The current Washington tiff between Donald Trump and Jerome Powell is being reframed as Powell heroically defending the Fed’s “independence.” In truth, the Fed has always done the administration’s dirty…
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The U.S. has designated three branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, in a move that could impact Washington’s relationships with Qatar and Turkey. The Treasury and State departments…
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Former President Bill Clinton appears to have defied a congressional subpoena to appear before the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday morning. Clinton was compelled to sit for a sworn closed-door…
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Patrick G. Eddington The murder last week of Minneapolis resident and US citizen Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in her own neighborhood has justifiably received…
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Politics
Thune warns DOJ’s probe of Fed Chair Powell ‘better be real’ and ‘serious’ amid political backlash
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., warned that the allegations against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell must be legitimate, and not politically influenced, as bipartisan unease over the criminal probe continues…
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A top House lawmaker and former softball coach is arguing that allowing transgender women who were born male to play on female sports teams is ‘the biggest form of bullying.’…
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Conservatives may protest at first, but ultimately, they bring up the progressive rear to defend, and indeed celebrate, the new status quo.
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David J. Bier Welfare fraud cases in Minnesota involving some Somali immigrants have led to demands for broad immigration restrictions. Former Trump official Gene Hamilton, for instance, claims, “It’s not…
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How a Manhattan Institute Comparison of Immigrant Incarceration Rates Is Rhetorically Misleading
Alex Nowrasteh Two scholars at the Manhattan Institute (MI) objected to my tweet, noting that Somalis aged 18–54 have an incarceration rate above that of other immigrant groups but below…
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Australia’s ambassador to the U.S. who criticized President Donald Trump is leaving his post early. The announcement comes just a few weeks after the U.S. president made a cutting remark…
