While New York City definitely needs to make changes in order to become more affordable, it’s an odd claim that half of everyone living in New York City cannot afford to live in New York City.
The Hudson Institute think tank hosted a much-needed debate on Monday. The motion: "Winning in Ukraine is critically important for deterring a war in Taiwan." Hudson's President John Walters proposed the motion, with the Marathon Initiative's Elbridge Colby opposing.
House Republican leaders are charging ahead with plans to vote on their debt ceiling package as soon as Wednesday, even though it is far from clear they have the votes to pass it. The strategy sets up a potential game of high-stakes chicken between Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and a number of holdouts in his...
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said on Tuesday that a Republican-backed package that raises the nation’s debt limit, along with a host of partisan proposals aimed at curbing government spending, could put about $4.8 trillion toward deficit reduction over the next ten years. The CBO, Congress’ nonpartisan budget scorekeeper, estimated that Republicans’ "Limit, Save, Grow...
With President Biden officially declaring his candidacy for reelection in 2024, the country could be gearing up for a rematch of the 2020 presidential election. Biden released his long-anticipated announcement in a video early Tuesday morning, criticizing what he has branded as “MAGA Republicans,” including images of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and protesters opposing...
The representative for the World Health Organization (WHO) in Sudan said fighters have seized a national health facility, calling the lab takeover "extremely, extremely dangerous" for the embattled country. WHO representative Nima Saeed Abid said during a Tuesday press briefing that one of the warring armies in Sudan forcefully kicked out the lab technicians at...