Duluth News Tribune

A Social Security trustees report earlier this summer underscored the urgency of reform. The Social Security retirement trust fund is now projected to be depleted in late 2032, one year sooner than previously forecast. At that point, the system would be able to pay only 78% of scheduled benefits, resulting in an automatic 22% reduction in benefits for retirees, survivors, and fu...

Social Security is the bedrock of nearly every American’s retirement plan — the steady, dependable stream of income they can count on to guarantee them a basic standard of living in old age.

That foundation is now in jeopardy. According to Social Security trustees, the program’s primary trust fund is on track to be depleted before the end of the next presiden...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lindsey Graham, the high-profile senior senator from South Carolina, died Saturday, July 11, from “a brief and sudden illness,” his office said.

Graham, 71, had just returned from overseas and was running for a fifth term in the U.S. Senate. He was first elected to the U.S. House in 1994 and spent one term in the South Carolina State House of...

DULUTH — With sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s, Friday afternoon was ideal for outdoor activity and guests at Hartley Nature Center weren’t disappointed. There was hiking, biking, fishing, swimming and even a free show as aircraft flew overhead while getting some practice in ahead of week...

We are finally beginning to confront our Achilles’ heel: our incredible reliance on mineral imports, particularly supply chains dominated by our rivals.

Once the world’s mineral superpower, we allowed mining and processing industries to atrophy, developing a dangerous dependence on foreign minerals that has practically ballooned out of control. The result is ...