By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – April 3, 2025 Blowing up the world trading system has consequences that the President isn’t advertising. All details aren’t clear as we write this, but Mr. Trump’s tariffs look “reciprocal” in name only. First he’s hitting every nation in the world with a 10% “baseline” tariff to sell in the U.S. market. For...

The Senate on Thursday advanced its budget resolution, teeing up a weekend vote on a blueprint for President Trump’s tax agenda and other top priorities. Senators voted 52-48 to kick off…

In late January, the Fair Tax Act, H.R. 25, was introduced in Congress yet again. This time the bill’s chief author is Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA). The Fair Tax Act is a bill to replace the current Internal Revenue Code with a national retail sales tax, known as the Fair Tax.

In 1974, Congress created the Legal Services Corporation to connect lower-income Americans involved in civil disputes with free legal help. The law that established the agency stipulated that…

By: Lathan Watts – nationalreview.com – March 14, 2025 Chase’s decision to drop discrimination based on politics and religion is good for business. After a series of negotiations with attorneys from Alliance Defending Freedom, JPMorgan Chase has agreed to adopt language in its code of conduct that protects against political and religious de-banking. The changes mark a crucial step forward at the nation’s...

By: Ron Johnson – wsj.com – March 19, 202 The federal government gives less scrutiny to its spending than a private company—or your family. Unlike the federal government, families and private-sector businesses have to keep spending in line with earnings. To do so, they budget, estimating what their income will be and making sure their planned expenditures don’t exceed it....

For once, House Democrats are angrier with their own party than Donald Trump.

The United States Congress has until Friday at midnight to fund the federal government before it shuts down. On Tuesday, House Republicans passed a continuing resolution – returning funding levels from last year — to keep the government open.

On Tuesday evening, by a vote of 217-213, the House voted almost entirely along party lines to pass a continuing resolution (CR) that President Donald Trump indicated his support for over the weekend.

Trump should send a rescission package to Congress, and lawmakers should seize this opportunity to show they are serious about fiscal responsibility.