December 14, 2024, 6:01am Columns
What is U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson waiting for? Months ago, the Louisiana Republican was handed broadly popular legislation to protect children from the harms of social media. But he vowed this week not to allow a vote in his chamber until Donald Trump is sworn in as president and… Read story
December 14, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Just days after a former Proud Boy from Miami was sentenced to a year in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, President-elect Donald Trump vowed to pardon people involved in the attack meant to overturn his 2020 defeat. Read story
December 13, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The $1.8 trillion federal budget deficit in the fiscal year that ended in September was the third biggest ever in dollar terms, trailing only the pandemic deficits of the 2020 and 2021 fiscal years. As a share of gross domestic product, a better gauge for historical comparisons, it was, at… Read story
December 12, 2024, 6:01am Columns
There is no condoning the cold-blooded murder of a UnitedHealth Group executive in predawn Manhattan. Read story
December 11, 2024, 6:01am Columns
“If you sit by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.” – Sun Tzu. Read story
December 10, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Exit polling suggests that the dominating issue for voters in the presidential election was the economy. Americans can barely afford groceries, rent and child care. Voters perceived President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans to be more capable of addressing the woes of inflation and globalization, but Democrats have been hawking a… Read story
December 10, 2024, 6:01am Columns
I’m not sure people realize the importance of Washington winning its latest lawsuit against Meta, the social media titan that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Potentially at stake are laws enabling the public to know who is influencing elections in Washington and other states. Read story
December 9, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The plans for the Department of Government Efficiency laid out by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are so riddled with legal problems that a law professor in exam season could save a lot of time by using their recent WSJ op-ed as the fact pattern: All you’d have to do… Read story
December 9, 2024, 6:01am Columns
After a tumultuous and dramatic election, it’s easy to lose sight of some of the most boring and important facts about American politics, like how more voters identify as conservative than liberal. Read story
December 9, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The number of drug overdoses nationwide dropped this year for the first time in 10 years, and the same is true in Washington. There are many reasons for the decline, experts say, but one overarching reason could be that public entities have listened to those most affected by the crisis… Read story
