(CNSNews.com) – President Trump said Monday it would be “better to have Russia inside the tent than outside the tent” of the world’s leading industrialized countries, arguing that if President Vladimir Putin had been in the room during the just-ended G7 summit, the leaders could have solved several issues that are instead now “in limbo.” […]
by Jim Hoft President Trump yesterday announced that the US will increase tariffs on China and then ordered all US firms to begin seeking alternatives to doing business with China! The Chinese regime is in a lethal position and has only two choices. The regime can either give the US what it wants or perish. […]
US President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he has postponed his trip to Copenhagen, Denmark, due to Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s statement that she has “no interest” in selling Greenland. The trip had been scheduled after Trump and his wife, First Lady Melania, accepted an invitation to visit Her Majesty Margrethe II, Queen […]
Is government-facilitated re-importation of prescription medicines from Canada – a policy now supported by politicians as diverse as President Donald Trump and Senator Bernard Sanders – an issue of free trade, or a backdoor method of imposing price controls? That’s the way the question is usually framed in policy debates, but the great Nobel prize-winning […]
A week ago, I wrote about the turmoil in Hong Kong and pointed out that a crackdown would be bad for China’s already-faltering economy. I had a chance to again address the issue yesterday. What made this interview different is that it included a discussion of what Trump should do. My expertise is economics rather […]
While millions of Americans were vacationing this summer, the seemingly impossible happened in Washington: On July 17, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), and Steve King (R-IA) all voted in favor of the same healthcare legislation. The bill in question, H.R. 748, sought to repeal the so-called “Cadillac Tax” imposed by the […]
Colombia, a major source of banana exports, has declared a national emergency due to the spread of a banana-eating fungus called Fusarium wilt tropical race 4, or TR4. Signs of the fungus were first spotted in northern Colombia in June, Science reported. The fungus has devastated banana plants across Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Middle […]
Before lawmakers left for August recess, the Democrat-controlled House voted to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Such a move would backfire in a major way if passed into law. It would hurt lower-skilled individuals the most, including teenagers, immigrants, and those without a high school degree. And women, who hold more […]
by Andrew Bieszad For a long time, people rightly accused Obama of having the worst deficit spending to date. This was a true statement. However, Trump has now take Obama’s place, with the worst deficit spending yet in American history: The federal government spent a record $3,727,014,000,000 in the first ten months of fiscal 2019 (October […]
Authored by Jake Dima via NationalInterest.org, New York City’s $15 minimum wage, which began to take effect Dec. 31, 2018, was meant to bolster earnings and quality of life, but for a lot of residents, it’s doing the opposite… Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation in 2016 to increase the New York York State’s minimum wage […]
