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Number of the Day: 18 Million

There were 18 million military veterans in the United States in 2018, according to the Census Bureau . That figure includes 485,000 World War II vets, 1.3 million who served in the Korean War, 6.4...
A Dam Big Problem

A more than two-year-long investigation by the Associated Press has identified 1,688 dams across 44 states and Puerto Rico that are in poor or unsatisfactory condition and could result in life-...

Sanders, Buttigieg Release Plans for Veterans Affairs

Bernie Sanders unveiled on Monday a proposal to expand services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Among numerous policy details in the proposal, Sanders said he would: Fill 50,000...
What Warren’s Wealth Tax Would Do to Billionaires

Elizabeth Warren says her wealth tax – 2% on household wealth over $50 million, rising to 6% on household wealth over $1 billion – would raise trillions of dollars to pay for new social programs,...
Congress Wants to Push Shutdown Deadline into December

The House will vote the week of November 18 on a short-term spending bill intended to avert a government shutdown later that week, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said in a letter to...
What Bill Gates Gets Wrong About Wealth Taxes

Elizabeth Warren wasn’t the only one pushing back on Bill Gates’s comments about her wealth tax proposal. The New York Times Editorial Board notes that tax rates were considerably higher when Gates...
Buttigieg’s $1 Trillion Plan for Free Tuition, Child Care and Housing

Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg released on Friday more than $1 trillion worth of proposals that focus on education, housing and child care. The plans include: $700 billion for pre-K...