Private insurance premiums for millions of families are due to dramatically rise at the end of this year for those who sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) due to the ...

One of the striking contradictions of President Trump’s tariffs is the way his chorus claims their rousing success even as he carves out hundreds of exceptions. Rarely has a President worked so hard ...

This nearly-done year. Maybe the fastest of my life. And not completely balanced. A little bit from column A, a little bit from column B. I saw Richard Clapton sing The Best Years of Our Lives at the ...

THIS week marks the end of my first full year as your MP for Bournemouth West, and I wanted to take a moment to look back on a busy 12 months - and forward to what we hope to achieve in 2026. During ...

Pope Leo XIV in front of a stature of St. Mary in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, on Jan. 1, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen “We don’t actually know what Pope Leo is yet,” my friend ...

Andrew Van Dam writes the Department of Data column each week for The Washington Post. He has covered economics and wrangled data and graphics for The Post and the Wall Street Journal. He got his ...