A Navy warship with 1,000 Marines aboard deployed to the coast of Libya yesterday, ready to evacuate citizens whom the State Department warned to leave that increasingly volatile country.

A new federal investigation confirms a whistleblower’s claims that VA hospitals are systematically hiding records about average waiting times at their facilities. The VA may not be such a good model for health reform after all.

We still haven’t seen the full scope of the economic boost the shale boom is bringing to the United States.

Minnesota legislators just held an “unsession” and repealed 1,175 laws. So relax: It’s no longer illegal to carry fruit in a container of the wrong size.

The West keeps giving Russia opportunities to defuse the crisis in Ukraine, and Russia keeps on not taking them. Meanwhile, the West itself is fragmenting.

The number of government employees in New York State who have qualified for pensions over $100,000 has doubled over the past five years. Blue partisans who love high taxes, low wages, and restricted job opportunities—celebrate!

With the next round of negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program set for June 16, American Interest editor Adam Garfinkle weighed the prospects for success with Gary Samore, a veteran of U.S. counter-proliferation efforts.

Obamacare seems largely irrelevant to Americans who get their insurance through their employer, yet health care costs are eating up greater shares of their paychecks. Unless we bring down costs, workers could soon be crushed.

The head of Thailand’s putsch, who has been described as “ruthless,” says he will reign “indefinitely.”

Mexican oil production is in decline, hitting a 19-year low in April, according to preliminary estimates. The country needs to implement its new energy reforms as soon as possible.