The news about a ceasefire between the United States and Iran has sparked a global rise in equities and dramatic falls in the price of oil, both internationally and domestically. The price of West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark, fell by about 15% from about $112 a barrel to prices in the low $90s. Worst-case scenarios for […]
Thirty-eight days after it began, Operation Epic Fury paused and perhaps ended with a ceasefire. The United States-Israel military campaign did not topple the Islamic Republic, as some hoped, but it should still be regarded as a success. Critics of President Donald Trump would have you think otherwise. Some commentators have labeled it a “failure,” […]
More than half of immigrant households in the United States use welfare, costing taxpayers billions and making the programs less sustainable for Americans in...
PITTSBURGH — Rep. Summer Lee’s (D-PA) decision to campaign alongside Hasan Piker in Michigan has drawn sharp criticism from Democrats across her congressional district. State Rep. Dan Frankel, a Pittsburgh Democrat and a former colleague in the state House, was among those critical. Frankel, a longtime Pittsburgh legislator, and state Sen. Judy Schwann of Berks […]
