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The Trump economy is delivering results that Americans are feeling in their daily lives — even in deep-blue California. Read More

The Trump administration really wants Americans to have more kids. President Trump, the self-proclaimed “fertilization... Read More

Kevin Warsh understands the Fed’s mandate, respects its independence, and is willing to question comfortable assumptions when the evidence... Read More

If Trump were “totally focused on ... really bad criminals,” the U.S. would be having a very different kind of conversation. Reality,... Read More

The pricing of prescription drugs is often the subject of debate. Many forget that pharmaceuticals and drug development form a market like... Read More

Domestic entrepreneurs, and not returnees, have led the country’s economic transformation. Policy must prioritise nurturing domestic talent Read More

Like something from a galaxy far, far away, robots are getting closer to their big takeover. Read More

The first phase of the AI surge rewarded scale, speed, and story. The next phase will reward durability, profitability, and real economic... Read More

Bitcoin briefly falling below $60,000 last week has been treated as another episode of crypto volatility — familiar, dramatic, and... Read More

The latest government shutdown ended last week, after a mere four days, but that was apparently enough to prevent the Bureau of Labor... Read More

The national debt will continue to soar. Bank on it. See Holman Jenkins’s column from last week for evidence. Easily the most prominent... Read More

And that is sweet for investors!!! Read More

The dollar's lost half its value and the price of gold exploded since our author first warned that politicians are ruining our purchasing... Read More

Cass’s “more regulation” program is just an all-you-can-eat buffet for Wall Street and K Street. Read More

Last year, the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging launched a bipartisan effort to expose the public health and national security risks... Read More

The Epstein Files were supposed to give us at least a lead into a child-sex ring of the rich and powerful — not whether rich and powerful... Read More

Most American dairy cows are milked by immigrants. On Dale Hemminger’s farm in upstate New York, the cows are milked by robots. When a... Read More

Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget warns Social Security will become insolvent within seven years... Read More

Everyone’s wringing their hands about the latest rounds of corporate layoffs. But no one is talking about the real reason these people... Read More

The economy is growing. Job openings are not. Read More

SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon. Read More

America’s fiscal issues don’t arise from the impacts of new immigrants; rather, they stem from existing, overly generous transfer... Read More

S&P 500 companies only make up a very small part of the US economy. Read More

Most of what passes for urgent news has zero shelf life. Even if you read it a week later, you’ll see how little of it actually... Read More

A closer look at all of the stocks that are crashing. Read More

This time isn’t different. Read More

Gambling culture is enveloping American sports, politics, media and trading, bringing betting out of the shadows and into the... Read More

Assessing the pros and cons of 3 main approaches. Read More

Social Security, even with all its problems, is unquestionably an important component of retirement income for millions of Americans. You... Read More

For the last 15 years, investors have been rewarded for doing nothing more than owning the S&P 500. What if those days are over? Read More

Why IRR Can Mislead Private Investors Read More

AI fears sparked major losses this week. Is the market overreacting? Read More