House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield), shown speaking to reporters after meeting with President Biden and Democratic leaders at the White House last week, is trying to keep his finger on the ...

The ceiling is the forgotten surface of architecture. It shouldn’t be. It’s impossible to think of French Gothic cathedrals without their soaring vaults of stone, the Pantheon without its majestic ...

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer, from left, visit with President Biden in the Oval Office earlier this month ...

President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy chat after a St. Patrick's Day gathering at the Capitol. Both appear entrenched heading into debt ceiling talks set to begin Tuesday at the White House ...

The loser? House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) got very little for his threat to crash the U.S. economy by refusing to increase the debt ceiling. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) No ...

You can see the beautiful stained glass windows of J. Horace Rudy in churches and residences in York. They are there for the entire community to see and appreciate. In Pittsburgh, a wonderful example ...

The individuals in charge of U.S. fiscal policy are often thought to be among the most sober people in the world, so you may be wondering why we're suddenly hearing ideas such as the minting of a ...

People who get a kick out of watching children at play must love the spectacle staged in Washington every time the issue of the federal debt ceiling comes up. But they’re the only ones. For most ...

Are you familiar with the term “popcorn” ceiling? It’s the finish that resembles small pebbles hanging from your ceiling. It is looked upon as one of the more economical methods of finishing a ceiling ...