Economists didn’t actually all become doctrinaire free-traders after World War II. Many argued in favor of import substitution in developing countries.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and a special prosecutor she hired for the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump have been issued subpoenas by a defense attorney who has alleged Willis and the prosecutor had an inappropriate romantic relationship.
Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley is likening President Biden and former President Donald Trump to the crotchety characters from the movie "Grumpy Old Men," warning a sequel/rematch starring the two in November would amount to political box-office poison.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that after months of negotiations with Democrats on beefing up border security, the time has come to show the bill text and take action.
Conservative anti-tax activist Grover Norquist lauded the tax relief legislation that House lawmakers will vote on later Wednesday, calling it a bill that blends the Reagan agenda with an extension of parts of the Trump tax cuts.
The first Federal Reserve meeting of the year left investors stunned. Upon Chairman Jerome Powell’s press conference clarifying yet again that the central bank is not yet ready to pivot to cutting the federal funds rate, the S&P 500 slid 1.61% and the Nasdaq another 2.23%. Odds of a March cut plummeted from nearly 50% […]