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As of this reporting, on July 16, a little after 4 p.m. on the East Coast, President Trump is not going to fire the Fed head, Jerome Powell. And there was never any draft letter in the Oval Office to fire Mr. Powell. Just in case you missed this ...

If there's one thing supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump's tariffs should agree on, it's the need to unchain prosperity at home while international trade is in flux. That means renewing the president's first-term tax cuts, for a start,

My summer hiatus is over, but it's not as though the news cycle slowed down. This week's headlines alone seem like an entire season's worth of noteworthy happenings. Let's start with the new employment numbers ...

WASHINGTON -- There's a reason why Claire Shipman, acting president of Columbia University, cut a deal with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon last week. Elite universities like to pose as protectors of free speech, but nobody believes that anymore ...

The public is fed up with having to climb over drug-addled zombies and mumbling, mentally deranged vagrants on the streets and in the subways. But New York City's far-left politicians insist the homeless should be catered to on their own terms,

When Donald Trump is accused of doing something untoward, such as not paying his taxes, he says, "That makes me smart." Love him or hate him, he may be right. Trump has been equally audacious in how he talks about dealing with organized crime during ...

Several prominent Trump loyalists have been conscripted into compliance, while others are in outright rebellion. At least two Republican House members are in the unusual position of putting their necks out and resisting President Trump in his drive ...

Turns out, President Trump is letting retribution be his retribution. The candidate who promised that success would be his best revenge upon his tormentors is now governing like Torquemada. As the administration's list of high-level targets -

A basic truth is that nothing stays the same. This is true for any individual or any nation. Each day you are not the same person you were yesterday. Either you are moving forward or backward. Either you are improving or deteriorating. I often quote ...

Just days after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the left is working overtime to hide the truth and create fantasies about his death. Specifically, leftists alleged that conservatives were going to "pounce" on the death to wage protests and boost ...