With the exception of a short trip to the Vatican to attend Pope Francis’ funeral, President Donald Trump has stayed stateside during the first three months of his second term. That will change May 13, when the president begins a three-day visit to the Middle East to attend a series of meetings with Gulf Arab leaders and possibly drop in on a ...Read more

Amid one of the most significant measles outbreaks in over 30 years, America’s top public health official is using his platform to peddle misinformation and fake cures and push an agenda that is opposed to evidence-based medicine and science.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is steering public health far off course. ...Read more

I’m a political writer in Washington and I ignore Donald Trump. It’s the only way, I’ve concluded after nearly a decade covering the 45th and 47th president, to make sense of his administration.

Take tax increases. Trump hasn’t ruled out raising income levies on wealthy earners and corporations. Or has he?

Newt Gingrich, a Republican ...Read more

On April 8, President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders calling for the nation to expand the mining and burning of coal, one of the dirtiest fossil fuels. It was all part of a larger effort on the president’s part to “unleash America’s energy.”

The president has also tried to freeze clean energy investments that were ...Read more

Boo wasn’t afraid of monsters. In "Monsters, Inc.," a popular Disney animated film, the wide-eyed, giggling little girl toddled fearlessly through a world of towering, furry creatures—completely unfazed by their fangs, claws, or booming voices. The only thing that scared her was Randall, the lurking, slithering villain who threatened her ...Read more

“Drill, baby, drill” has become something of a liturgical expression on the right since its introduction at the Republican National Convention by Michael Steele (remember him?) in 2008, with Sarah Palin playing the Pauline role in the slogan’s rapid absorption into the American political lexicon.

While it is a trite platitude, the phrase ...Read more

The FDA is quietly steering the U.S. food system toward replacing synthetic food dyes with “natural” alternatives. At first glance, this seems like progress — cleaner labels and better public perception.

But beneath this health halo lies a serious risk: replacing domestically produced synthetic dyes with colorants sourced from ...Read more

A growing number of Americans are using “buy now, pay later” loans to pay for groceries. They’re borrowing money to buy milk.

​​Of BNPL users, 25% say they’ve used the loans for groceries, up from 14% a year ago, according to a LendingTree survey.

More stores and services are offering the option to cover purchases via BNPL, ...Read more

Debates over entitlement programs bring out the worst in elected officials, who are typically more concerned with political survival than addressing difficult problems. That’s partially why the nation finds itself fast taking on water as it founders amid a sea of red ink approaching $37 trillion. The current conversation about Medicaid “cuts...Read more

The promise of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to restore the steep cuts to the World Trade Center Health Program was a worthless lie, betraying the heroes and victims of 9/11. He is a low character, but we didn’t know he would go that low.

There was righteous outrage when New Yorkers discovered the slashing to the ...Read more

Pope Francis’ version of diversity, equity and inclusion had special importance for me as a Black man and a devotional Catholic.

When he traveled to Africa, Asia and the Pacific Islands, I shouted in joy. It was blunt recognition that the Catholic Church could no longer treat nonwhite nations as an afterthought. He sent that message again ...Read more