Entitlements

Recipients of federal disability checks often admit that they are capable of working but cannot or will not find a job. (Photo: Thinkstock)

EXography: Many disability recipients admit they could work

Luke Rosiak · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Happy Birthday! The 10 worst things about Medicare

Gabriella Morrongiello and Jack Butler · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said he would join a lawsuit seeking to block bankruptcy judges from reducing the pensions of Detroit public employees. (AP/Carlos Osorio)

Beltway Confidential

Michigan attorney general breaks with governor over Detroit pensions

Sean Higgins · July 29, 2013 4:00 am

An abandoned house with an overgrown lot is seen in Brightmoor, on Detroitâs northwest side. Brightmoor is one of the cityâs more blighted neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Nine cities that could soon follow Detroit into bankruptcy

Eric Boehm · July 27, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.: âMost people just want to have a legal status so they can work to provide for their families." (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Paul Ryan: The war on poverty has ‘failed miserably’

Joseph Lawler · July 26, 2013 4:00 am

Protesters march outside the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, in Detroit on July 24. (AP/Paul Sancya)

Detroit pension debt is warning for other cities

Richard Dreyfuss · July 26, 2013 4:00 am

According to the Federal Reserve of New York, the percentage of 25-year-olds with student loan debt has grown from just 25 percent in 2003 to almost 50 percent today. (Thinkstock)

Examiner Editorial: Student loans are enslaving a generation of young Americans

Washington Examiner · July 26, 2013 4:00 am

Will Republicans fight Obamacare on the continuing resolution or the debt limit? What is their biggest priority, cutting spending or defunding/delaying Obamacare? (Photo: Thinkstock)

Growing worries about Obamacare forcing insurers out of state markets

Philip Klein · July 26, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Donna F. Edwards, D-Md., said Thursday that Republicans who passed the farm-only farm bill were "standing on the side of increased subsidies, more deficit spending, and just sending hungry families straight up under the bus." (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Dem House member: GOP ‘sending hungry families straight up under the bus’

Ashe Schow · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

Two conservatives â Sen. Mike Lee, above, of Utah and Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan â introduced bills in their respective chambers to wind down the agency, which uses taxpayer-backed loans and loan guarantees to help U.S. companies sell overseas. (AP Photo/Steve C. Wilson)

The middle class or the middle men?

Mike Lee · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

Health insurance choices are already readily available to anyone with an Internet connection. (Thinkstock)

Examiner Editorial: Obamacare is a 19th-century answer to a 21st-century question

Washington Examiner · July 19, 2013 4:00 am

Farmer Myles Goodrich loads a feed wagon at his farm in Danville, Vt. (AP/Toby Talbot)

Examiner Editorial: Holy cow! A farm bill for farmers

Washington Examiner · July 19, 2013 4:00 am