WASHINGTON — Maybe the most surprising aspect of the debt ceiling increase President Joe Biden signed into law last week is that, once all the kicking and screaming was done, it not only passed Congress but passed easily.
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New York has been losing people to other states for a while. But something new happened during the pandemic: The people who left had higher incomes than those who stayed behind — much higher.
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE — Journalism used to be about getting the truth out there, but recently we were told it shouldn’t happen if Americans could be swayed the wrong way by seeing and hearing it.
The Social Security Administration, the federal agency serving the largest number of Americans, is facing its worst crisis in decades, due to underfunding and under-staffing.
To parents of new college graduates...
Title 42 expiration prompts little action
Countless veterans across the nation struggle with addiction and mental health disorders. Addiction can develop during their time in the military or when they have been discharged or retired from service. Too many veterans battle these problems in silence with no help.
FORT WORTH, Texas (Tribune News Service) — I am always amazed when, in the aftermath of a mass shooting such as the tragedy in Allen, Texas, both political parties expect their overly simplistic explanations to be taken seriously, their anemic policy proposals accepted as dependable solutions.
Getting the regulation of artificial intelligence right is one of the most urgent problems facing our species, and also one of the most delicate. AI has the potential to improve most aspects of our lives - Alphabet Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai argues that its impact will be “more pr…
LONDON — In some ways, the United Kingdom’s doctor shortage resembles the worldwide crunch in health care.
LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) — Two television events in the last 10 days — a raucous Donald Trump rally billed as a CNN town hall and a far more sedate interview with President Joe Biden on MSNBC — offer a sobering preview of the 2024 presidential campaign.
COVID expanded social safety net
Technology has transformed the way we live, the way we communicate with one another and the way we relate to the world around us. It has also deepened the political and cultural divisions so prevalent in society today, but Americans are united on at least one point: Most people agree that so…
Many of us in the democracy reform movement see a need to fight authoritarianism.
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE — One of Joe Biden’s greatest failings as president of the United States has been to facilitate several times more illegal immigrants crossing the Southern border than Donald Trump did.
DALLAS (Tribune News Service) — Over the past four decades, nationally televised debates have become an integral part of presidential elections — and sometimes the crucial factor in determining the outcome.
They believed her.
The federal government is careening toward its borrowing credit limit, beyond which the Treasury won’t be able to pay all its bills.
It was the firing heard around the world, literally.
NEW YORK — There are excellent reasons to admit Ukraine into NATO.
NEW YORK — Technology companies are falling over themselves to promote expertise in generative AI, the hot new technology that churns out text and images as well as humans can. But few are clamoring for the title of “safest AI firm.”
The Federal Reserve speaks a bizarre language, and the difference between a “hawkish” post-meeting statement and a “dovish” one can boil down to a single tweaked word. Investors looking for signs that a “pause” in interest-rate increases is truly here would do well to keep a close eye on any…
Included in the Governor’s proposed budget is an aggressive housing initiative that calls for building 800,000 new homes over the next decade.
JERUSALEM — Here’s one of the most maddening aspects of the mindless leak of hundreds of classified documents by a group of young men and boys playing online war games: It may help Russia to emerge the winner in Ukraine unless the United States takes critical action to prevent that — right now.
WATERTOWN — A tragic story tailor-made for news media saturation has somehow failed to gain traction.
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — I’m not surprised that Fox News settled the Dominion defamation lawsuit, though like everyone else I’m taken aback by the amount.
NEW YORK — For President Joe Biden, the four-day visit to Ireland that started April 12 offered an opportunity to celebrate his roots and bask in the reflected glory of a landmark peace agreement that a former U.S. president and an ex-senator, both members of his Democratic Party, played key…
My dad came over the other day with a bag full of hunting magazines, a few sheets of paper with notes written on them and four photographs of Chapman.
FORT WORTH (Tribune News Service) — If you feel like drag queens are ubiquitous these days, you aren’t wrong.
NEW YORK — 7,697 dead or missing.
Last week NASA announced the names of the four astronauts who will crew Artemis II, a 10-day mission planned for November 2024. The expedition will boost humans out of an Earth-bound orbit for the first time since 1972 and put them into orbit around the moon, in preparation for subsequent mi…
The month of March has been Arc GLOW’s time to shine! We received Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month proclamations from the Legislatures and Boards of Supervisors in our four-county service area. We appreciate the support of our local governments, business partners, families, volunte…
PHILADELPHIA (Tribune News Service) — Whether or not to help the Ukrainians drive Russian invaders out of their country is rapidly becoming a 2024 campaign issue.
So why am I un-accustomably jittery and jumpy and jangly? Am I drinkinking too much coffee? Are my bodily hormones out of whack? Does my diet include an overabundance of processed food?
FORT WORTH, Texas (Tribune News Service) — Sen. Ted Cruz is known for having strong opinions, many of which are needlessly bombastic; some of which are best ignored.
NEW YORK — Exactly a year into its campaign of monetary policy tightening, the Federal Reserve faces its toughest set of choices yet: It can forge ahead with its inflation fight or pivot to address growing banking-sector fears.