When JD Vance was running for vice president, he walked across an airport tarmac in Wisconsin one August day when his campaign travels happened to intersect those of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and approached Air Force Two. Besides wanting to take a poke at Republican Donald Trump's rival for avoiding the press, Vance said, "I just wanted to check out my future plane."
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett told shareholders Saturday he intends to retire from his role as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, an American multinational holding company. Buffett, 94, recommended that Canadian businessman and vice chairman Greg Abel succeed him after a 55-year run at the helm of the conglomerate. “I think the time has arrived where Greg...
The Voice of America (VOA) reporters’ plan to return to work next week is up in the air after an appeals court issued a stay on Saturday, halting a late April order from a district judge that prevented the administration from dismantling the international broadcaster. The court, in a 2-1 opinion, ruled that the federal...
It’s clear that President Donald Trump’s tariff gambit has prompted numerous nations to step up with deals; his negotiators need to grab them, fast,...
There is quite a bit of noise that is distracting from the real-world accomplishments of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the first 100 days of the Trump administration. Washington insiders love to talk palace intrigue and about issues that do not matter to most Americans. The bottom line is that this new administration has made […]
The days of the United States being the world’s police force are over — and good riddance. The idealist’s vision of a U.S.-enforced rules-based international order, noble as it might have been once, was never firmly rooted in reality. Perpetual global instability meant perpetual military interventions, and even America’s vaunted military might has limits. In […]
President Donald Trump ran on a platform of empowering workers, and a new bill in Congress will help him keep that promise. On April 17, Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) introduced the Start Applying Labor Transparency Act, which would require unions to practice the same transparency as businesses when it comes to talking to workers about […]
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are rightfully concerned about America’s low fertility rate, which is barely hovering above the record low it hit in 2023. As they seek to spark a baby boom, Trump and Musk must solve one huge factor that makes raising children harder and having children less appealing: Our country’s public […]
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) outed himself as a diversity hire on Monday, telling the Harvard Kennedy School forum he was chosen to be former Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate to create a “permission structure” for white, rural men to vote for the Democratic ticket. “I could code talk to white guys — watching football, […]
President Donald Trump on Friday released his budget proposals — slashing domestic spending to help lower the deficit while also allowing vital new investments...
