Outgoing Iowa Democrat Sen. Tom Harkin, who helped draft the ACA, now thinks the law was a mistake. Even though he claims that single payer is the answer, he does get a few things right.

For the fifth year running, national health-care spending has grown at historically low rates. But for many Americans, health care is only getting less affordable.

Xi Jinping is having trouble, both in his anti-corruption purge and his quest to increase China’s power in the “peripheries.”

In a failing state, the terrorist group finds a new home.

A challenge to Rhode Island’s 2011 pension reform is winding its way through the courts—and if there’s no settlement soon, it will be tried by jury.

India is beefing up its submarine fleet to make sure it can counter growing Chinese military power in the vital Indian Ocean region. That bodes well for a regional balance of power in the future.

In case you missed it on Monday evening, our podcast this week featured two previews of the essays from our upcoming issue of the print magazine—one on the background of the Mistral deal, and one on Putin’s motivations in Ukraine.

Baghdad and Erbil have buried the hatchet over a long-running oil revenue dispute.

New well permits fell almost 40 percent from October to November as shale producers adjusted course to account for plunging oil prices.

Law schools are responding to reduced demand by offering more financial aid, lowering admission standards, or lowering tuition. But market forces will force much bigger changes than that on legal education over the long term.