Small business optimism is falling in key sectors, according to a quarterly survey released Tuesday that showed a downgrade in manufacturing despite President Trump's efforts to boost U.S. production through tax cuts, deregulation and tariffs.
Democrats initiated the longest government shutdown in history under the guise of caring about Americans’ access to affordable healthcare. Now they have an opportunity to put their money where their mouth is. The Senate will vote in mid-December on Democrats’ demand that temporary, and soon-to-expire, “enhanced” subsidies under the Affordable Care Act be made permanent. Doing this, they claim, is critical to keeping healthcare “affordable.” Who are they kidding? Healthcare is more expensive than ever. Obamacare was supposed to fix this, but failed. And Democrats’ dream of a government takeover of the entire system with “Medicare […]
Chicago refuses to treat teenage criminals like criminals. Over the weekend, a 14-year-old boy was murdered and eight other teenagers were shot in two shootings in Chicago’s “Loop” shopping center. That same weekend, a homeless man was stabbed to death by three teenage boys in the Loop as well. The shooting was the result of a “teen takeover,” where […]
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. During a recent stop on her image rehabilitation tour, Rep. Marjorie […]
THE ROAD TO THE CHICAGO TRAIN FIRE ATTACK. On April 23, 2020, a man poured gasoline around the Illinois state government building in Chicago and set it on fire. The man, identified as Lawrence Reed, 44, was said to be angry because he had not received his monthly government Supplemental Security Income check. According to the […]
Former deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said on Tuesday the Trump administration's peace proposal to end the war between Ukraine and Russia amounted to "a surrender plan." "We need to stop calling these things peace plans," Rhodes told anchor Nicolle Wallace on MS NOW, formerly MSNBC. "This is a surrender plan. This is literally...
An infant has died from whooping cough in Kentucky, the third such instance in the past 12 months, state health officials said Monday. The infant and their mother were not vaccinated against the illness, officials from the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH) noted in a release. In June, KDPH officials said two infants in...
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) has filed a suit against the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), arguing its leader abused his authority in forwarding a criminal referral regarding the lawmaker’s mortgage. The suit is the first of its kind after FHFA Director Bill Pulte has made four criminal referrals for Democrats alleging they committed some type of mortgage...
The Trump administration on Monday asked a federal court to overturn a Biden-era rule limiting deadly soot pollution. In a court filing, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) argued that the Biden-era rule tightening limits was procedurally flawed and therefore should be vacated. It said that the Biden administration took a “shortcut,” making the rule stricter “without the...