President-elect Donald Trump will have the unique opportunity to appoint up to two members to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Doubtless economists will debate the technical qualifications of prospective nominees, but such deliberation will be fruitless without major institutional reforms. To fix perpetual monetary mismanagement, we need a system where strict rules, not the […]
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) recently quit his job for a position he seems unlikely to get. The pro-Trump congressman resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives last week after President-elect Donald Trump nominated him to be the next attorney general. He may be looking forward to his new position, but he just set himself up to be […]
President-elect Donald is returning to the White House after defeating Vice President Harris, but what will his second term mean for the millions of Americans with student loan debt?
Chris Wright, President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Energy Department, has denied the well-established connection between climate change and extreme weather, claiming that storms are not getting more intense. “We have seen no increase in the frequency or intensity of hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts or floods despite endless fear-mongering of the media, politicians and activists,” Wright, the chairman...
Conservative radio host Erick Erickson said Republicans in the Senate should block Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination as Health and Human Services secretary because his worldview does not align with Christian conservatism. “Worldview matters, and because worldview matters, that is why the Senate Republicans should kill the nomination of Robert Kennedy Jr. because his worldview...
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday rebuked Democratic-controlled elections boards that counted undated and misdated mail ballots, siding with Republicans and reiterating that such votes are invalid. Philadelphia, Montgomery and Bucks counties voted to count hundreds of such ballots in recent days despite previous rulings from the court that they cannot be included in this election....
“The View” co-hosts Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sunny Hostin clashed over the motives of people who voted for President-elect Trump on Monday. In a clip highlighted by Mediaite, the show's co-hosts were talking about the president-elect’s win and how it came about, as well as examining comments from a recent “Real Time with Bill Maher”...
President-elect Trump is expanding his search to lead the Treasury Department as the jockeying over who will fill the key economic role has spilled into public view. Investor Scott Bessent appeared to be the front-runner for the role and has visited Mar-a-Lago multiple times in recent weeks, but billionaire Elon Musk, who has frequently been...