Florida will bar welfare benefits from covering tattoos, theme-park tickets, video games, vapes and other nonessential purchases under a first-in-the-nation plan Trump wants other states to follow.
During his 2020 presidential campaign, President Joe Biden slammed former President Donald Trump for his protectionist policies, and especially for starting a trade war that raised prices for American consumers while sparking retaliation that hurt American farmers. But since entering office, Biden has done little to reverse the tariff hikes and trade barriers erected by […]
High inflation creates major hardships for American households. Since January 2020, prices have grown at nearly 4% per year, which is double the rate the Federal Reserve targets. The prices we confront most frequently— food, energy, and shelter— have experienced some of the largest spikes. No wonder so many people think the economy is weak. […]
Inflation is the top economic issue for most voters, according to nearly every poll. The dollar has devalued by more than 20% since the pandemic hit, and inflation remains stubbornly high. Mortgages and car payments are less affordable than they were before COVID-19, and not everyone’s paycheck is keeping up with the increased costs. The […]
After decades of lowering its import barriers, U.S. trade policy has careened off course over the past several years. First ushered in by former President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, protectionism later kicked into high gear under the Trump administration with new tariffs on solar panels, washing machines, steel, and […]
For the past three and a half years, the U.S. economy has struggled under the economic policies of the Biden administration and congressional Democrats. Increased taxes, spending, deficits, and debt have produced higher prices, lower wages, soaring interest rates, and slower economic growth. For typical American families, the Biden administration’s policies have resulted in lower […]
The Democratic Party is in a bad place. Its already unpopular president has just been exposed as mentally unfit for office. The process for choosing a new candidate to replace him ended months ago. Democratic primary voters will have no say in who their next candidate is if President Joe Biden resigns. There is a […]
Behold “the sudden and overdue Democratic acknowledgment that Joe Biden isn’t up to the job,” snarks The Wall Street Journal’s Kimberly A. Strassel, Biden’s...
