For decades, the right has been trying to undermine Social Security via various privatization schemes, claiming that the money will not be there when you retire. Republicans have tried to make these ...

To punish Senate Democrats for voting down an industry-backed bill, crypto interests have spent $55 million to defeat Sherrod Brown. The Big Tech money might hurt more than it helps. Democratic Ohio ...

His come-from-behind victory in Brazil’s presidential election spoils the storyline of right-wing dictators on the march.

They must decide whether to sell their land for data centers or other facilities, without the transparency to determine if they’re getting a good deal.

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But the more sophisticated interceptors rely on Starshield, the military version of Starlink sold by Elon Musk’s company SpaceX. Last week, without any warning, Starshield abruptly stopped working in ...

The two politicians received a rock-star welcome in Portland, but whether young people will vote this time around is still a very big question mark in a seriously close contest.

Rubin, however, laughed all the way to the bank. After leaving Clinton’s service, he became chairman of the Executive Committee of Citigroup, with total annual compensation of $15 million to $18 ...

Independent candidate Bill Hill, a commercial fisherman and educator, embodies the state’s subsistence lifestyle. He wants to take that sensibility to Washington.

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But another Republican’s role in a family tragedy has gone relatively unnoticed. In a dispute that ended up with a father shot dead, Ken Paxton’s office had the opportunity to indict the ...

Congressional gridlock has been a boost to the private equity-style shop at the Defense Department that’s free to do their bidding with impunity.