The US House of Representatives is getting closer to voting on the Butch Lewis Act, which failed to pass last year. While a number of provisions in the current version…
Socialist Goodies: Senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has yet another bright idea to fuel her White House ambitions: A sweeping plan to provide free, high-quality childcare for everyone earning…
By Elizabeth Harrington • Washington Free Beacon The special counsel investigation into the 2016 election has cost taxpayers over $25 million and counting. Robert Mueller’s office released its latest expenditures…
While Puerto Rico is still recovering from last year’s severe hurricane damage, the all too predictable push to blame the tragedy on the Jones Act appears to have passed —…
Investor’s Business Daily Some Republicans were complaining that they didn’t know what was in the massive $1.3 trillion “omnibus” spending bill they voted on this week. But it’s what’s not…
By Lewis M. Andrews • National Review Talk to the people of Illinois about America’s looming public-pension crisis, and they’ll tell you it’s not looming — it’s already here. This month,…
For various reasons it’s become popular to threaten to shut down the federal government. Whether that goes back to the Reagan years when Democrats would run out the clock on…
Earlier this month, President Donald J. Trump signed a space policy directive to “restore American leadership in space.” To the excitement of many, this directive includes sending men back to…
By Heather Wilhelm • National Review Ah, the holiday season. It’s a magical time, bursting with joy and merriment, the laughter of children, jolly parties, twinkling lights, mildly terrifying mall-dwelling…
by Ali Meyer • Washington Free Beacon President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for 2018 would reduce the deficit over the next decade by $160 billion and increase GDP at the…
by Ali Meyer • Washington Free Beacon Subsidies for health insurance purchased through the marketplaces established under the Affordable Care Act are projected to more than double over the next…
by Ali Meyer • Washington Free Beacon Outstanding federal debt is projected to hit $28.2 trillion over the next decade, according to a report from the Congressional Budget Office. At…
The Virginia Governor put together a large economic development package—and bragged about bringing jobs—on the basis of fabricated promotional materials from a Chinese company. by Steve Albertson •…
America’s declining score in the index is closely related to rapidly rising government spending, subsidies, and bailouts. by Anthony B. Kim • Daily Signal Millions of people…
by Kenneth Bloomquist Standing before an audience of college students, President Obama remarked that “As Americans, we can and should be proud of the progress that our country has made over…