November and December will nominally be about confirming judges and kicking the can on must-pass bills. More ambitious efforts probably aren’t happening.

By: Glenn Hubbard – wsj.com – November 12, 2024 Traditional policies like tax cuts, targeted aid and responsible spending can deliver stronger growth. First, by working with Congress, it should build on the successes of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 to make permanent the expensing of business investment. Second, it should increase support for science and defense...

By: Alex Welz – nationalreview.com – November 12, 2024 Before joining Fox in 2014, Hegseth served as an Army National Guard Captain in Iraq and Afghanistan. President-elect Donald Trump has selected Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as the next secretary of defense. Hegseth’s appointment, which is sure to attract the ire of Democrats given his long-standing association with...

By: Katie Pavlich – townhall.com – November 12, 2024 President-elect Donald Trump has officially tapped former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliff as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency. “I am pleased to announce that former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe will serve as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). From exposing fake Russian collusion to...

By: Noah Rothman – nationalreview.com – November 12, 2024 His early personnel choices indicate his incoming administration would be willing to use sticks as well as carrots to deal with Russia. It’s axiomatic that personnel is policy. That can be overstated, but Donald Trump’s cabinet picks do provide us with some clues about how his next administration will govern. What is...

The dust is settling on the 2024 election after President-elect Trump’s unexpectedly comfortable victory. Now both parties are looking to the exit polls for lessons as to how Trump won, why Vice Pr…

From enthusiasm from Israel’s leader to thinly veiled anxiety from some of America’s oldest European allies, foreign reaction to Trump’s election victory is rolling in fast.

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to completely remake the US government and wield new power as president.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – November 7, 2024 The issue did little for their candidates despite broad public support. Ms. Harris described abortion as a dividing line between the parties, claiming that President Trump and GOP majorities in Congress would enact a national ban. She hoped the threat would motivate progressives to turn out in key states and...

But they can’t give it up.