For decades, whenever the Middle East faced a major security crisis, regional leaders looked toward Washington. That instinct is beginning to change. On Aug. 7, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement. Its central commitment is unmistakably modeled on NATO: An armed attack against one member will be treated as an […]
A U.S. tariff is an import tax, ultimately paid by U.S. consumers, as importers cannot absorb much, or any, of the tax. Likewise, a Canadian tariff is an import tax ultimately paid by Canadians. President Donald Trump’s threats of 50% tariffs on goods we purchase from Canada have turned into reality. Canada decided to tax Canadians […]
Traditional foreign policy experts look at Eastern Europe and see a frozen crisis. They look at the map and see standard troop positions and old treaties. To them, the deadlock cannot be broken. But Washington is looking at the board differently. To understand the current American strategy toward NATO and the Russia-Ukraine war, we have […]
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller on Monday criticized the Treasury Department’s buyback expansion plan, arguing it represents an artificial attempt to interfere in the bond market. In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, Druckenmiller noted bond yields dipped after the Treasury unveiled the plan on Wednesday but rose back to their previous levels the next day....
Researchers studying nearly 165,000 employees across more than 73,000 U.S. firms found that the satisfaction advantage linked to remote work largely faded after accounting for workplace culture, trust in management, communication, professional development and compensation.
President Trump said on Tuesday that Canada’s French language requirements are not a factor in the escalating trade tensions between Washington and Ottawa, contradicting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. “I would never interfere with Canadians speaking French! In fact, I have never even thought of doing such a stupid thing," Trump wrote on Truth Social....
President Trump said Tuesday that his administration is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, amid the trade war between the U.S. and Canada. “The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to doing much business with Ontario...
Canada is expected to unveil retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. on Tuesday, following President Trump’s new threats to escalate the trade war between the two countries. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced “dollar for dollar” retaliation after the Trump administration’s 50 percent tariffs on over $20 billion worth of Canadian goods went into effect on Saturday....
Anti-abortion groups and other conservatives largely applauded the White House announcement that President Trump would nominate health policy aide Dr. Heidi Overton for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, viewing her as their champion for, among other things, bringing an end to medication abortion. But others in the conservative world were less thrilled. Overton is not...
Merrill Matthews argues that Sen. Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for All" proposal deceptively seeks to replace the highly-rated existing Medicare program with a centralized, government-run system modeled after the United Kingdom's less efficient National Health Service.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Manolo Bentancur is talking about the conversation he had with the former commander of U.S. Border Patrol, Greg Bovino, when Bentancur saw Bovino at his popular east Charlotte bakery Sunday afternoon. "He said, 'Well, I can be wherever I want; it's free," said Bentancur. "I said, 'This is private...
