President Trump suggests that state governments should have primary responsibility for handling disasters, and cutting federal taxes would allow states to access more money to address their needs.

By: Audrey Fahlberg – nationalreview.com – February 18, 2025 Trump is ‘shutting down the government already. And so, we shouldn’t enable a further shutdown of services,’ Eric Swalwell said. As congressional Democrats search for a unifying message with which to resist President Trump, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) argues there is “common ground” among her colleagues around the “necessity to refuse...

A president is accountable through the election process. It is the independent federal agencies that are the true threat to democracy.

Following the extraordinary joint press conference by President Trump and Elon Musk from the Oval Office, the press went on the offensive against Musk’s claims of transparency and finding billions of dollars in fraudulent or erroneous payments by the US Treasury.

Former President Joe Biden left a terrible legacy: the border catastrophe, chaos and disorder abroad, increased crime, oppressive wokeness. But for today’s purposes, consider the damage done by Biden’s economic policies.

By: Joni Ernst – wsj.com – February 9, 2025 It dodges congressional questions about money that went to sex traffickers and the Wuhan virus lab. In moments of crisis, America can be counted on for leadership. Our nation’s compassionate giving has saved millions of lives around the world that were at risk from starvation or disease. All Americans should be...

By:  Ireland Owens – dailycaller.com – January 5, 2025 The White House has repeatedly assured Americans that the U.S. economy has remained strong throughout President Joe Biden’s term. American workers may not be faring as well under current labor market conditions as the Biden-Harris administration often claims. The White House has repeatedly assured Americans that the U.S. economy has remained...

President Biden is spending the holidays with his family this year in a beautiful mansion in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.

By: Roger Kimball – thespectator.com – December 19, 2024 It operates by subverting legislative responsibility for the sake of pork, on the one hand, and partisan interdiction, on the other. In the 1870s, Gustave Flaubert assembled Le Dictionnaire des idées reçues, a humorous collection of “received ideas” and clichés then current in French society. A new version needs to be produced...

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – December 18, 2024 The end-of-year CR is ugly as usual, but please leave town quickly. In lieu of passing a real budget, the House and Senate have agreed on another continuing resolution, or CR, that will extend through March 14 in the new year. The only virtue here is that the government won’t...