3+ hour ago  (809+ words) Governments rarely shrink on their own. Over time, they tend to grow through new programs, emergency measures that become permanent, and incremental policy expansions that appear modest in isolation but significant in aggregate. The language is typically pragmatic and well-intentioned....

1+ week, 17+ hour ago  (328+ words) On the heels of a stellar January jobs report, we now know the January inflation numbers, and it's more good news for the Trump administration's economic agenda, and for the American people. According to CNN, inflation is down to 2.4 percent....

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (202+ words) The jobs report came out this morning, and it's an absolute banger for the Trump economy. For the month of January, 130,000 jobs were added, and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.3 percent. Economists had been expecting just 55,000 jobs. The unemployment rate…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (583+ words) When I first arrived in Washington in 1982, the Dow Jones hit a low of 800. You may not believe that, so feel free to look it up. If anyone had predicted that in a little more than four decades the Dow…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (313+ words) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivered an optimistic look at the economy in 2026, telling Fox News' Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures, that "the president's plan is working." Inflation is falling after hitting record highs under the Biden administration, and trillions…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (843+ words) President Trump has been clamoring for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates on the grounds that inflation is much lower than what's being officially reported. It turns out Trump is spot on, with today's real inflation rate being only…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (248+ words) The Federal Reserve paused its series of interest rate cuts in January, ending three consecutive quarterly reductions. The central bank on Wednesday cited ongoing economic uncertainty, particularly in the labor market and inflation, as the reason for holding rates at…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (615+ words) Now we know that warning has become a full-blown reckoning. President Donald Trump'has filed a lawsuit'against JPMorgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, seeking at least $5 billion in damages. The lawsuit, filed January 22, 2026, in Miami-Dade County state court, accuses the…...

4+ week, 10+ hour ago  (319+ words) A vast swath of the country is being hit with some brutal winter weather this weekend. From the bitter cold in the northern Midwest to ice storms in the South, to a snowstorm that's threatening to bury the Carolinas and…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (357+ words) As we enter 2026 on the economic tailwinds of cooling inflation, rising GDP, and a stabilizing labor market, it is vital to look "under the hood" and assess what has been powering this economic resurgence. The answer to this question is…...