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Even as the U.S. and Iran wrestle over an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, surging gas prices have turned the government’s attention to a perennially popular fiscal scam: Ease the pressure on household budgets with a gas tax holiday. In reality, such a plan to curry favor with voters would make them, all things considered, worse off. Responsible policymakers should have nothing to do ...
Republicans like newly minted U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton of Texas would like you to know, in no uncertain terms, that Democrats are a pack of wild, tongue-wagging extremists out to destroy America.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate race and will face Democratic state Rep. James Talarico in what is expected to be one of the most closely watched Senate contests of this election cycle.
It isn’t hard to see the case for striking a deal with Iran, one that will turn the current shaky ceasefire into a long-term truce.
Everything, it seems, is rigged these days.
Rarely has a document been at once as mysterious and anticlimactic as the Democratic National Committee’s autopsy of what went wrong in the 2024 election, which, after much drama and angst, was finally published on Thursday.
Billionaire Jeff Bezos has boldly put forth a challenge to Americans.
As President Donald Trump and his administration head toward the midterm elections, it’s now clear that the Republican Party has split into three factions: the “Never Trump” Republicans, who refuse to ever vote for this unethical man; the “America First” Republicans, who favor Trump’s policies but won’t countenance his destroying American norms and laws; and “Trump First” Republicans – those who think Trump’s dictates come first and the Constitution and traditional norms come second.
Humans may be on the way out. But at least the humanities are back.
When Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, started talking about artificial intelligence during a commencement speech at the University of Arizona on Friday, the graduates erupted in boos. “AI is going to touch everything,” said Schmidt, as his stadium-sized audience roared its disapproval. “Whatever path you choose, AI will become part of how work is done.” Maybe he meant this as a promise of opportunity, but the students seemed to hear it as a threat – or a curse.
It’s no surprise that Mainers are willing to overlook the problematic art tattooed on Democrat Graham Platner, who is leading in his bid to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins — just as millions have dismissed the taboo and hateful provocations of President Donald Trump over a decade. Economic populism is demonized for its tendency toward demagoguery. But policies that make the economy ...
I’m proud of President Donald Trump and his loyal Republican lawmakers. After years of pretending, it seems they’ve finally grown confident enough to flatly admit they don’t give a rip about regular Americans.
Once again, the internet is freaking out over the outfit choices of a 20-something pop star. If only social media users could direct that energy toward literally anything else going on in the country.
Think you own that new car you just bought? Not all of it. As many Americans are learning, automakers own their data, and it’s trying to dictate who can fix the vehicle when something breaks or even when it just needs regular maintenance. It’s a way to force car and truck owners into expensive dealerships for service. Fortunately, though, a legal fix might be coming. New vehicles today rely so ...
Nobody wants this in their backyard – yet for many Americans in rural communities, there isn’t much of a choice.
Isabel Brown, 28, caused quite a stir at the Conservative Political Action Conference in March. Her “outrageous” position?
The kids aren’t all right – and it’s clear that the political landscape created by President Donald Trump is at least partly to blame.
As a progressive economist, I wrote a paper in 2021 with a generally conservative colleague, Kevin Hassett, who now directs the National Economic Council in the Trump White House. We agreed then on the basic arithmetic of the American retirement crisis. We still do. That’s why people like him and people like me can all say: Trump’s executive order establishing TrumpIRAs, signed last month, is ...
Inflation has surged to the highest level in three years, the cost of living is up and we’re stuck in a war with Iran. But don’t worry. President Donald Trump is busy painting the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue.
Republicans love to claim that they’re the party of fiscal responsibility. Yet when it comes to giving President Donald Trump everything he wants, they’re more than happy to shell out serious cash – and have the American people foot the bill.
