Fiscally bankrupt, France is trapped in economic stagnation. The immediate issue is the 2026 budget. Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned due to an inability to negotiate a budget for 2026. Still, President Emmanuel Macron and Lecornu insist that a path to a budget compromise remains possible. Time will tell. However, the political crisis is pushing up interest rates among the countries […]
President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus was perhaps, next to the border crisis he created, the worst misgovernment of his presidency, although competition for that shameful accolade is fierce. By funneling hundreds of billions of dollars in temporary spending into a rapidly heating economy through programs such as enhanced unemployment insurance, expanded child tax […]
Prop 50 would let California’s Legislature control redistricting through 2030 before the independent California Citizens Redistricting Commission regains that authority.
The Trump administration has reached a deal with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to cut its drug prices, marking it the second drugmaker in as many weeks to agree to President Trump's demand for lower medicine prices.
It has become clear that our criminal justice system in many states has been broken by weak laws, weak prosecutors, and weak judges when it comes to violent criminals who have been adjudicated to be “insane.” Florida police recently arrested Ronald Exantus for a parole violation and failure to register as a convicted felon. In 2015, Exantus […]
Human Rights Watch said on Thursday it will not accept donations from comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia. The human rights organization told Variety that it “cannot accept” donations from comedians like Aziz Ansari and others who performed. “But while we cannot accept, it is not too late for them...
President Trump's doctor said the commander-in-chief is in "exceptional health" following his "semiannual physical" at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland on Friday. During his physical, the president received "preventive health screenings and immunizations," including a flu shot and COVID-19 booster vaccination, according to a memorandum from Trump's physician Sean Barbabella. These screenings...
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) took a swipe at White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director Russell Vought over the firing of federal workers amid the government shutdown. "While few details have been shared about Russell Vought’s latest layoffs, there is no question this is poorly timed and yet another example of this administration’s...