Opinion

As someone who represented New York in Congress and worked closely with both Main Street and Wall Street, I know firsthand how important it is to balance innovation with responsibility. New York is home to the world’s financial capital, and decisions about how we regulate digital assets have ripple effects that go far beyond Wall […]

In 2008, the tea party was born in opposition to Washington’s bailout of Wall Street. Those bailouts were sold as one-time responses to an emergency, yet they became a blueprint for deeper federal entanglement in private markets. Now, less than two decades later and with no crisis underway, the Trump administration is not only bailing […]

President Donald Trump does not have the power to fire Federal Reserve governors at will, as he does members of the National Labor Relations Board. But he has fired governor Lisa Cook for cause, which is allowed under statute, alleging she made false statements on a mortgage application in 2021. The evidence that Cook made […]

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. I’m not in the prediction business. But I do enjoy history. […]

The world’s birth rate is just about equal to, or possibly even below, the level at which the human population will hold steady — right about 2.1 babies per woman. The United States’s birth rate has been falling for 18 years, is at a record low, and is still falling. Fewer children exist in the […]