AdImpact projects that political advertising will reach $11.6 billion in the 2026 election cycle, surpassing both the $8.9 billion midterm election record set in 2022 and the $11.2 billion spent during the 2024 presidential cycle. For the first time, a midterm election is on track to outspend the preceding presidential election. That record will dominate […]
Permitting reform has been one of Washington’s most discussed and least accomplished priorities for years. That trend is now shifting. Stakeholders who rarely agree on energy policy are finding common ground around a simple and urgent idea: America needs to build. Across industries, regions, and political perspectives, permitting reform has emerged as a shared priority […]
Mid-September brought the convergence of three big issues for investors: oil prices over $100/barrel (keeping headline inflation sticky), surging bond yields (with the 10-year Treasury over 5%), and sudden apocalyptic warnings that unbridled AI could “kill us all by the end of the decade.” The threat of a resulting AI slowdown sent semiconductor stocks into […]
As campaigning for the 2026 midterm elections kicks up, President Donald Trump has pledged to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate this November. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promises the checks will be delivered without adding to the national deficit, an economic policy Kabuki Theater, possibly paid for […]
In a recent exposé titled “Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter,” the New York Times reported federally protected mustangs are increasingly bound for slaughterhouses. But the article’s focus on the current administration obscures a far more troubling reality. For decades, America’s wild mustangs have been routinely funneled toward slaughter, regardless of who […]
For millions of hardworking people, the dream of owning a home, buying a new car, or building a small business just received another crushing blow. On Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee announced its first interest rate hike in more than three years. The Fed increased its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point, pushing […]
AI agents have begun acting beyond the scope of their assigned evaluations. In July, an OpenAI agent gained internet access during a cybersecurity evaluation and penetrated Hugging Face in search of material that could help it pass the test. Days later, the U.K.’s AI Security Institute reported that agents undergoing similar tests had attempted to […]
In April 1945, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower walked through the newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp, a subcamp of Buchenwald in central Germany. He went deliberately. What he saw, he later wrote, “beggar[ed] description.” Eisenhower was already thinking beyond the horror in front of him. He wanted firsthand evidence in case people someday dismissed reports of Nazi […]
There is a new black-market drug sweeping the nation, especially among teenagers, but it doesn’t get its users high. Retatrutide, a powerful, unapproved weight loss drug, is being peddled illicitly on TikTok, in medical spas, and through the mail. While it is being studied for treating obesity and Type 2 diabetes, it has no regulatory […]
Maybe you keep a checkbook or update a spreadsheet to track your spending — well, so does the government. From agency spending to grants, this is laid out on a website called USAspending.gov. This September marks the 20-year anniversary of the bipartisan legislation, spearheaded by the late Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and then-Sen. Barack Obama […]
