John Wall had a theory about foul-baiting NBA stars. The former Washington Wizards point guard, who played the game with speed and force rather than shiftiness and guile, thought the playoffs were ...

The meme comes from a 1994 episode in the show’s fifth season, where Homer awkwardly backs into a hedge after being brushed off by neighbor Ned Flanders. Those three seconds of social discomfort ...

George W. Bush took over the presidency in January 2001 and squandered the surplus with tax cuts and dramatically higher spending. He also oversaw the reckless deregulation that led to the financial ...

According to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget — Washington’s saddest advocacy group — if you take seriously the permanence that the Republicans are actually seeking, the Big Budget Bomb ...

Voting closes at midnight Sunday. The winner will be announced with the next poll and in next Wednesday’s paper.

It was a surprising promise, not only because of Trump’s long history of anti-immigration rhetoric and policy but also because, well, it made sense. Foreign students attend college in the U.S. on ...

Of course, raising the early retirement will not by itself close the entire Social Security funding gap. If it were increased and then indexed to life expectancy (and the normal retirement age was as ...

The latest data from the Yale Budget Lab reveals that tariff policies have driven consumer prices up by 2.9 percent in the short term. In comparison, the Penn Wharton Budget Model projects a ...

Despite a ninth-inning comeback, the Everett AquaSox fell to the Spokane Indians 4-3 in the six-game series opener at Funko Field in front of 2,580 fans. Spokane (24-22, Northwest League) powered its ...

Verdant Health Commission started a $9-million interior and exterior renovation project of the medical building formerly ...

The city will release the draft of the planning document on May 30, staff said. It will likely go to a vote before the council in June.

When news broke that the Food and Drug Administration was rolling out a new plan for covid vaccine approvals, my phone instantly started buzzing. Friends, family members and colleagues all had the ...