After Portland, Oregon, first used its new proportional ranked-choice voting electoral system to elect city council members in November 2024, it is unclear what style of politics will emerge in future ...

Although President Trump has been accused of “always chickening out,” he has not shied away from applying pressure on countries ranging from Iran to Venezuela. In recent months, however, Trump has ...

On September 16, 2025, the Subcommittee on Oversight of the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on the purpose and use of the tax-exempt status widespread in the hospital sector. In this ...

Baseball’s robot umpires may look like a narrow sports experiment. In fact, they are a parable for the economy at large: Technology pares back one craft, redistributes value, and leaves the real ...

The core problem in 340B runs deeper than poor oversight. The law requires steep discounts for purchased drugs but does not specify that the savings should be passed on to patients and insurance ...

The Jimmy Kimmel suspension controversy illustrates complex First Amendment issues when FCC Chairman Brendan Carr threatened legal action over Kimmel's political commentary, raising questions about ...

More college students are “learning with their feet” by changing their majors to fields with better earning potential.

The temptation to engineer outcomes exists and is gaining momentum. Industrial policy may help jump-start infant industries in some cases, especially in emerging markets, but Beijing’s oversupply ...

OpenAI is betting that AI’s greatest value will be to serve as a cognitive prosthetic for the human race. Anthropic is focused on transforming business operations. The company that best executes its ...

The Wall Street Journal’s USA250 series asked a group of economists to make a long-term forecast: What will American capitalism look like in 2075? Good luck. As the saying goes, predictions are hard, ...

This infographic provides near-real-time insights on the housing market and how a new normal is taking hold due impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

The latest manifestation of this reality comes courtesy of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) and thirteen municipalities on the island, as they attempt to squeeze millions of dollars in ...