July 2023 was a soul-searching month for the FBI's field office in Richmond, Virginia. The office's analysts didn't like the way the Washington headquarters treated them and would eventually need therapeutic counseling, a new Justice Department report says.

President Trump says the Federal Reserve must lower interest rates or else he will cut off trade with countries that sell a ton of goods to the U.S. but don't buy as much from American producers.

Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer ran a department where staff drank on duty, cried through public dressing-downs and were dispatched to organize her closet and pick up her dry cleaning, according to a new report from the Labor Department's Office of the Inspector General.

President Trump is reshaping the White House and the nation's capital at a blistering pace, cementing a physical legacy as he faces his final years in power after dominating U.S. politics for a decade.

Minnesota can be the firewall to stop the spread of socialism across our country, or we can be the next domino to fall. From coast to coast, candidates openly aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America have won their primaries and will now be on the ballot this fall. Whether it’s New York, Michigan, or […]

Americans did not show up on any recent Election Day and vote for new technology that would bring sweeping changes to our way of life. Yet AI is here, and its power demands a strategy that promotes innovation, protects the American dream, and shapes our next 250 years.  Artificial intelligence has the potential to be […]

Hostility and opposition to data centers was palpable four months ago. It has gotten much worse since then. Americans’ increasing aversion to new data centers borders on mass hysteria. A recent Gallup survey found that Americans would rather have a nuclear power plant built near them than an AI data center — by over 20 […]

At last! We finally hit $40 trillion in red ink. Since the 2007-2008 financial crash, there’s been an avalanche of news stories on the looming consequences of the skyrocketing national debt. Yet, even with almost 20 years of attention, scrutiny, and endless proposals to reduce the debt, it continues up, up, and away.  Stanford economist […]

When a Texas utility tried to walk away from natural-gas agreements after the 2021 winter storm, a state judge sent an important message: Contracts matter. The case involved CPS Energy, the municipal utility serving San Antonio, and pipeline companies owned by Energy Transfer. During Winter Storm Uri, CPS Energy relied heavily on short-term gas purchases […]

Just a few months ago, Huawei’s chairman observed that Washington’s export controls have done little to hold China back. Instead, they have pushed the company and the Chinese state to invest far more heavily in domestic champions, accelerating an already rapid climb up the technology ladder and clearing the way for global expansion. The latest […]