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Anyone With $12 and a 3-D Printer Can Make an Untraceable Gun

By Ciro Scotti

A new report from the non-profit research organization Rand Corporation says sales of firearms on the dark web have taken off.
Pentagon Sticker Shock: US Weapon Systems Will Cost Taxpayers $1.89 Trillion

By Eric Pianin

The Department of Defense reported this week that its current major weapons acquisition programs will ultimately cost about $1.89 trillion, roughly $105 billion more than the previous estimate.
Gas Is Cheap This Summer, but Prices Are Headed Higher

By Beth Braverman

Gas prices are below historic averages, but record demand could send them higher.
Here We Go Again: GOP Infighting Battles Loom Over Budget

By Rob Garver

The GOP's failure to repeal and replace Obamacare after seven years of promising to do just that is a serious blow to the party’s credibility as a governing majority. But to fail on both the ACA...
Do Public Universities Really Favor the Upper Middle Class?

By Edward Morrissey

A college education has always been described as an investment in the future – for students, and more broadly, for American society. Parents and students alike have already begun questioning the...

Here Are the 5 Key Changes in the GOP Budget

By Eric Pianin

Nearly three months behind schedule and wracked by often bitter dissension within its ranks, the Republican controlled House Budget Committee finally hammered out a new fiscal 2018 budget resolution...
New Republican Plan to Repeal Obamacare Gets an Ugly Score From CBO

By Rob Garver

The latest act in the legislative Kabuki surrounding Republican attempts to do away with the Affordable Care Act was the release by the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday of the Obamacare Repeal...
Can Trump Raise the Dead? Senate to Vote One More Time to Repeal Obamacare

By Rob Garver

The president’s newfound determination to up the pressure on lawmakers to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act could throw the legislative schedule into confusion as Congress heads toward the...
How Enormous Batteries Could Help Save Billions in Energy Costs

By Jen Fifield, Stateline

In Southern California, where an extreme energy shortage has threatened for months to shut off power for millions of homeowners, an unconventional source of electricity is helping to keep the lights...
The US Can Save $20 Billion Closing Military Bases, but Congress Stands in the Way

By Jeff Daniels, CNBC

An effort by the Trump administration to get a new round of military base closures faces an uphill battle after the House rejected it last week. But behind the scenes, there's an effort by two key...