When the government shut down for a few weeks in October 2013, then-President Barack Obama made sure to blame conservative Republicans for refusing to pass any short-term spending bill that included ...

Daren Bakst is the director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Environmental extremism in government is increasingly becoming unhinged, both domestically ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma House Speaker-elect Kyle Hilbert is asking Oklahomans to send in their complaints about the state government. Hilbert, R-Bristow, announced a government efficiency survey last ...

Think of municipal government, and you probably think of red tape, paperwork and inefficiency. But that’s not the full story. There are plenty of examples of local governments that have changed their ...

The trillions of dollars spent on COVID-19 "bailouts" will be a subject of controversy for decades to come. The medical community will grapple with their efficacy and unintended consequences.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently issued a “first in the nation” executive order on gun violence, declaring it a “disaster emergency” in his state and vesting himself with the authority to treat it ...

Currency debasement lowers a currency's value by diluting precious metals in coins or increasing money supply, leading to inflation. Learn history and real-world examples.

NPR’s radio show “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!” features a weekly quiz on recent news headlines. I idly listen and shout out answers when I can, and if you listen to public radio, you probably do, too.