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America Still Makes Stuff!
Why does everybody think America doesn't make stuff anymore? Where is this expressly disprovable idea dribbling in from? Writer/Producer: Andrew HeatonProducer: John CarterProducer: Austin BraggProducer: Meredith…
Pam Bondi ousted for ineffectively pursuing Trump’s personal grievance agenda
Bondi out. Yesterday, after months of private complaints and rumors of tension, President Donald Trump ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi, saying that she will be taking a job in the private sector. It's not clear what…
The World Bank Used To Champion Markets. Now It’s Surrendering to State-Led Industrialization.
The World Bank recently published a 276-page report supporting the idea that industrial policy belongs "in the national policy toolkit of all countries." This is a significant reversal for an institution that spent…
This study shows who pays for tariffs
Adani Samat/Reason/Envato/Midjourney As many Americans have learned over the past year since "Liberation Day," tariffs can warp supply chains in a variety of ways. Most importantly, they raise prices for consumers.…
Trump delivers vaguely belligerent, somewhat contradictory speech on Iran war
President Donald Trump delivered a prime-time address about the Iran War that could have been a Truth Social post. The rambling 19-minute speech resembled Trump's frequent social media posts: vaguely belligerent and at…
On ‘Liberation Day,’ Trump promised a manufacturing boom. The data tell a different story.
A year ago today, President Donald Trump unveiled steep tariffs on imports from most countries. With these duties, he declared, "jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country." The president's…
Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs will never be legitimate without a vote in Congress
As the Supreme Court was striking down many of the tariffs that President Donald Trump tried to impose one year ago today—on what he called "Liberation Day"—Justice Neil Gorsuch called attention to the most…
Trump’s mercurial, constantly changing import taxes took U.S. businesses on wild ride
As President Donald Trump told it, his "Liberation Day" tariffs aimed to correct "unfair trade practices by other countries." But there was little rhyme or reason to the widely varying tariff rates he…
Why Democrats should talk about Trump’s tariffs as a ‘threat to the rule of law’
The unpopularity of President Donald Trump's tariff policies will be a problem for Republicans in this year's midterm elections—and a test for Democrats as they pitch voters on what a post-Trump America might look…
Trump Can’t TACO His Way Out of Iran
The U.S.-Iranian war has taken on a strange rhythm. Several times, often just before the end of the trading day or weekend, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Iran is about to fold and the war will be over soon.…
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