Feds Send Outside Agitators To Escalate Conflict in Portland
Plus: How H-1B visa restrictions cost U.S. jobs, a woman sues the British health service over hormone blockers, and more...
Trump Administration
Trump Humiliates Jeff Sessions One Last Time
Plus: White House drops student deportation plans, Breonna Taylor protesters arrested, Josh Hawley's fake rescue mission, and more...
Biden Tries To Buy Rust Belt Votes With Protectionist 'Buy American' Plan
Biden says he'll oppose attempts to repeal the Jones Act and will push for tighter "Buy American" policies that hike the price of infrastructure projects.
The Next Coronavirus Stimulus Package Should Also Repeal Tariffs
Abolishing tariffs would have short- and long-term benefits for the economy.
Did Trump's Coronavirus Stimulus Save 51 Million Jobs? The Claim Relies on Shaky Math and Questionable Economics.
Even if it's true, taxpayers paid $58,000 for each saved job.
They Came for the 'Illegals' First, Now They're Going After Immigrants Who Played by the Rules
The Trump administration might be setting the stage to eject foreign techies who've played by every immigration rule.
As Delayed Tax Day Approaches, Consider What You Get for Your Money
Do you appreciate the incompetence, in-fighting, obstructionism, authoritarianism, and waste that you pay for?
3 Things To Know About the 'New NAFTA' That Begins Today
The deal will affect more than $1 trillion in annual trade between the U.S. and its two neighbors.
Here We Go Again: Trump Wants New Tariffs on Canadian Aluminum
Just days before the new North American trade deal is set to take effect, the Trump administration reminds everyone that it prefers protectionism to free trade.
Conservatives Embrace Presidents Making Laws on "Sticky Notes"
Donald Trump has rewritten much of U.S. immigration law from the Oval Office, without congressional oversight or public debate.
Bolton: Trump's Tough-on-China Stance Was a Campaign Strategy, Not a Trade Policy
In a new book, former White House national security advisor John Bolton says Trump's trade deal negotiations with Chinese President Xi Jinping "commingled the personal and the national."
John Bolton Is Still Mad That Donald Trump Wouldn't Let Him Bomb Iran
Plus: A majority of Americans support policing reforms, say goodbye to Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben, and more....
Trump Administration Says Identities of Coronavirus Stimulus Loan Recipients Are 'Confidential'
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says that information is confidential. Government watchdogs say that excuse is bogus.
The Government Was Wrong About Masks
Plus: "fictional pleas," COVID-19 in migrant detention centers, and more...
China Is Not Coming Close To Meeting Its Import Goals Under the 'Phase One' Trade Deal
That's probably because those goals were always completely unrealistic. Less than six months after the deal was signed, it's already coming apart.
Tom Cotton Wants to Double Down on the Authoritarianism That Sparked Riots
Police brutality brought Americans into the streets. What would military force do?
It Wasn't Tear Gas. It Was a Gaseous Substance That Causes Tears.
Plus: Protest updates, COVID-19 upates, a surge in gun sales, and more...
Those Curfews Sure Didn't Work
Plus: George Floyd's death ruled "homicide caused by asphyxia," and more...
Trump Urges Governors To 'Dominate' Protestors With More Aggressive Tactics
Meanwhile, Sen. Tom Cotton is asking the military to commit war crimes against American citizens. Trump approves!
Trump Says U.S. Will End Special Trade, Immigration Deals With Hong Kong
President Donald Trump announced a significant escalation of his administration's conflict with the Chinese government—a conflict that is increasingly looking less like a trade war and more like a cold war.
Congress' Pathetic Effort at Revoking Trump's Trade War Powers Has Failed
Sen. Chuck Grassley says it's dead because lawmakers feared upsetting the president.
Trump's Illegal, Impossible Plan to Teach Twitter a Lesson
Plus: unrest in Minneapolis, Twitter labels Trump tweet, and more...
Trump's Executive Order on Twitter Is a Total Mess
Plus: the weird new battle lines on warrantless surveillance, more CDC incompetence, Minneapolis on fire, and more…
The President and Governors Alike Botched the Pandemic Response
Competent responses to the crisis have come from people and organizations voluntarily helping each other and themselves.
Liberals Have Rediscovered the 10th Amendment's Value During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Will they keep it in mind even if Joe Biden becomes president?
