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How Congress Could Give the A-10 Warthog Fleet a Second Wind

By Eric Pianin

It was something of a relief to Warthog admirers that the House Armed Services Committee this week took an important first step towards preserving three A-10 squadrons that have been targeted for...
Here’s Why Democrats Can’t Win the White House in 2020

By Liz Peek

As things stand, Democrats don’t have a prayer of retaking the White House in 2020. Unless they make a sharp course correction, they will continue to be defeated by the Electoral College, the bane of...
Will Health Care Complications Kill the GOP’s Entire Agenda?

By Rob Garver

Bowing to the reality that he doesn’t have the votes to bring the Senate’s version of Affordable Care Act repeal to the floor for debate, much less to approve it, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on...
Why Janet Yellen Says We Don't Have to Worry About Another Financial Crisis

By William Schomberg and Marc Jones, Reuters

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Tuesday that she does not believe that there will be another financial crisis for at least as long as she lives, thanks largely to reforms of the...
The GOP Health Care Plan Would Hit Rural Areas Particularly Hard

By Claire Snell-Rood and Cathleen Willging, The Conversation

Much has been made of the distress and discontent in rural areas during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Few realize, however, this is also felt through unequal health. Researchers call it the “...

How a No-Show Worker Scammed the VA Out of $100,000

By Eric Pianin

A former research investigator at a VA health facility in Oklahoma City scammed the government out of more than $100,000 by claiming thousands of hours of work while he was drawing a salary at a...
Here Are Five Reasons Why the GOP’s Health Bill Is Doomed

By Rob Garver

The reason why the Senate appears to be on the verge of failure in its long quest to overturn Obamacare is, not to put too fine a point on it, that most people think the BCRA is a bad piece of...
Tax Scammers Never Sleep: IRS Names 4 Summer Scams to Avoid

By Beth Braverman

Tax season may be over, but that doesn’t mean that crooks are done impersonating the IRS to try to steal your identity — and your cash.
After CBO’s Score, Passing the Senate Health Bill Is a Long, Longshot

By Eric Pianin

By now, everyone knows that Medicaid, the federal-state health care program for the nation’s poor and disabled, would take a massive funding hit under the Senate GOP plan to repeal and replace the...
The Business World’s Role in Making Washington Work

By Joe Minarik

For the good of both their companies and society, business leaders need to understand why the policy process in Washington, D.C. is failing — and need to hold our elected representatives’ feet to the...