The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump to move forward with shrinking the federal workforce. The move is notable as much for the outcome as for the dynamics involved.
Editorials
One last-minute addition to Trump’s big bill has earned the wrath of Nevada’s congressional delegation — and rightfully so.
The structural defects of Social Security have become harder to ignore. And as the federal retirement program approaches a fiscal cliff, there are signs that some in Washington are finally taking the problem seriously.
There’s a good reason to be suspicious when public officials slow-walk public records requests. It often means that they’re hiding something.
Las Vegas, Clark County taxpayers foot the bill.
For three months, the Affordable Care Act has been all about website and enrollment glitches, with the former often the cause of the latter. Make no mistake, these problems haven’t gone away just because the calendar turned to Jan. 1, 2014 — when Obamacare officially became the so-called law of the land. But the new year was supposed to bring a new phase of the law: people actually having health insurance.
The first roadside campaign signs that went up last month were a dead giveaway, but the incumbent judges and attorneys filing for judicial positions makes it official: It’s an election year.
David Silvaggio is a case study in the overreach of the war on drugs and the long overdue common sense that, ever so slowly, finally is changing the course of this costly, counterproductive conflict.