The U.S. economy has grown at nearly double the rate of the EU economy over the past 10 years. Per capita U.S. gross domestic product is now around 85% higher than the European Union average. U.S. GDP now stands at $32.5 trillion, and EU GDP at just below $23.1 trillion. In 2008, excluding the United […]
Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh think the conflict with Iran may expire on the Navy’s maintenance schedule. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has another clock: how quickly it can replace the channels of its illicit funding, the company, flag, insurer, or bank account Washington just identified. Both clocks matter, but Gerecht and Takeyh’s Sept. 15 […]
President Donald Trump is in an escalating trade fight with Canada over a simple principle: American workers and industries should not be disadvantaged by foreign interests. There is another American resource that deserves the same scrutiny: our fish. The numbers are startling. Roughly 75% of all fish caught commercially in the Gulf of America benefit […]
This past spring, I examined public polling that was already flashing danger signs for Republicans ahead of the midterm elections. Months later, those indicators have not improved; indeed, multiple surveys suggest the incumbent party’s position has deteriorated. These cycles almost never go well for the president’s party, and barring some major surprises, history looks poised […]
America has the energy resources to meet rising demand. The challenge now is building the infrastructure needed to deliver that energy. A commonsense energy approach should make it easier to invest in and build the infrastructure that will keep pace with a growing economy. Every day, we read about the transformation we are facing: the […]
Sunday’s Chicago Bears game served as an unexpected allegory for everything wrong with President Donald Trump’s Republican Party. Nearing halftime and down 3-6 in a rainy affair in Chicago, the Bears were hoping to secure a score before heading into the locker room. On a second down of a penalty-saturated possession, quarterback Caleb Williams called […]
Americans are asked to follow elections as though they are an endless competition: Who is ahead, who stumbled, whose clip went viral? The question that interests me most comes afterward: What happens when the campaigning ends, and governing begins? A recent conversation with Dana Bash, CNN’s chief political correspondent, brought that question into focus. Her […]
Are some people simply not rich enough to build the American dream? America’s capital markets are the most dynamic in the world. They are ripe with opportunity. Our nation’s business ecosystem is better because of them. The American dream of entrepreneurship and prosperity is possible through our robust capital markets. Too many people are locked […]
Trump-backed Michigan Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers declared in a video that "Groceries cost too much" and the Iran war "needs to end, and end quickly."
Republican Sen. John Curtis wants the Senate Judiciary Committee to subpoena both Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden over alleged corruption tied to their fathers.
