Democrats warn that if Republicans cut Medicaid funding, particularly from the expansion population as the GOP has suggested is a target, it could reduce funding for opioid addiction treatment.
EUROPE FEAR: CHINA WILL DO TO US WHAT IT DID TO THE UNITED STATES. Much of the public’s attention to the Trump tariff situation focuses on 1) each person’s individual loss, or possible loss, in the stock market and 2) whether tariffs will result in inflation going forward. But the tariff controversy has many parts. One […]
Tariffs bring back manufacturing, jobs, and marriage and family prospects. So goes the reasoning, at least — and whatever the ultimate reality, one aspect is that it springs from a recognition of a few social trends on which the Left normally relies. The strict marriage narrative from the Left, when the decline is admitted as a bad thing, follows […]
Maybe the real Department of Government Efficiency is the friends we made along the way. Elon Musk’s DOGE came as a welcomed surprise to fiscal conservatives and everyone else who cares about the economic future of the nation. Even the most casual observers of the actions of the federal government understand that the books are rife with […]
President Donald Trump announced on Feb. 9 that he had instructed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to stop producing pennies. According to JM Bullion, the U.S. Mint lost $179 million in producing pennies in 2023. Producing nickels, however, leads to even more losses. According to GovMint, the cost to produce and distribute a penny was 3.69 […]
It’s not always a popular thing to say, but marriage is a good thing that we need more of. Gov. Mike Braun (R-IN) is commemorating Tax Day with an executive order that aims to promote marriage in Indiana by getting the government out of the way. Defending marriage these days means making some enemies. When […]
The College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy came apart during a White House visit by the Ohio State Buckeyes football team Monday as Vice President Vance tried to pick it up. As President Trump posed for pictures with the team, Vance, an Ohio State alumnus, walked over to a table where the trophy was sitting...
The Trump administration disclosed Monday that it had opened an investigation into the effects on national security of importing certain pharmaceuticals, a move widely seen as the prelude to initiating tariffs on prescription drugs. The Department of Commerce in a Federal Register notice said the probe, known as a Section 232 investigation, began April 1, the day...
A devastating Russian attack against Ukraine on Palm Sunday, coming days after Russian President Vladimir Putin shook hands with President Trump’s top negotiator, is raising doubt about the U.S.'s strategy in ceasefire talks with Moscow. Ukraine, its allies and supporters say the Sumy strike, which killed at least 34 people, including two children, and injured...