The U.S. is quietly ramping up defense spending to nearly $1 trillion, despite claims to the contrary.

By: Dylan Tokar – wsj.com – August 5, 2025 The president recounted his experiences when asked about an executive order the White House is preparing. The White House is preparing an executive order that threatens fines for banks that deny services on political grounds, citing the experiences of conservative groups and crypto companies, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. In...

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – August 1, 2025 The President has his new world tariff order in place, but jobs and growth don’t look so good. The details in the report provide little solace. The jobless rate ticked up only to 4.25% from 4.1%, but that was in part because the labor force continued to shrink. The labor...

Six states’ university systems joined together recently to establish a new accreditor that will hold universities accountable for mediocrity.

By: Moira Gleason – nationalreview.com – July 23, 2025 The elite school retains control over its academic and operational decisions but agrees to follow existing laws banning the consideration of race in admissions. Columbia University has agreed to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that the Trump administration canceled over the Ivy...

Scott Bessent critiques the Fed’s operations and calls for a thorough audit.

The Social Security trust fund is not a real asset but a paper entry of IOUs that the government must borrow to cover, meaning that the fund’s current surplus is just a mirage and the future …

Senate passage of the $9 billion rescissions packagecompiled by the Trump administration marks the first reduction in federal spending since the Tea Party era.

Exploring the intersection of PBS, politics, and education in the context of Trump’s influence.

Explore how environmental groups amass wealth while hindering progress and the truth behind their funding.