“Taxes,” former Tax Foundation President Scott Hodge tells us in his new book, Taxocracy, “rule nearly every aspect of our daily lives.” In the course of 335 pages, Hodge backs up that statement, showing how the tax code can explain everything from the size and shape of buildings to why songwriters all suddenly started selling […]
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. introduced his 2024 running mate last month, his allies expected a bump in excitement that typically follows a big campaign announcement. That bump hasn’t materialized. The Independent candidate is trailing President Biden and Donald Trump by significant margins even after unveiling attorney Nicole Shanahan as his vice presidential pick, leading...
Former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, actor Robert De Niro and Kristi Yamaguchi are expected to be among the extremely VIP guests at the White House on Wednesday for the state dinner for Japan. Also expected at the event are Apple CEO Tim Cook and Amazon's Jeff Bezos and his fiancé,...
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) said Wednesday that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is seeking “attention” with her expulsion threat against Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). “Right now, I'm not sure that there's a real appetite by enough people to just oust Speaker Johnson. I think some people want, you know, a little bit of fame, a...
A New York appeals court on Wednesday declined another bid by former President Trump to delay his hush money trial for the third time this week. The former president’s lawyers took aim at three rulings by Judge Juan Merchan: Refusing to recuse, not delaying the trial until the Supreme Court rules on Trump’s presidential immunity...
Former Attorney General Bill Barr on Wednesday denounced former President Trump’s exhortation for Congress to kill the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) as “crazy and reckless” and warned there will be “blood on people’s hands” if the intelligence community’s surveillance authority expires and there’s a terrorist attack on the United States. Barr, who served in Trump’s Cabinet in...
Actors from the CBS comedy series “Ghosts” connected with their spectral characters through historical artifacts and exhibits at the Library of Congress Tuesday, where the show's fourth season premiered to a sold-out theater. Cast members present for the showing played characters hailing from eras associated with Prohibition, women's suffrage, precolonial America and more. Richie Moriarty,...
The Biden administration straddled the line on a controversial Canadian oil pipeline in a court filing Wednesday, saying a lower court’s order to drain portions running through tribal land may violate a 1977 treaty but agreeing with a Native American tribe that the operator is trespassing on tribal land. In an amicus brief in the...
The U.S. Capitol Police hired three special prosecutors to investigate threats made to members of Congress and help prosecute threat cases involving members, the agency confirmed Wednesday to The Hill. The three attorneys are spread across the U.S., with one in Washington, D.C.; San Jose, Calif.; and Tampa, Fla., the agency confirmed. The first position...