A legitimate question in politics today is whether the Democrat Party will survive or go the way of the Whig Party. It’s hard to see how Democrats can remain relevant by continuing to feign outrage in support of things that 80 percent of voters reject. Whether it’s championing men in women’s sports, fighting against voter […]
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The White House has begun to cut funding for a federal program that drives climate alarmism and bolsters the narrative that burning fossil fuels will doom the environment. The Trump administration is cutting funding for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which produces a National Climate Assessment. Agencies across the government use the assessment to justify directing […]
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Topline: If the federal government wants to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for the next 75 years, it will need an extra $78.2 trillion in cash that is not available under current law. To say this is a Herculean task would be an understatement. The government has only $5.7 trillion in assets. Key facts: […]
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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 […]