As the shutdown hits day 46, the Trump administration offers rare tax relief to DHS workers still reporting without pay, waiving penalties and interest.
Robert De Niro appeared at the Supreme Court to hear justices' oral arguments on a major case that the High Court is weighing and bashed the president on his way out.
As the healthcare bureaucracy expands, small businesses and entrepreneurs are paying the price. With little oversight, unelected bureaucrats at a little-known federal agency are imposing unpredictable nationwide changes to policies that affect patients and providers. Larger healthcare entities can absorb these changes in ways small business innovators cannot. The irony is that this agency was supposed […]
Federal debt takes the United States into the unknown, pushing the boundaries of how far financial markets are willing to lend to our government. And when lawmakers spend a trillion dollars more than they collect in revenue, it sounds like they are enthusiastic to find the limits of federal debt. The prudent course is to […]
Less than $600. That’s how much taxpayer money the Trump administration just spent to give American workers more of the transparency they deserve. On March 17, the Department of Labor rolled out an improved system — www.unionreports.gov — that lets workers quickly see how labor unions are spending their members’ dues. This information is essential […]
The Constitution “was framed upon the theory that the peoples of the several states must sink or swim together, and that in the long run prosperity and salvation are in union and not division.” States racing to block data center construction have forgotten that lesson. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and others echoing his idea to pause data […]
In a mad scramble for the midterm elections, Washington is proposing every scheme imaginable to lower the cost of prescription drugs. But how prices are lowered matters, especially when voters are not advised of the fine print. Misguided drug-pricing schemes can kill tomorrow’s cures. The drug pricing framework embedded in former President Joe Biden’s Inflation […]
The Chinese Communist Party is short on pilots. And it might be getting help from its main adversary, the United States. But on Capitol Hill, a senator is calling on the Transportation Security Administration to ban U.S. flight schools from enrolling our adversaries. The TSA should end this extraordinary and self-defeating practice without delay. China […]
After decades of stagnation in the U.S. refining sector, a significant shift may be underway. The newly announced oil refinery at the Port of Brownsville, Texas, could become one of the first major new U.S. refinery projects in almost five decades. More than just another industrial facility, the project represents renewed confidence that the country is willing to invest in the […]
