Democrat Brian Varela's campaign to flip a GOP-held House seat in New Jersey has hit early headwinds from his social media posts that critics say smack of far-left extremism.
President Trump is terminating trade talks with Canada, saying that its most populous province interfered in the legal fight over his trade agenda with a television ad featuring Ronald Reagan.
Globalization has delivered tremendous benefits — greater competition, lower costs, and broader access. But that same interdependence becomes a liability when it rests on a single, fragile pillar. China’s power over two sectors of commodities critical to the United States affords it powerful economic leverage and creates significant risks for American economic and health security. One […]
The Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control held a hearing this week on the Iran-financed Islamic terror network Hezbollah, and their oil smuggling, money laundering, counterfeiting, and illegal weapons procurement operations. All of these efforts are tied to drug cartels and communist regimes in Latin America. It comes as no surprise that after the collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, Hezbollah’s ally, the […]
Less than a year into her term, Education Secretary Linda McMahon has pulled off a feat her predecessor failed to accomplish for two years running: publish a functional, streamlined Free Application for Federal Student Aid by Oct. 1. What Secretary Miguel Cardona could not do in three years, McMahon did in nine months, with half […]
If the Trump administration wants to use tariffs to fight “persistent” goods trade imbalances, the right statute is Section 122 of the Trade Act, not the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act lets the president impose a temporary import surcharge “in the form of duties” to “restrict imports” — explicitly, narrowly and...
Venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale, a key supporter of President Trump, suggested Thursday that the president was “terribly advised” on his decision to pardon Binance founder Changpeng Zhao. “I love President Trump; this is possibly the greatest admin of my lifetime — except for these pardons,” Lonsdale wrote Thursday in a post on social platform X,...
Stephanie Grisham, a former aide to first lady Melania Trump, called the demolition of the White House’s East Wing "jarring," as construction is underway for President Trump's new ballroom. “As someone who was obviously so privileged to work in the people’s house — I worked on both sides, the East Wing and the West Wing...