3+ hour, 23+ 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…...

3+ hour, 23+ 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…...

3+ hour, 23+ min ago   (611+ words) We just had the first “mid-term convention.” Do you remember anything from it? Maybe President Trump’s promise to send every adult a $5,000 check if Republicans win, but that's about it. And we all know that is never going to happen,…...

3+ hour, 23+ 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…...

12+ hour, 23+ 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…...

16+ hour, 24+ min 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…...

17+ hour, 24+ min ago   (198+ words) For the first time ever, the Department of Justice has used the Alien Terrorist Removal Court to deport Nazira Haji Zada. Nazira Haji Zada, an Afghan national who was living in Texas, is now permanently inadmissible to the United States…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (557+ words) “Wow! The Populist Party in Germany just had a really big night. They finally got tired of the absolutely horrible Immigration rules and regulations which have hurt Germany so badly. THEY ARE ON THE RISE, and not going to take…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (657+ words) Iran is facing two very different leadership stories. On September 6, as Iran’s ruling system struggled to project unity at the top, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) marked the start of its 62nd year of founding by choosing a…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1122+ words) Here's a number that should stop you cold: according to a Quinnipiac University poll of 895 Pennsylvania voters taken July 9 to 13, Sen. John Fetterman posts a 77 percent approval rating with the state's Republicans and a 19 percent approval rating with the Democrats…...