A new paper from the Heritage Foundation shows that federal tax revenues are growing at a much faster rate than what the Congressional Budget Office projected before and after the 2017 tax cuts were enacted, providing more evidence that the tax cuts are not responsible for the higher budget deficits. The numbers show that higher […]
PITTSBURGH — Sen. Bob Casey, a Scranton Democrat who is facing Republican challenger Dave McCormick, released his first attack ad Friday morning. It claims McCormick owned a home in Connecticut and lives there currently. McCormick, a Pennsylvania native, owns a home and lives in Pittsburgh but temporarily rented a place in Connecticut where he and […]
The Washington, D.C., National Zoo announced May 29 that pandas would be back in the nation’s capital by the year’s close. Pandemonium immediately followed. The zoo launched an entire new line of panda swag, the return of “bearthday parties,” and a renewed expectation to raise (or borrow?) an estimated $25 million in order to “revamp” the panda habitat. […]
Could the Israel–Hamas war be the death knell for the United Nations? For decades, waste, fraud, and abuse have characterized the organization. The perks of patronage — first-class travel, high salaries, fancy titles, and pretensions to make policy absent democratic accountability — attract elites. Progressives, academics, idealists, and those seeking to check American power block […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has finally won his yearslong battle with Disney, proving that conservatives can effectively fight back against left-wing corporations. On Wednesday, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board, which is composed of five DeSantis appointees, unanimously voted to approve a 15-year development plan that allows Walt Disney World Resort to add a fifth major theme park […]
The FTC’s delay is all the more troublesome because OpenAI, like big tech firms, is cutting safety and security teams at the same time competition is increasing.
Boeing and Airbus emphasized that there are no safety concerns after revealing Friday that some titanium parts used in their aircraft had falsified documentation, triggering a federal investigation. Boeing did not say which models of aircraft or how many were affected by the titanium parts, but the company emphasized that it does not believe the...
Measures such as the Right to IVF Act and the Right to Contraception Act appear aimed less at solving real problems than at political grandstanding. If adopted they would bulldoze state laws.
After a report that former President Trump called Milwaukee, which will host the Republican National Convention next month, a “horrible city,” Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) said the city’s “crime rate is going to go up” when Trump and his "34 felony counts” arrive in the city. "I don't know many people in Milwaukee who have...