President Donald Trump is taking many risks with his sweeping tariff agenda, but one is his grip on congressional Republicans since returning to office. Senate Republicans have voted to confirm not just Trump’s envelope-pushing nominees like FBI Director Kash Patel but also his outside-the-box ex-Democratic ones, such as Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and […]
President Donald Trump’s tariffs plan is likely to create some price hikes, at least in the short term. Car prices are among the most prominent items likely to become more expensive, so Trump is also proposing that taxpayers be able to deduct interest payments on auto loans for domestic cars. To be sure, Trump is […]
Republicans are looking ahead to a critical election this year after a significant defeat in Wisconsin proved that conservatives will have to work overtime if they wish to continue the red wave ushered in by President Donald Trump’s 2024 victory. Voters dealt the GOP a blow after conservative Judge Brad Schimel lost by 10 points […]
The landscape of the 2026 midterm elections is quickly beginning to form as Democrats look to break up the GOP trifecta and Republicans try to maintain their thin margins in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Candidates from both sides of the aisle have begun to emerge for the 2026 cycle, with congressional hopefuls […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has committed a Kinsley gaffe, and it may well cost him the White House. Recently, Newsom has undergone cosmetic surgery for his brand. Newsom spent years presenting himself as one of the faces of the progressive movement, but President Donald Trump’s dispatching of fellow Golden State liberal Kamala Harris persuaded Newsom […]
The United States is about to plunge into recession, pulling much of the world down with it. The tariffs announced by President Donald Trump on April 2 will reverse decades of rising wealth based on specialization and exchange, based on little more than his unfocused feelings. Announcing his new rates, the president claimed they were […]
The national average price for a gallon of regular gas rose again to $3.268, according to AAA. This marks the third straight Friday that fuel costs have increased. Gas prices have changed over the last month. A week ago, a gallon of regular gas was $3.157. On March 18, it cost $3.078 per gallon. And […]
Hours before the NBA’s recent trade deadline, the Los Angeles Lakers agreed to swap players Dalton Knecht, Cam Reddish, and a future first-round draft pick to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for center Mark Williams. However, the Feb. 6 trade was rescinded two days later after Williams failed his physical with the Lakers. By that […]
It may seem hard to believe now, but three things were happening when Democrats decided to nominate Joe Biden for president in 2020. The first was buyer’s remorse. Biden was dissuaded from running four years earlier, in effect ceding the nomination to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Clinton went on to lose to Donald […]
Old-timers who try to tell you what long-haul trucking was like in the 1970s will start with the frenetic rhythm of the highway and then somehow end up talking instead about the other guys lapping up the pavement, guys who were out there on the road, too. Back then, Merle Haggard crooned on the local […]
