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April 16, 2025

Washington's Latest Tax Assault on Economic Success By Stephen Moore

The PE and VC track records in funding small businesses and turning them into the future gazelles is almost a uniquely American success story.

April 16, 2025

Climate Myths By John Stossel

I guess United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres didn't think his hyping global warming risks brought him enough attention, so now he says, "The era of global boiling has arrived!"

April 15, 2025

Is Luigi Mangione the Left's Donald Trump? By Daniel McCarthy

On CNN, approving of murder is hardly any worse than voting for Donald Trump.

April 11, 2025

Will Trump's Tariffs Move Us Back to the Constitutional Order? By Michael Barone

   It has been hard this past week, of tariffs applied worldwide on April 2 to tariffs suspended except for China on April 9, to avoid reflecting on how much trouble could have been avoided if economists, instead of talking about countries' trade surpluses and trade deficits, had devised different words -- say, "buyer-dominant" countries and "seller-dominant" countries.

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April 10, 2025

The House: Democrats Favored on What Starts as a Small Battlefield By Kyle Kondik

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— History suggested Democrats would be favored to flip the House in 2026 as soon as Donald Trump clinched the presidency in 2024.

— Little that’s happened over the last several months calls into question that initial, gut-level assessment. Democrats should flip the House next year, and we favor them to do so. Republicans do have a couple of factors working in their favor, though, that could help them as they seek to defy history.

— Our initial House ratings reflect a small House map, with Democrats narrowly ahead 209-207 in the seats that at least lean to one party or the other, with 19 Toss-ups.

April 9, 2025

Political Money-Grab By John Stossel

   Did you bet on March Madness?

April 9, 2025

Big, Beautiful Tax Cuts Should Offset Any Tariff Increases By Stephen Moore

   President Donald Trump has predicted that his tariffs could raise as much as $6 trillion over the next decade in federal tax collections. These include up to 104% tariffs on China, plus the combination of reciprocal tariffs -- we charge them whatever they charge us. Also, don't forget the protectionist tariffs on steel, aluminum, autos, lumber, etc.

April 8, 2025

Tariffs Are a Reason to Cut Taxes and Red Tape By Daniel McCarthy

   If there's one thing supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump's tariffs should agree on, it's the need to unchain prosperity at home while international trade is in flux.

April 4, 2025

Trump Seems Bent on Political Self-Harm By Michael Barone

        Is President Donald Trump bent on political self-harm? It often seems that way. His overall job approval rating still hovers within a point or two of the 50% popular vote he received last November. But he is losing support on the economy and inflation, the No. 1 issue last year, while his overwhelming success in reducing illegal immigration has reduced the salience of what was the No. 2 issue.

April 3, 2025

Time for Trump’s 3-Month Job Review By Brian C. Joondeph

President Donald Trump is 75 days into his second term, not yet three months. Many companies place new hires on probationary status for their first three months, during which a review is conducted to ensure that both the employee and employer are satisfied and ready to continue their working relationship.

April 2, 2025

Lawn Gone Liberty: The Update By John Stossel

It's finally spring.

April 2, 2025

Why Democrats Hate DOGE and Love Waste By Stephen Moore

If you haven't watched the Bret Baier interviews on Fox News with Elon Musk and the other executives who have given their time and expertise to exposing the rampant fraud and inefficiency of our federal government, I urge you to do so.

April 1, 2025

Lawfare Isn't Beaten -- In France or America By Daniel McCarthy

Elections are supposed to be decided at the ballot box, not in the courtroom -- unless you're French, or, in this country, a liberal.

March 28, 2025

Abundance Versus 'Everything Bagel' Liberalism By Michael Barone

   "Imagine boarding a train in the center of a city," former President Barack Obama rhapsodized in April 2009. "No racing to an airport and across a terminal, no delays, no sitting on the tarmac, no lost luggage, no taking off your shoes. Imagine whisking through towns at speeds over 100 miles an hour, walking only a few steps to public transportation, and ending up just blocks from your destination."

March 26, 2025

DEI Is Dying By John Stossel

President Donald Trump ended federal DEI programs.

March 26, 2025

Trump Should End the Biden-Era War on Small Business Partnerships By Stephen Moore

   President Donald Trump has promised to create millions of new high-paying jobs. One easy first step to doing that is to repeal Biden regulations on America's 4 million business partnerships (sometimes known as S corporations) that are prolific job creators. The latest estimates find 10 million Americans employed by these business partnerships, with $800 billion paid in worker salaries and benefits.

March 25, 2025

Will Trump Turn Nationalism Against America? By Daniel McCarthy

President Donald Trump is nothing if not strong-willed, and he's the leader of the mightiest nation on Earth -- but there's one power even Trump can't afford to discount.

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March 20, 2025

Notes on the State of Politics: New Hampshire Senate and Change in Virginia By J. Miles Coleman

Notes on the State of Politics: New Hampshire Senate and Change in Virginia