12+ hour, 29+ min ago   (330+ words) Trump has used increased tariffs to incentivize a surge in foreign investment commitments of over 20 trillion dollars flowing into the United States. Instead of subsidizing other countries by paying their tariffs, companies and countries are building factories here to avoid…...

12+ hour, 29+ min ago   (579+ words) There’s an episode of 30 Rock from many years ago where Jack, played by Alec Baldwin, explains vertical integration to Liz, played by Tina Fey. He asks her to imagine if a corn chip manufacturer also sold diarrhea medication. When Liz…...

12+ hour, 29+ min ago   (903+ words) This 25th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack ever on American soil may be as good an occasion as any to pay a moment’s attention to the subject of patriotism. As the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre correctly noted, patriotism, first and…...

21+ hour, 29+ min ago   (268+ words) President Donald Trump has called upon the Smithsonian’s American History Museum to launch a celebration of George Washington by constructing a new exhibit detailing his life and legacy ahead of the 300th anniversary of his birth. Trump has demanded the process…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (374+ words) A federal judge in Vermont has blocked a state effort to investigate an individual for creating a satirical AI-generated video mocking a member of Congress. Senior U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III granted a preliminary injunction in Poitras v. Clark barring state…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (614+ words) CMS is finishing work on a rule that would limit what states can route to providers through Medicaid managed care. The agency proposed it in May, closed comments in July, and Administrator Mehmet Oz has framed the whole effort around…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (485+ words) A Seattle nonprofit whose volunteers have been picking up garbage across the city for years is facing a state investigation. The Washington Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has launched an investigation into We Heart Seattle and temporary staffing agency Uplift…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (174+ words) Gavin Newsom really wants to be the next President of the United States. That can never happen; we cannot allow the failed policies, corruption, and petty politics that have driven California into the ground. This writer never believed Newsom stood…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (288+ words) Not every American president has sounded the right notes for our national pain after the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001. Twelve days after Hamas unleashed its mass murder in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, President Joe Biden suggested that 9/11 was all about the…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (423+ words) Not only have Democrats, by and large, become a party that increasingly excuses terrorism, but for all the entitlements they expect taxpayers to cover, they somehow won’t provide funding for the Americans who deserve it most. 25 Years After 9/11, These 14 Democrats…...