voters head to the polls in November.
As Obamacare continues to face numerous setbacks, Tennessee's insurance commissioner declared on Tuesday that its exchange was "very near collapse" after she approved several large premium hikes to keep it in business.
A recent study from the Los Angeles Times and the American Enterprise Institute shows that even the poor have become leerier about Washington's efforts to lift them from hardship.
It seems that Obamacare is not enough for the law's namesake. In a lengthy journal article published Monday, President Obama called on Congress to revisit the policy of allowing Americans to buy government-run insurance plans, an idea that was scrapped during original consideration of the…
For decades, the Democratic party has supported the right to abortion in its very platform. One group, however, is trying to change that by placing a pro-life billboard advertisement in Philadelphia ahead of the Democratic National Convention.
The inner suburbs of Northern Virginia are not known for bleeding red. In fact, they've been known to turn the state politically purple or blue. But when Libby Garvey was nominated for a second term on the Arlington County Board June 14, some asked whether the town was heading toward the right.
Nancy Reagan would be memorialized next to her husband's namesake airport under legislation introduced this week that would rename an adjacent park in her honor.