Three thousand years ago, Solomon, the third King of Israel, said, “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” This was true then and holds true today, especially when politicians and tax dollars are involved. Every Republican, from hard-line fiscal libertarians to […]
EXCLUSIVE – MEYERSDALE, Pennsylvania — Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) said the deal between US Steel and Nippon Steel announced last Friday by President Donald Trump is a game changer on multiple levels. “It is a BFD [big f***ing deal],” a smiling Shapiro told the Washington Examiner, emphasizing that the deal will not only affect the […]
President Donald Trump’s tariffs are a critical tool to reorganize a broken global trading system and push back on economic coercion by America’s adversaries. Unfortunately, China has already figured out a simple workaround: Chinese companies are setting up anonymous shell companies to circumvent tariffs. But while the Trump administration is taking the right steps for […]
Some tariffs on trading partners are set to remain in place following the sweeping ruling from the U.S. Court of International Trade that landed a huge blow to President Trump’s trade agenda. While the ruling declared that Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, including those imposed on China, and tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China aimed to stop the flow...
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino vowed to release a video showing that no one was around disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein when he died in 2019 by apparent suicide. “I just want to be crystal clear on this. I am not asking anyone to believe me. I'm telling you what's there and...
Trump's entire negotiating philosophy was built on the premise that he could threaten economic chaos if other countries didn't bend to his will. The credibility behind those threats just evaporated entirely, because credible threats require actual authority to carry them out.
The Department of Health and Human Services is cancelling hundreds of millions of dollars in funding pledged to Moderna to help the company develop, test, and license mRNA-based vaccines to combat pandemic flu viruses, including bird flu in humans. The company said it was notified Wednesday that the agency had terminated the funding awarded by...
Elon Musk’s tenure as a special government employee and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is coming to an end after a high profile and occasionally tumultuous stint. Musk was a near-constant presence in President Trump’s orbit during his time in government, building a close relationship with the president while chafing at some...
The Chinese government on Thursday fired back at the the Trump administration's decision to revoke Chinese student visas, calling the move unjustified and damaging to the reputation of the U.S. abroad. “The US decision to revoke Chinese student visas is fully unjustified,” Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Lin Jian said in a statement on...