As Warning Signs Flash, Trump Again Escalates Trade War With China
Another $16 billion in Chinese good are facing tariffs, but Trump wants more. Meanwhile, more signs say the trade war will slow economic growth.
Another $16 billion in Chinese good are facing tariffs, but Trump wants more. Meanwhile, more signs say the trade war will slow economic growth.
"Flipping" should probably be illegal, Trump says. It's one of federal prosecutors' most beloved tactics, and their go-to argument for mandatory minimums.
Is hush money to a politician's mistress "for the purpose of influencing an election" or "personal use"?
Free market groups urge Trump to reject a possible deal with Senate Dems to keep Mark Pearce on the board.
Matt Welch talks with sportswriter Jeff Pearlman about his new book, Football for a Buck
Donald Trump will serve the remainder of his presidency under the specter of prison.
A question that now hangs like a miasma over D.C. is "Which of my staffers would hang me out to dry in order to avoid going to federal prison?"
Liberal critics want the Senate to hit the pause button. Will it?
It's the beginning of the end, again.
It's no surprise that the president's has shady associates. It's still damning.
Far from undermining freedom of the press, the president's fulminations prove its durability.
Those payments are being treated as campaign violations.
Former Trump campaign chairman likely heading to prison.
It is possible to believe that President Trump targeted Brennan for political reasons, and also that Brennan is unhinged and unreliable.
Respect for the overall government is waning. Good.
Matt Welch interviews Rick Wilson (and others) on Sirius XM Insight from 9-12 ET.
What even is truth? Rudy Giuliani doesn't seem to have any idea.
What could go wrong with federalizing the corporate charter process and putting bureaucrats in charge of long-term business thinking?
The Kentucky Republican is glad Trump stripped ex-CIA Director John Brennan of his security clearance. But Trump shouldn't stop there, Paul says.
The president wants to sue pharmaceutical companies for telling the truth about the addictive potential of their products.
Trump says it's D.C. politicians' fault his military parade got postponed. But at least now we can afford more jet fighters!
Which is actually not too bad by Pentagon standards.
Brennan was awful and defended the indefensible, but Trump is clearly trying to silence critics.
Will free traders find a political home in either major party?
Trump is wrong about tariffs and so was Alex Hamilton.
Republicans are comparing the band to Kathy Griffin.
Assessing the president's lower-court selections.
From the alt-right to Twitter deactivation, bands drinking booze to presidents crowing for cronyism, we'll hash it out on Sirius XM Insight channel 121 today from 9-12 ET
Taking a tax break now amounts to taking a side.
The Whole Foods magnate and his nonprofit colleague Alexander McCobin want to "elevate humanity through business" and make us all smarter, kinder...and richer.
"Diplomatic isolationists" who want to quash any dialog with Russia for partisan reasons are missing out on chances for progress on nuclear weapons and terrorism, the Senator believes.
The answer is not likely to please President Trump.
He wants to screw all immigrants, regardless of status
"It was not very hard" to get the spending bill through Congress, Trump said. And he's definitely right about that.
First Melania Trump, now Stephen Miller.
American farmers have already fallen victim to Trump's trade war with China. Could Alaskan fishermen be next?
Except possibly the bit about "break[ing] the fucking simulation."
"CHAIN MIGRATION must end now! Some people come in, and they bring their whole family with them, who can be truly evil."
No wonder they both sing the same America First tune
The two major parties continue their sorting into democratic socialists on the left and Mercantilist nativists to the right.
A new military service focused on space would be a burden on both taxpayers and the private space industry.
The right has given up the pretense that it is only opposed to illegal immigration
Donald Trump has an instinct for finding and empowering scam artists, spongers, and thugs.
Trump's economic ignorance is on display.
A South Carolina TV manufacturing facility will close its doors, and Trump's threatened auto tariffs could do yet more damage to the state's economy.
The podcast crew takes on the The New York Times' controversial new hire, Trump's trade war escalations, Medicare-for-all, and 3D-printed guns.
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