Credit: Screenshot via Art Candee X After meeting to discuss a number of issues at the White House Monday afternoon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump said that Israel would be eliminating trade barriers with the U.S. and that the U.S. has an important meeting planned with Iran for Saturday. “We will
Credit: Kaboompics.com Tony Kinnett interviews expert public finance economist EJ Antoni to understand the different uses and impacts from tariff policy as the Trump administration targets trade deficits with this economic tool. Antoni is a research fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at The Heritage Foundation. Tony Kinnett: What are
Credit: Office of the Governor of California via Wikimedia Commons California did not materially comply with the requirements for seven of the 22 federal programs the state auditor examined, including “pervasive” noncompliance in its unemployment benefits program, which could put essential federal funding at risk. “This report concludes that the State did not materially comply
Credit: UPV/EHU. Press. via Wikimedia Commons Biological males can’t compete in girls’ sports under a new rule announced this week by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association. NIAA’s rule says male student athletes can only compete in NIAA-sanctioned sports designated for boys or coeds. The NIAA, which oversees sports at secondary schools in Nevada, said the
Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons President Donald Trump could not run for a third term, but he could be president a third time, according to Cornell law professor Bill Jacobson. The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is clear that no one can be elected to the office of the president “more than twice.” “But there’s nothing
Credit: Rhododendrites via Wikimedia Commons You knew it was coming. The definitely organic, totally not coordinated protest movement woke up from its nap during the Biden Recession to whine about President Trump fixing the problems. Axios relates that over 1,000 “rallies” and “visibility events” will take place in all 50 states. You know those annoying
Credit: Acroterion via Wikimedia Commons U.S. taxpayers have shelled out tens of thousands of dollars in recent years to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for research on LGBT issues, the kind of funding now under scrutiny by the Trump administration. The research relies on conducting interviews – in one case for $373 per Zoom call –
Credit: Defense Visual Information Distribution Service Border crossings reached a new low in March, according to the Trump administration. “Border Patrol encounters for the month of March was 7,181 total,” wrote border czar Tom Homan on X, formerly Twitter. “I started as a Border Patrol Agent in 1984, which was 41 years ago. I cannot recall
Credit: Courtesy Photo via Wikimedia Commons It’s like clockwork. Any positive momentum towards actually achieving Republicans’ campaign promises is inevitably attacked by Republicans themselves. Case in point: House Republicans are attacking Elon Musk to the liberal media. It’s even worse than that. Some are actually rooting for Republicans to lose in Wisconsin’s unusually important Supreme
Credit: Redideo via Wikimedia Commons According to federal data, taxpayers may now be helping cover California rents of up to $7,030 near the Mexican border. Under the federal Section 8 housing voucher program, families are expected to dedicate 30% of their incomes to housing costs, while a federal voucher covers the rest. Vouchers are portable, with the Department