Michael Luttig on How the D.C. Circuit Should Handle the Flynn Case
A former federal judge (and Supreme Court short-lister) on what Judge Emmett Sullivan (and his critics) got right, and got wrong
The Trump Administration Wants To Subsidize Domestic Drug Manufacturing. The First Contract Looks Like a $350 Million Grift.
A member of the five-month-old company's board has been touting bogus stats about America's supposed dependency on Chinese-made drugs.
Josh Hawley Wants To Wreck America's Economy To Own the Libs
In a Senate floor speech Wednesday, Hawley outlined a half-baked plan to tear down global trade. It's aimed at winning elections, not helping America prosper.
South America Won the U.S.-China Trade War
Two economists calculate that U.S. farms lost $14 billion because of retaliatory tariffs, while South American countries boosted their exports by $13 billion to fill the gap.
"Valid Legislative Purpose"
Do legislative subpoenas really need a limiting principle?
Federal and State Governments Have Less Control Over Shutdowns Than They Think
Officials in six Pennsylvania counties say they will allow businesses to reopen without permission from the state government. Expect more of that.
Sinking in the Swamp
An extended profile of the numerous, eclectic grifters surrounding President Donald Trump
Biden Vows To Destroy Campus Due Process Again If Elected
Plus: Homeland Security has detained thousands of pregnant women, Ginsburg wrong about "seamless" contraception coverage, and more...
The Trump Administration Is Still Charging 25 Percent Tariffs on Disinfectants Used To Combat COVID-19
"The tariff is making it more difficult for companies to supply our nation's essential workers with antiseptics and sanitizing products they need."
Coronavirus Stimulus Has Cost $3.6 Trillion, but Oversight Is Still Severely Lacking
Before spending another dollar, Congress should make sure someone is keeping an eye how the largest pile of government cash in American history is being spent.
Trump's 'National Security' Steel Tariffs Are Just Old Fashioned Protectionism. Here's the Data To Prove It.
The department has granted just 1 percent of the tariff exemption requests that were challenged by domestic steel producers.
No, COVID-19 Isn't Like the Vietnam War. It Isn't Like Any War.
The coronavirus pandemic has killed roughly as many Americans as died in Vietnam. But the war metaphor serves mostly to sweep aside skepticism and dodge difficult questions.
The Executive Order on Meat Processing Doesn't Compel Companies With Sick Workers to Stay Open
Plus: Justin Amash seeking L.P. nomination, pandemic hasn't halted FDA war on vaping, and more
Trump Tweet-Threatens To Close the Borders (Which Would Just Destroy the Economy Even More)
Plus: New York legalizes Zoom weddings, federal labeling laws exacerbate grocery store shortages, and more...
Coronavirus Finally Gets Trump To Admit Americans Pay His Tariffs
The White House announced a temporary suspension of tariff payments as a way to stimulate the American economy, but the relief will not apply to tariffs on steel, aluminum, or imports from China.
It Took Less Than 24 Hours for Trump To Undermine His New Plan for Reopening State Economies
The inability of the federal government, and the president specifically, to deliver reliable and consistent information to the American public will make economic recovery more difficult.
Will COVID-19 Help Americans Break the Habit of Deferring to Centralized Authority?
We may find that we like making our own decisions.
Trump's Plan To Reopen the Economy Admits Governors Are in Charge, but We're Probably Months Away From Anything Resembling Normalcy
"A national shutdown is not a sustainable long-term situation," Trump said Thursday evening. "We are not opening all at once, but one careful step at a time."
Trump's School Lunch Changes Lead to a Pointless Food Fight
"It's unconscionable that the Trump administration would do the bidding of the potato and junk food industries," noted one critic. But Trump's changes are relatively minor.
Trump Insists His Name Appear on COVID-19 Relief Checks
Plus: Test Americans for the coronavirus every seven days? And more...
Trump Claims He Has 'Total' Authority Over When States End Social Distancing Rules. He's Wrong.
Plus: Americans plan to stay home for months, courts block more abortion bans, Amash "looking closely" at presidential run, and more...
Trump's Tariffs Are Still Slowing America's Coronavirus Response
General Motors is being charged import taxes on parts it needs to build ventilators. Its requests for relief have gone unanswered.
Restricting Exports Makes It Harder To Fight Coronavirus
Export restrictions only make sense if you're unable to understand the obvious consequences of that policy.
