Spending on food at home and food away from home have been converging over the past 60 years, with traditional home-cooked family meals on the decline. According to the USDA, for the first time ever, the amount spent eating out has surpassed what US consumers spend on food at home.

Not all dementia is Alzheimer’s—but it can be just as devastating when it affects loved ones.

President Trump made the announcement with a 3-tweet statement …

The Texas Senate passed a bill that would provide funding for teacher bonuses and retirement benefits, slashing a controversial provision that would require school districts to increase teacher salaries without additional state money.

Anyone who has the audacity to bring up nullification in a debate with friends and foes alike has probably heard this before. “Nullification is lawlessness!” That is not what the founding generation thought. Not even close.

The many flaws of survey data makes it a rather questionable foundation for economic science.

According to an internal memo leaked to the press, Brussles said it should act “within days” if new sanctions the US plans to impose on Russia prove to be damaging to Europe’s trade ties with Moscow. Retaliatory measures may include limiting US jurisdiction over EU companies.

The fact that many major tech companies are headquartered in Silicon Valley doesn’t mean they don’t have a voice in Washington as well.

“In brief, the sta­tus quo that was hatched and nurtured by U.S. strategists after World War II and has for decades been the principal ‘beat’ for DoD is not merely fraying but may, in fact, be collapsing…”

“Right now, Social Security continues to take in through revenue more than it pays it through benefits, which is expected to continue until 2022. Once Social Security begins to pay out more than it takes in, it will be forced to liquidate the assets held by the trust funds.”

If you’re tired of the detour in Sealy around Hwy 36, your wait is over. The contractor announced that he’s opening the highway today!

It used to be Iraq’s second largest and most vibrant city; now Mosul – which was recently recaptured from the Islamic State – lies under a pile of rubble.

China told Japan on Friday to “get used to it” after it flew six warplanes over the Miyako Strait between two southern Japanese islands in a military exercise, while at the same time sending a spy ship off Alaska to observe the latest successful THAAD intercept of a ballistic missile.

The budget deficit for President Trump’s first two years in office will be nearly $250 billion higher than initially estimated, hitting $702 billion in fiscal 2017, due to what appears to have been a calculation mistake: a shortfall in tax collections and a mistake in projecting military healthcare costs, according to budget chief Mick Mulvaney.