Michael Hiltzik

A small study of COVID vaccine injuries raises the question of whether it should even have been published

Kevin Drum, a pioneering blogger on public policy, passed away March 7 after a long battle with cancer

How a DOGE team ran roughshod through the Social Security Administration, gaining access to personal data and putting benefit payments in jeopardy.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills upbraided Trump over his transgender policies. Was his cancellation of a key Social Security policy in her state a retaliation?

Most actively managed stock funds kept up their record last year of trailing index funds by a wide margin.

Republicans love to talk about attaching strings to federal disaster relief for California, but they’re forgetting how many disasters occur in their own states.

Trump promised to leave Social Security alone, but his actions speak louder than his words

Donald Trump has always posed as someone smarter than scientists. Does that explain why so much of his dismantling of the federal government is aimed at scientific agencies?

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau saved consumers money but enraged businesses. Now Trump has moved to kill it.

Trump’s talent for attacking the most vulnerable targets has brought him to attack transgender rights, because he knows his victims are the most powerless Americans