09-29-2026

Democrats are renewing a policy push to have taxpayers cover more of the college bill. That could mean substantial new benefits for higher-income, college-educated Americans, a group that consistently leans Democratic in elections.

Six in ten Britons have surgery at some point. So do lots of Americans, at a cost of perhaps $500bn a year, a third of all spending on adults in the world’s biggest health-care market. Plenty of these procedures save lives, by removing tumours.