By: Morgan Chalfant – thehill.com – March 18, 2018 Trump administration officials on Thursday accused the Russian government of staging a multi-year cyberattack campaign against the energy grid and other elements of critical infrastructure in the United States. The alert from the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI coincided with the administration’s decision to unveil new sanctions on Russia...

By: Staff – newsmax.com – March 14, 2018 President Donald Trump has chosen Larry Kudlow to be his top economic aide, elevating the influence of a long-time fixture on the CNBC business news network who previously served in the Reagan administration and has emerged as a leading evangelist for tax cuts and a smaller government. Kudlow told The Associated Press...

Steel and aluminum may win in the short term, but steel-and-aluminum users and consumers lose. By: Larry Kudlow, Arthur B. Laffer & Stephen Moore – nationalreview.com – March 3, 2018 Steel and aluminum may win in the short term, but steel-and-aluminum users and consumers lose. One of the ironies of trade protectionism is that tariffs and import quotas are what...

By: Merrill Matthews – ipi.org – March 6, 2018 As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to “drain the swamp” in Washington. It was one of his biggest applause lines, so it’s remarkable that he is pushing a proposal that is the very essence of the swamp. “Draining the swamp” can mean different things to different people, but one...

By: Pat Buchanan – townhall.com – March 06, 2018 From Lincoln to William McKinley to Theodore Roosevelt, and from Warren Harding through Calvin Coolidge, the Republican Party erected the most awesome manufacturing machine the world had ever seen. And, as the party of high tariffs through those seven decades, the GOP was rewarded by becoming America’s Party. Thirteen Republican presidents...

Trump: I’m Not Backing Down on Tariffs By: Katie Pavlich – townhall.com – March 05, 2018 Speaking at the White House Monday afternoon during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump said he isn’t backing down on issuing tariffs for imported steel and aluminum. “We’re not backing down,” Trump said, adding tariffs can be negotiated through...

By: Emily Price – fortune.com – February 19, 2018 Millennials in their early 30s earn less than their counterparts in the preceding generation, according to a new study. Millennials on average make 4% less than people in Generation X did when they were the same age, according to the UK-based think tank Resolution Foundation, which analyzed earnings in eight high-income...

By: Robert Knight – washingtontimes.com – February 18, 2018 It’s tax season again. As you struggle to submit something to Uncle Sam that won’t send federal agents to your door, guns blazing, it’s worth pondering how immoral and unconstitutional the whole thing is. It’s immoral because the government is spending far more than it takes in and keeps adding to...

By: Robert Knight – washingtontimes.com – February 18, 2018 It’s tax season again. As you struggle to submit something to Uncle Sam that won’t send federal agents to your door, guns blazing, it’s worth pondering how immoral and unconstitutional the whole thing is. It’s immoral because the government is spending far more than it takes in and keeps adding to...

By: Nicole Gaudiano & Deirdre Shesgreen – usatoday.com – February 9, 2018 President Trump signed a $400 billion budget deal Friday, hours after the House passed it in a pre-dawn vote, reopening the federal government after it was partially shut down for the second time in less than a month. The House voted 240-186, with 73 Democrats and 167 Republicans voting...