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 […]
Former White House aide Alyssa Farah Griffin on Tuesday said President Trump’s decision to target Chicago with federal intervention amidst his crack down on crime is a “smart” move. “Chicago has a crime problem, there‘s no doubt. And Donald Trump knows that this is a smart fight for him to pick, not just with his...
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It’s book tour-palooza at the Supreme Court. Three justices — Amy Coney Barrett, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson — will crisscross the country to make a combined more than two dozen stops this month, soaking up the final weeks of the court’s summer recess to promote their titles. The blitz of appearances breaks from...
President Trump's latest potential addition to the Federal Reserve board of governors is set to face the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, marking the first step of the president's push to remake the central bank in his image. Stephen Miran, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), will appear before the Banking...