President Donald Trump‘s declaration that antifa is a terrorist organization was long-awaited, but the consequences are so far uncertain. Antifa, short for Antifascist Action, is a radical left-wing militant network that endorses terrorist tactics in order to combat fascism, which translates to any political group or figures opposed to its lofty, sometimes Marxist aims. Though […]
A resolution honoring Charlie Kirk is poised to get Democratic support during a House vote on Friday, just over a week after the conservative activist was assassinated. A Democratic member confirmed to the Washington Examiner that Democratic leadership told the conference they planned to support the resolution. A bipartisan debate took place Thursday afternoon, setting up a vote on […]
Something may not be quite right in the U.S. economy, and it’s not just a one-off jobs report that points to that. All the noise around the August Bureau of Labor Statistics report was about President Donald Trump‘s subsequent firing of its former chief, Erika McEntarfer. However, the report showed significantly lower hiring than expected. […]
When Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) surprised Washington, D.C., and Texas with his decision to run for state attorney general, a familiar face to sports fans entered the race to succeed him in the House. Former Texas Rangers infielder Mark Teixeira announced his congressional campaign for the newly redrawn 21st Congressional District on Aug. 28. New […]
Gas prices remained steady for most of the country on Friday. The national average price for regular gas is $3.199 per gallon. Yet while the national average has not changed much, fuel costs have soared on the West Coast in recent weeks. Statewide averages for gas prices in California, Oregon, and Washington have increased over […]
A hundred days into President Donald Trump’s second, nonconsecutive term, an Economist magazine cover was already in countdown mode to its end, with the headline, “Only 1,361 Days To Go.” The accompanying article was a full-throated defense of “neo-liberalism,” with an embrace of free trade, the U.S. dollar as the world’s default currency, and a […]
President Donald Trump recently moved to cancel $4.9 billion in spending on foreign aid, the latest skirmish in the battle for control of the federal budget between the White House‘s Office of Management and Budget and Congress’s appropriations committees. Trump’s Aug. 28 rescission message to Congress in effect declared that the administration will not spend […]
Brendan Carr has suddenly emerged as a top target for Democrats and a hero for the MAGA world following Jimmy Kimmel’s ouster from his late-night talk show. The Trump appointee and chairman of the Federal Communications Commission holds the power to stand between multi-billion-dollar network mergers, giving new teeth for the president and his allies […]
When President Donald Trump announced that he nominated Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Stephen Miran to fill a vacant Federal Reserve Board seat, it seemed like a strange choice. Those of us who saw Miran’s disastrous handling of April’s tariff “Liberation Day” wondered if this was the White House‘s way of quietly offloading him from […]
Multicultural Britain tells itself stories in order to live. One such story is that the island has always been a diverse, cosmopolitan place. On social media, graduate degree holders will eagerly tell you that Britain’s patron saint is Turkish, its alphabet Roman, its religion Middle Eastern, and its royal family German. A more sophisticated version […]
