You can usually tell a controversial idea like the "billionaire tax" is bad when proponents start trotting out teams of Nobel Prize winners to defend it.
Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Troy Jackson accused each other of corruption during a heated debate Thursday in the Maine Senate race, one of the most closely watched midterm contests and one that could determine control of the upper chamber next year.
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed wasted no time going after former Rep. Mike Rogers over the Iran war -- and he didn't let up in their first U.S. Senate debate, arguing that Michiganders are struggling to make ends meet because of President Trump's war and his tariffs.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani was roundly blasted for demonizing Israel on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 massacre, but Gov. Kathy Hochul almost deserves as much...
IN GOP MIDTERM CALCULATION, AVOIDING THE UNTHINKABLE. Republican politicos, and everyday voters, too, are inundated with predictions of disaster in the upcoming midterm elections. And indeed, the outlook for the party keeping the House is not good. The outlook for holding the Senate is better — iffy but possible. The big factors in determining midterm […]
After falling by 4% in the first full fiscal year of Donald Trump’s second term, the federal budget deficit surged 12% to an eyewatering $1.99 trillion in FY 2026. As Art Laffer, the creator of the eponymous Laffer Curve, insisted, the sweeping tax cuts of 2025’s One Big Beautiful Bill did not decrease federal revenue. […]
High diesel gas prices continue to hamper the nation on Thursday despite President Donald Trump’s recent executive order to suspend “diesel fuel tax payment obligations” to help mitigate the expensive current costs for diesel fuel. The national average price for a gallon of diesel has soared in recent months, hurting many truckers, farmers, and other […]
