Millions of Americans know the frustration of dealing with the Social Security Administration — endless hold music on the phone, months of waiting for a simple benefit decision, and confusing paperwork. Even before the latest reforms, the SSA's customer service — in an agency delivering ...

I went down to the demonstration at the Washington Monument, surrounded by a multitude with signs, chants and oh so many causes under the bleak spring sky. In this setting I had a sudden epiphany: Protests are not only to send a message to the ruler golfing in Florida. No, the point of ...

As I watch the turmoil unfolding resulting from the president's new trade and tariff policy, I wonder how, as a commentator, I can avoid writing about this. But what do I say? What side do I take? Yes, per President Donald Trump, the tariffs are the hard medicine we need to swallow to counter ...

HOMER CITY, Pennsylvania — Eleven days after the massive smokestacks and cooling towers of Pennsylvania's largest coal-fired power plant came down in a dramatic fashion in this Indiana County village, causing both emotional and economic distress and a sense of hopelessness, Homer City ...

The most important question in American politics today is whether Donald Trump will respect court orders. Judges have ruled against his administration repeatedly. But will he listen? In America the courts — not the president or Congress — resolve disputes and, in the process, define the ...

Hi, my name is Jeffrey the Macaroni Penguin. I am the prime minister of the penguin contingent on Heard Island, which was recently informed by Donald Trump, the president of the United States, that we would be subject to a 10% tariff due to an alleged trade imbalance with his country. I'd ...