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The Social Security Administration's plans to increase recipients' benefits by 5.9% next year could lead the Social Security Trust fund to run out of money by 2032, one year ahead of previous estimates, according to Maya MacGuineas, president of the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

Some of the world’s top emitters of methane haven’t signed a global effort to curb how much of the greenhouse gas is emitted by 2030.

California took another step toward its goal of ridding the state of all gas-powered engines thanks to a new bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday.

Weak men’s control of culture has undermined the nation that allowed them to flourish in the first place. H

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has vowed not to enforce a local vaccine mandate, saying he’s not willing to lose employees by demanding that they get their Covid-19 shots or be fired.

China will be capable of staging a “full scale” invasion of Taiwan by 2025, Taiwan’s defense minister warned legislators in Taipei on Wednesday.

Republicans and Democrats alike are now working for the Big Pharma lobby.

Some politicians think they’ve found a silver bullet for the impasse over the debt limit, except the bullet is made of platinum: Mint a $1 trillion coin, token of all tokens, and use it to flood the treasury with cash and drive Republicans crazy.

Far-left activists harassed Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) on Sunday, following her into a bathroom, yelling at her, and recording her while she went into a stall.

This article addresses the issue of how state legislators can fulfill their constitutional duty to better ensure fair and honest elections at polling places.  While the discussion uses Georgia as an example, the recommendations apply to other states where there has been a substantial loss of public trust in the election process.