Presidential candidate Donald Trump promised to "drain the swamp!" The "swamp" is the permanent Washington bureaucracy working to perpetuate itself. In 2020, then-President Trump said he was ...

Historically, “drain the swamp” has referred to the emptying of swamplands to reduce mosquito populations, thereby curbing diseases such as malaria. Today, the phrase has become a popular political ...

Every Tuesday at JohnStossel.com, John Stossel posts a new video about the battle between government and freedom. Stossel is the author of "Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam ...

Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly mentioned the inconsistent tiers of justice, bureaucracy, and general corruption that have plagued our country in recent years (if not decades). There is ...

Impeachment is a political act, and the endgame of the Robert Mueller investigation may not deliver the stark evidence that would remove Donald Trump from office. But this week’s activity on the ...

The “swamp” is the permanent Washington bureaucracy working to perpetuate itself. In 2020, then-President Trump said he was succeeding: “We’re draining the Washington swamp!” But it’s not true. “He ...

If Donald Trump’s supporters could be said to share a single ambition, it would undoubtedly be the candidate’s repeated promise to “drain the swamp.” Some of his backers claim that their primary goal ...

The latest official employment report finds once again that the federal government and state-local hiring spree is still in full gear. Over the past year, health care and government hiring has ...

Editor's note: This story originally was published in the Southeast Missourian on March 4, 1993. Just after the dawn of the 20th century, a group of businessmen set out to mop up the swamp that was ...