Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) speaks during a hearing of the House Committee on Ways and Means on Capitol Hill, in Washington on Sept. 24, 2024. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File Medicare Part B premiums are higher than they should be because the government overpays private insurance companies that run Medicare Advantage plans, according to a March
U.S. intelligence has circulated to President Trump and to a small circle around him that Iran’s late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had misgivings about his son replacing him, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. The analysis showed the elder Khamenei was wary of his son, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, ever taking power
China is engaged in the largest military buildup in modern history. It has both Washington and world domination in its sights. To prevent the cataclysm of great power war, the United States must revamp its industrial base and once again prioritize manufacturing. So argue Shyam Sankar and Madeline Hart in their new book Mobilize: How
For those who need reminding, the late 1970s were a truly awful stretch for the United States of America: from stagflation at home to the Soviet Union and friends on the march in Afghanistan, Africa, and Central America, to the Khomeini revolution in Iran. David Frum’s account of the period, How We Got Here, should
It is hard to read any article or book about what ails children today without encountering a discussion of “ACEs,” or “adverse childhood experiences.” Doctors, teachers, therapists, and pundits now regularly talk about ACEs—which include parental divorce, alcoholism, poverty, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, death of a parent, etc.—with what sounds like the same kind of
The People of the Book, it turns out, are also the people of the Teddy Bear, Barbie, and Batman. As Michael Kimmel, SUNY distinguished professor emeritus of sociology, traces in his captivating Playmakers: The Jewish Entrepreneurs Who Created the Toy Industry in America, it all started with a presidential pardon for a bruin. Teddy Roosevelt,
Washington — One year ago, Rebecca Ferguson-Ondrey and Drew Ruby-Howe were abruptly terminated from their jobs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. They are among more than 300,000 workers to leave the federal government as part of cuts by the second Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Ferguson-Ondrey said she did not cope well in