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In a time of extreme polarization and high amounts of fake news, propaganda, and misinformation, especially from our elected representatives, it’s natural for myths about the government and how it...
There’s a lot of news coverage about the national debt, especially as we rush headlong to a possible debt ceiling conflict and eventual recession. If Congress and the president don’t get their...
President Ronald Reagan and House Speaker Tip O’Neill used to brawl with each other over politics in the 1980s, but could share a drink at the end of a day. Today, politics is more vitriolic...
President-elect Trump has promised to tame federal waste by creating a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). This advisory board will recommend reorganization and cost-cutting measures in...
The federal government of the United States has carried some level of debt every year since George Washington’s first term as president. But while the national debt is as old as the country itself,...