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In a Saturday Night Live skit spoofing the 1988 presidential debates, Dana Carvey portrayed George H.W. Bush emitting a word salad of campaign slogans while trying to fill his allotted time: “On track… stay the course… a thousand points of light… stay the course.” Jon Lovitz, playing that year’s Democratic nominee, Michael Dukakis, shot back

Paul Keckley, author of the highly respected healthcare-focused The Keckley Report, recently asked in his weekly column whether private equity is the solution or the problem in healthcare. It may well be a combination of both. But one thing for sure is that private equity is very likely to remain a significant presence in U.S.

Ultra-wealthy Sequoia Capitol partner and former Democrat donor Shaun Maguire announced his $300,000 donation to former President Donald Trump’s campaign Thursday evening following the announcement of Trump’s conviction. Maguire took to Twitter with a post and article about his public decision to pledge the large amount to Trump, explaining why he is “prepared to lose

Former President Donald Trump denounced Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and New York Judge Juan Merchan after being convicted Thursday. A Manhattan jury of seven men and five women convicted Trump on 34 counts of falsification of business records Thursday after nearly 12 hours of deliberations. Trump accused Merchan of being corrupt and said the

During the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) vowed, if elected, to implement Medicare for All, which is another name for an overall single-payer, government-run healthcare system. Joe Biden, the eventual winner of the Democratic nomination and White House over Republican incumbent Donald Trump, took a different approach. In

EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is advancing her push against federal teleworking in a new letter to the Pentagon, demanding that the department present a plan on how to verify if teleworkers are actually working. In a letter sent on Friday to Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland of the Defense Health Agency shared exclusively with

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — While the political identities of most major cities lean at least slightly Democratic and progressive, Milwaukee swims in a unique shade of steeped indigo blue. Now, that left-committed identity will be challenged with the July 15 arrival of the city’s first Republican National Convention. Once a hotbed for manufacturing and still a

Calls from Democratic lawmakers and left-wing groups for Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from key cases over alleged ethics violations are a “coordinated effort” to delegitimize the Supreme Court, according to experts who say the drumbeat of attacks on conservative justices gets steadier with each passing year. The “Appeal to Heaven” flag, one of the foremost flags used by

A seventh-grader from Tampa, Florida, is the winner of the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee championship. The competition on Thursday night was a nail-biter, initially ending in a tie. However, Bruhat Soma, 12, emerged victorious by spelling 29 words correctly in 90 seconds in a “spell-off.” That was nine more words than the second-place winner

Protectionists have a magic word, a word of talismanic power. The word is “China.” So potent is its spell that it shuts down any argument for free trade, however tangential the connection to the dreadful regime in Beijing (about which, for the avoidance of doubt, I am more hawkish than most). China makes politicians lose