Two Michaels, Madonna, and a murderer kept themselves in the headlines throughout '85.

I don’t claim to understand how other people’s brains work (or don’t, as is the case in politics often times), so I’m not going to pontificate about the rationale of “inviting someone to leave" a job and then hiring them back a week later. But that’s what has happened over at the Food and Drug Administration with Marty Makary and his close friend Vinay Prasad. Again, I don’t know why decisions were made and reversed, all I really care about is the end result of the job these people are hired to...

After months of delay, higher tariffs that President Donald Trump had vowed to impose on goods imported from dozens of countries went into effect on Aug. 7, affecting trade with most of the United States’ trading partners. But before and after he took office in January, Trump has made a series of false and misleading statements to justify his new tariff policies. Here is a recap of some of his claims that we have fact-checked: For starters, Trump continues to falsely claim or...

America is in the midst of a historic decline in crime. In 2023, murders fell 10 percent, which was then the largest annual drop since reliable records began in 1960. Last year, the country very likely set another record, with a 15 percent drop. This year, murders are on track to set yet another record, having fallen about 20 percent in major cities. Shootings, robberies and thefts have also plummeted. These declines have erased the spike in crime that occurred during and after the...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Social Security Act of 1935 turned 90 on Thursday, but the landmark program will require an act of Congress if it’s to last until its 100th birthday and beyond without significant benefit cuts to nearly 75 million beneficiaries. Estimates show Social Security’s insolvency could cause benefit reductions as soon as 2032. At that point, the program, which primarily aids retired workers, will be forced to slash payouts by...

The Supreme Court has released its October and November oral argument calendars for the 2025 term. The Supreme Court will begin its 2025 term on October 6. The justices are expected to hear several cases about issues that have drawn public interest, including redistricting and conversion therapy bans. A general overall exterior view of the Supreme Court, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023, in Washington. Aaron M. Sprecher via AP Villareal v. Texas Oral arguments in Villareal v...

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