Timothy Noah

Two new lawsuits over Medicare drug-price negotiation boil down to: We want the cushy deal George W. Bush gave us!

The House seems to be passing on an opportunity to investigate a child labor scandal.

Having just slashed domestic spending, now McCarthy & Co. want to turn around and give money to rich corporations. And Democrats might just let them.

Blame Covid over the short term, lousy wages over the long.

Another 339,000 jobs added in May. Doesn’t Biden understand the economy is supposed to suck?

They’re antiquated and susceptible to attack. But they employ a lot of people in a lot of congressional districts.

At least the debt crisis is now over. But the Kevin McCarthy crisis is just getting started.

The policy outcome may prove terrible, but whatever it is, it will likely end McCarthy’s speakership in the near future.

A new book shows that paying frontline workers well makes good business sense. But that isn’t why it will happen.

They are called—I kid you not—“top hat” plans. And they drain everybody else’s 401(k)s.

The Silicon Valley Bank and Signature chiefs admitted no blame at a Senate hearing, bringing out the sadist in everybody.

That’s in his debt ceiling bill. And his delays have already cost taxpayers an additional $328 million as he preaches against excess spending.

A union that’s already endorsed Joe Biden for 2024 is suing him and Janet Yellen. Here’s why.

The monarchy used to be quaint. As of Saturday, it’s a menace.

Russia’s economy is much worse than it admits, and victory will only impoverish it further.

The president has the upper hand. He just has to use it. Here’s the play.

Captains go down with the ship, but not these guys at First Republic, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank.

Federal regulators know when banks are teetering. They issue warnings—but little else. And the banks ignore them anyway.

The House GOP’s attacks on food stamps are part of a long history of conservative attempts to slash the program.

The Republicans promised defense cuts. There won’t be any. But those lazy veterans are getting a kick in the pants!