The Key to Countering China Requires Restoring American Industrial Might Here at Home U.S. intelligence predicts a Chinese invasion of Taiwan by 2027, just two short years away. The fall of Taiwan would ensure China corners the world’s market for semiconductor chips—used in everything from cars to smartphones to satellites. A victory here for the Chinese […]
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Producer prices dropped 0.4 percent in March, following consumer prices dropping 0.1 percent, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, amid continued drops in food and energy prices, particularly on the producer side, which saw 2.1 percent and 4 percent drops, respectively. These price drops came prior to President Donald Trump’s April announcements of […]
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In one of the largest legal victories for President Donald Trump on immigration so far, the Supreme Court tossed out a restraining order from a federal judge blocking the president’s ability to deport criminals under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. The court’s ruling, handed down April 7, comes after U.S. District Judge James Boasberg attempted […]
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President Donald Trump announced historic tariffs on April 2—“Liberation Day”—to ensure that America is no longer “looted, pillaged, raped, and plundered” by other nations. On Wednesday, the president announced a 90-day pause on the tariffs and lowered the tariff rate on most nations to 10%. He also raised tariffs on China to 125%. His bold leadership, which quickly brought 75 countries to […]
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“We saw the successful negotiating strategy that President Trump implemented a week ago today. It has brought more than 75 countries forward to negotiate. It took great courage for him to stay the course until this moment and what we have ended up with here, as I told everyone a week ago, in this very […]
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As I read a recent flood of articles bemoaning the Trump administration’s stance toward the European Union and the elites that run it, I had an attack of déjà vu. I kept hearing the 1960s band Country Joe and the Fish singing in my memory. The words do apply today. As far as Europe is […]
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House Republicans pushed through a Trump-backed budget framework on a 216-214 vote Thursday, providing a boost to the president’s legislative agenda. Democrats voted against it unanimously, while Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., were the only Republicans in opposition. The resolution’s passage came amid some protests from hard-line fiscal conservatives within the GOP, who argued that […]
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The Trump administration has been waging war against unnecessary regulations enacted by previous Democrat presidents, and shower heads are the latest target. Former President Barack Obama’s administration issued a 13,000-word regulation defining “shower head.” President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directing that regulation’s repeal. “Overregulation chokes the American economy and stifles personal freedom,” the order reads. “A small […]
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What if I told you that when federal district judges issue injunctions blocking President Donald Trump’s policies in a judicial insurrection, they were the ones breaking the law? No, it’s not just because these judges are effectively usurping the authority of the president over the executive branch. It’s more clear-cut than that. When Chief Judge James Boasberg of the […]
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As the U.S. and China escalate their tariff rates in an all-out trade war, two congressional committees held a joint hearing Wednesday on the problem of the Chinese Communist Party’s influence on American investment and possible solutions. The Chinese Communist Party is embedded in Chinese business to the extent that the assets of any American who has […]