Britain, as every American knows, has a free speech problem. As a Brit, though, I am starting to wonder whether the United States might be developing a free speech problem of its own. The question occurred to me in an immigration line as I checked my devices for memes that might be deemed anti-MAGA. Foreign […]
FROM ‘HE’S CRASHING THE ECONOMY’ TO ‘IT’S A MIRAGE.’ Go back three months, when the government released gross domestic product numbers for the first quarter of 2025. The report was that GDP fell 0.3% in the first quarter, later revised to 0.5%. That would have been disturbing except for the explanation: In anticipation of President Donald […]
JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said he was less skeptical of tariffs in a Thursday interview after months of criticism for the Trump administration’s efforts to rewire global trade policy. "We started tariffs. We didn't know what they're going to be. And now we kind of know. And they're more moderate and thoughtful and, you...
The Senate Appropriations Committee rejected the Trump administration’s massive proposed funding cut to the National Institutes of Health, advancing a measure that would increase the agency’s budget by $400 million. The White House budget called for slashing NIH by $18 billion, a decrease of 40 percent. Instead, the committee advanced the bill on a 26-3...
A bipartisan pair of senators introduced legislation Thursday calling for tens of billions of dollars in aid for Ukraine to be spent over the next two years, as Russian President Vladimir Putin rebuffs calls from President Trump to halt the war. The bill was introduced by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations...
The Trump administration has struck trade pacts in recent months that seem to benefit the U.S. over its trading partners, giving President Trump ample opportunity to tout his dealmaking skills. But Americans don’t appear to be giving him a pat on the back as the U.S. starts to feel the impact of tariffs already imposed....
Police gave a lengthy update on how they caught the suspect in the double stabbing deaths of two parents who were visiting Arkansas' Devil's Den State Park with their children.
Communities hit by the deadly Independence Day floods face a desperate and confused recovery bereft of state and federal aid, survivors told a field hearing of the Texas Legislature in Kerrville on Thursday. With no resources to drain Lake Ingram, it “has become a toxic pit,” resident Ann Carr told the legislators. “We've talked to...