Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive may be about to net its biggest ‘tiger’ yet: Jiang Zemin’s former right-hand man.

Detroit, Stockton, New Jersey, and Illinois today…how many more tomorrow?

Tax season this year means ACA-induced complexity, fines, and repayments Americans will owe the government. That’s not likely to make people love the law.

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The enemy of our enemy actually turns out to be no such thing.

The EU is cozying up to Turkmenistan in the hopes that Europe can wean itself off of Russian gas and all the strings that come attached.

A new Supreme Court cases puts paid to efforts by a state dental board to monopolize teeth whitening services. It’s about time the FTC started reining in health care monopolies.

The French ruling party faces infighting over reforms.

Finding statements like these is a big part of the fun of being a Russia watcher, but they also raise a troubling question: just how deeply does the Kremlin believe these fantasies of Western decline?

A solar eclipse next month will plunge Europe into darkness and potentially disrupt green power production.