On Economic Issues, the Populist Right and Left Share a Lot of Common Ground
That's bad news for Americans.
That's bad news for Americans.
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The year's highlights in blame shifting.
It's a commendable, but very modest, expansion of a step he took last year.
The pardons freed no prisoners, but the White House says they will ease the burden of a criminal record.
The Colorado Supreme Court's reasoning in deciding that Trump is constitutionally disqualified from running for president seems iffy.
At nearly every turn, the infrastructure package opted for policies that limited supplies, hiked prices, added paperwork, and grew government.
The former Trump lawyer could have avoided a massive defamation verdict by presenting his "definitively clear" evidence of election fraud.
You're not going to save democracy by kicking people out of elections.
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Joe Biden and Congress are considering a plan that will create a crueler, deadlier situation on the U.S.-Mexico border.
The president's son is seeking dismissal of three felony charges based on his illegal 2018 firearm purchase.
Prosecutors have enormous power to coerce guilty pleas, which are the basis for nearly all convictions.
More than $2 billion has been distributed, but only two states have even broken ground and most states haven't even submitted proposals.
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Lawmakers should consider a user-fee system designed to charge drivers by the mile.
Turns out subjecting presidential aspirants to libertarian-flavored scrutiny is good for journalism! And sanity.
President Joe Biden's support for the United Auto Workers might have harmed his push for a faster transition to electric vehicles.
We're often told European countries are better off thanks to big-government policies. So why is the U.S. beating France in many important ways?
The president touted the lower annualized inflation rate but blamed the companies themselves for higher prices, rather than government policies.
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The former two-term governor discusses why Florida is attracting more people than any other state in the country.
A D.C. Circuit judge says the government’s defense of the order gives short shrift to "the First Amendment’s vigorous protection of political speech."
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The results are interesting and suggest weird and significant biases.
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This week's debate was the first signal that the party's next presidential nominee might actually understand the entitlement crisis.
Our troops are just sitting there with targets on their backs. Why?
Abortion and the shadow of Donald Trump hobble GOP prospects.
Why can neither major party find someone who isn't decrepit and disliked?
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Amtrak has historically received $2 billion in federal subsidies each year. Under Republicans' "draconian" cuts, they'd receive over $5 billion next year.
Entitlement reform has long been considered a third rail in American politics, but that perspective might be changing.
Biden's new executive order will slow the development and deployment of artificial intelligence technologies.
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Democrats and Republicans are united in thinking their political agendas trump the First Amendment.
Presidential administrations from both parties keep trying to make "place-based" economic development work.
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The justices agreed to consider whether the Biden administration's efforts to suppress online "misinformation" were unconstitutional.
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Higher rates lead to more debt, and more debt begets higher rates, and on and on. Get the picture?
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Biden will reportedly freeze Iran's ransom deal while the U.S. tries to find 14 missing Americans in Gaza.