Figliola, of Setauket, is expected to land at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Health and Human Services Department as a deputy ...

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Politicians repeat “cut taxes, cut spending,” but the reality is that a democratic society relies on the group shouldering ...

Reasonable people borrow for production; we borrow to fund contracts of bloated values!In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Lord Polonius is heard advising Laertes, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be; for loan ...

Commentary | Wilonsky: Will these lawsuits stand between Cadillac Heights and its long-promised levee?

Elon Musk gave himself and Nikola Tesla a blackeye gleefully, recklessly chainsawing child aid while drugged up on Adderall, ...

It’s increasingly clear that Musk and Trump have ambitions for DOGE that extend beyond cuts and into meta-governmental ...

The federal government is phasing out paper checks this fall in favor of electronic payments. A March executive order from President Donald Trump, set to take effect this fall, directs the ...

Moody’s is the last of the three major rating agencies to lower the federal government’s credit. Standard & Poor’s downgraded federal debt in 2011 and Fitch Ratings followed in 2023. In a statement, ...

This cartoon references a recent story in the Federal Way Mirror about how the shape of FIFA World Cup 2026 is beginning to emerge. This cartoon references a recent story in the Federal Way Mirror ...

Elon Musk’s role in government may shrink, but his companies and allies will continue to influence how Washington, D.C., does business with them.

The weather forecast may be in trouble because of cuts to the federal government. That's the message from all five living former directors of the National Weather Service in an open letter this month.