In the past two years, Congress has been stuck in chaos. Military conflicts on foreign continents, a historic effort to overthrow a sitting House speaker, and a constant series of showdowns over government funding. On Sept. 10, Congress went back to deal with a seemingly quaint and antique matter, the COVID-19 pandemic. It wasn’t, of […]
Vice President Kamala Harris‘s presidential campaign recently revealed a plan to raise capital gains taxes on the nation’s wealthiest. And the Democratic nominee’s proposal is a bit of a departure from a capital gains proposal by her boss, President Joe Biden. Harris’s idea would shake up how much different levels of earners pay in capital […]
When was the last time Nicole Kidman played a poor person? A glance through the actress’s oeuvre reveals enough titled ladies, posh executives, and moneyed suburbanites to keep an army of financial advisers in Rolexes. One has to go back to the gay-conversion drama Boy Erased (2018) to find the Australian laboring among the plebs, […]
Departing Congress members have only over three months left in office. The next Congress is set to take office on Jan. 3, 2025. The list of departing lawmakers is already long but can be expected to grow after the Nov. 5 general election. It’s virtually certain that it will expand shortly after Election Day when Rep. […]
When a radical right party wins a state election in Germany, the headlines write themselves. This month’s victory for the Alternative for Germany was greeted in much the same way across the world. CNN labeled AfD “the first far-right party to win since 1945.” London’s Daily Telegraph went with “first since the Nazi era.” Germany’s […]
As Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro continues to ignore calls to cede power and admit defeat in the country’s presidential election in July, the United States took action on Thursday, issuing sanctions against his regime. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 16 government officials believed to be Maduro sympathizers and complicit in the […]
As Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) prepares to debate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) in their Oct. 1 vice presidential bout, Vance will privately debate a Walz stand-in. Advisers will analyze that exchange and give feedback about what to say, how to say it, and what to avoid like the pandemic. Those advisers who look to the […]
Vice President Kamala Harris is facing a conundrum over her criticism of former President Donald Trump’s tax plan. Harris has been torching Trump’s proposal to extend his signature tax cut legislation as a giveaway to the wealthy that would add to the deficit, but she supports extending the biggest part of it. “My opponent … […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) latest government funding feud with hard-line Republicans has senators lying in wait — for now. Top senators in both parties are giving Johnson space to negotiate a short-term spending deal, but they warn that the upper chamber may soon be forced to step in to avert an Oct. 1 shutdown. […]
EXCLUSIVE — “Squad” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) has cut ties with a political consultant the Washington Examiner reported this year has a history of working for groups linked to Palestinian terrorist factions. The reason for the Tlaib campaign’s decision is unclear, and her campaign manager, Carolina Toro-Roman, as well as the consultant, Rasha Mubarak, did […]
