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Unless you’re a high-ranking government official, it’s hard to get a meeting with any secretary of state. But during Hillary Clinton’s tenure, there was another way: pay up. A staggering 85 of the 154 private citizens who managed to meet or speak with her by phone donated money to the Clinton Foundation. That looks improper

Health officials are bowing to political correctness instead of taking obvious steps to protect New York residents from the Zika virus. New York has more Zika cases — 579 so far — than any other state. Officials warn pregnant women and their sexual partners not to travel to Zika-infested regions, because the virus causes horrific

On Tuesday, Aetna announced it’s canceling its ObamaCare plans in nearly all states. Count on other major insurers to back out soon as well. When open enrollment starts Nov. 1, the public will see they’re going to have few plans to choose from. Worse, they’re going to be paying lots more for health insurance in

On Monday, Donald Trump stopped the wisecracks and laid out a serious plan to jumpstart the nation’s limping economy.  He proposed tax cuts, regulatory relief, unfettered development of coal, oil and natural gas, and fairer trade pacts. One item in his plan will do more than all the others to get the nation working again–cutting corporate taxes. 

Hillary Clinton and the media again are trying to goad Donald Trump into releasing his tax returns, suggesting he’s unwilling to pay his “fair share.” Sadly, even a few of Trump’s fellow Republicans are piling on. Their crazy premise: Paying the IRS more than you legally owe makes you a better person. That’s nonsense. Call

The battle over Airbnb is taking center stage at the Democratic National Convention. The fight is emblematic of the dispute between Republicans and Democrats over who should steer the economy: government regulators or consumers and innovators. Democrats are attacking Airbnb and similar Internet sites that enable people to earn cash by renting their homes out.

Hillary is taking a sledgehammer to Medicare. In a move calculated to fire up the extreme left wing of the Democratic Party, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pledges to open Medicare to people 55 to 64, and to make a “public option” insurance plan for all ages. The 65-and-overs are already having a hard time finding

Medical bills are pushing more Americans into severe “financial distress” even if they have insurance, according to a top medical journal. These bills force hundreds of thousands into bankruptcy each year. What’s so galling is that while Americans struggle to pay their bills, freeloaders from other countries get the same care at no cost by

Democrats are feeling the Bern. The party’s 2016 platform parrots Bernie Sanders’ socialist rhetoric, and he’s pressing party brass to move even farther left. The platform claims the biggest problem facing our nation is extreme inequality. Wrong. What ails America is economic immobility. And the Dems’ platform would make it worse. Americans stuck on the

The knives are out for Donald Trump, as “Never Trump” Republicans now seek to torpedo his nomination at the Republican National Convention, defying voters who chose him in record numbers. Pols who backed losing candidate Ted Cruz are mounting a sour-grapes campaign to rig the convention rules. Meanwhile, in Virginia, a state where Trump came