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340B: A hidden driver of small businesses’ soaring health costs

Small business owners are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of healthcare. Nearly a third have recently stopped offering health benefits as premiums continue to climb. It is critical that lawmakers understand the various reasons for rising costs, and begin to address them now — one by one — or small businesses will […]

Europe will have no credibility until Cyprus is resolved

President Donald Trump has long considered European states freeloaders on defense and diplomacy. He was not wrong. A major first-term achievement was naming, shaming, and forcing countries to meet their NATO budget commitments. In Iraq and Afghanistan, most European states — the United Kingdom and Denmark excepted — would avoid combat but then demand equal […]

Speaker Johnson responds to Trump remark: Iran conflict ‘put a little damper’ on affordability

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the Iran conflict has “put a little damper” on Republicans’ affordability efforts while insisting that President Trump “thinks about Americans’ financial situations.” Johnson made the comments when asked in a press conference Wednesday about Trump telling reporters the day before that Americans’ financial situations are not motivating him “even a little...

Ocasio-Cortez knocks Cruz over ‘parasite’ remark

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) shot back at Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) over comments in which he called her a “parasite,” saying the Lone Star State senator views working-class people as “less than him.” On Monday, Cruz called Ocasio-Cortez a “parasite sucking on the taxpayer” after the New York Democrat said that Americans “can’t earn” their...

Kudlow tells Hassett inflation number was ‘lousy’

Fox Business host Larry Kudlow on Tuesday told National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett that the rising annual inflation rate is "lousy" as the Trump administration seeks to defend its economic agenda. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.8 percent over the past 12 months and 0.6 percent in April alone, having previously hit...

Dem ripped for ‘disgusting’ absence on bill to punish violent criminals after girl strangled in grisly killing

Democrat James Talarico faces criticism for being absent during voting on "Jocelyn's Law," a Texas bill to deny bail to illegal immigrants charged with violent felonies.

Twin Cities’ wage hikes roasted after report exposes job-crushing fallout in Tim Walz’s backyard

A Minneapolis Fed study links the $15 minimum wage in the Twin Cities to reduced employment and hours, complicating national pushes for higher wages.

Rand Paul brings CIA whistleblower to Senate hearing alleging ‘deep state’ COVID-19 conspiracy

CIA whistleblower to testify in Senate hearing on alleged COVID-19 origins cover-up as statute of limitations expires on Dr. Anthony Fauci perjury allegations.

Vance-led task force cuts off $1.4B from home health, hospice providers suspected of fraud

The Trump administration withheld $1.4 billion from home health and hospice providers nationwide as an anti-fraud crackdown intensifies.

Senate Republicans balk at $1B White House ballroom request: ‘You made that number up’

Republicans struggle with a $1 billion Secret Service request tucked into the Senate immigration package, pressing for more details on the spending.

Hochul’s funny money only enables Mamdani’s even-funnier ‘fiscal plan’ for NYC

Of all the fibs Mamdani spewed Tuesday in presenting his plan, perhaps the worst was his claim that it lays “the ground work for...

How US statecraft has stymied China — and won Trump summit leverage

As US military action against Iran proceeded, the Trump administration made gains across the map aimed at limiting China’s reach.

Best of the Babylon Bee: ‘I am your father,’ Trump reveals to horrified Mark Hamill

Every week, The Post will bring you our picks of the best one-liners and stories from satirical site the Babylon Bee to take the...

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—May 13

1993—In dissent in University of Miami v. Echarte, Florida chief justice Rosemary Barkett flouts U.S. Supreme Court precedent as she opines that a statutory cap...

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