In today’s issue: President Trump and allies revel in assertive decision making that keeps friends and foes off balance, even if resulting uncertainty turns out to be a drag on U.S. growth this year. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pointed to the administration’s on-again-off-again tariffs while explaining why the central bank is opting to stand...
When Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) took the stage at the annual Gridiron Club dinner on Saturday night, he mockingly made mention of the thing Democrats have been buzzing about for months: his presidential ambitions. “If I actually wanted to be president, I wouldn’t do any of this,” Moore said. “Instead I would take my case...
The Trump administration is moving forward with several Biden-era antitrust lawsuits, policies and positions, signaling a continued focus on aggressive antitrust enforcement that could spell trouble for Big Tech. Despite President Trump’s seemingly close relationship with tech leaders in his second term, his administration doesn’t appear keen to let up on antitrust enforcement, which has...
An autopen is a device that physically holds a pen and is programmed to replicate a person’s signature. It is not a stamp or a digitized print of someone’s signature.
More than 100 climate groups, many with ties to liberal dark money, sent a letter pressuring Democratic leadership in Congress to give "no immunity" to fossil fuel companies.
The Democratic Party said two years ago that the filibuster was nothing better than an evil relic of the racist Jim Crow era. But last week, Democrats fell in love with it again, seeing it as a vital tool for protecting minority rights. Elections and the transfer of power make such a difference. Where once […]
Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) on Wednesday commented further on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) leadership, a day after he discussed “a new leader” for Senate Democrats. “So, yes or no, you want him — you want him to step down?” NewsNation’s Blake Burman asked on “The Hill.” “I mean, we'll see. I want to...
Twenty years ago, maybe even ten, I’d have found stories about the administration cutting grants to universities and detonating thousands of campus-related jobs horrifying.