Moments before meeting with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, President Donald Trump tweeted Monday night that his Economic Advisor Larry Kudlow – known to many as an economic and financial expert from his years on CNBC – suffered a heart attack and was currently receiving care at Walter Reed…
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President Trump Feeling ‘Very Good’ About Upcoming Summit with Kim
by Steve Herman President Donald Trump is in Singapore for his upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a meeting the U.S leader says he is feeling “very good” about. After stepping down from Air Force One Sunday, Trump was greeted by Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan.…
Read MoreSupremes Poised For Blockbuster Finish As Current Term Nears Conclusion
by Kevin Daley As the U.S. Supreme Court approaches the conclusion of its 2017 – 2018 term, the justices are expected to release a deluge of decisions in the coming weeks, including marquee opinions addressing mandatory union dues, partisan gerrymandering, and President Donald Trump’s travel ban. As of this…
Read MoreKudlow: Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau Betrayed Us, ‘Stabbed Us In The Back’
by Robert Donachie White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Sunday that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “stabbed” the U.S. “in the back” when he announced his nation will impose retaliatory tariffs against America. President Donald Trump, Trudeau and other leaders of the G7 nations — Britain, Canada, Japan, Italy and…
Read MoreCommentary: Congress Must Exercise Its Article I Power, Or It Will Be Deemed Irrelevant
by Printus LeBlanc When the framers created the government, it was split into three coequal branches; the Congressional, Executive, and Judicial branches. Articles I through III describe the duties, responsibilities, and powers assigned to each branch of the government. However, one of those branches seems to be the redheaded…
Read MoreGot ‘Scam?’ – Dairy Farmers Are Getting Milked By The USDA’s Checkoff Program
by Andrew Kerr – Dairy farmers are forced to pay a tax that funds nonprofits dedicated to boosting dairy sales – One dairy farmer says the nonprofits are doing a “pretty piss poor job” – The nonprofit that takes the most pays its top executives salaries so lavish they may…
Read MoreTop Clinton Ally: Matt Drudge Is ‘Evil Incarnate’
by Peter Hasson Influential news aggregator Matt Drudge is the embodiment of evil itself, according to the head of a top liberal think tank. Center for America Progress President Neera Tanden, a close ally of failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, leveled the accusation while appearing on a National…
Read MoreUnthinkable: Democratic Congressman Backs Trump in Trade Dispute with Canada’s Trudeau
by Henry Rodgers Illinois Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi joined President Donald Trump and White House advisers in blasting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for feuding with Trump during the G7 summit, in a statement released Sunday. “While I have serious concerns about President Trump’s approach to trade talks with Canada,…
Read MoreAn Interview With Tucker Carlson on What Makes Trump a ‘Political Genius’
by Rob Bluey Tucker Carlson, host of the popular Fox News show “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” spoke to Daily Signal Editor-in-Chief Rob Bluey at The Heritage Foundation’s 41st annual Resource Bank meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Carlson received the prestigious Salvatori Prize, recognizing his work to uphold and advance the principles…
Read MoreUK’s Theresa May Orders Retreat to Sort Out Brexit Details
Reuters Prime Minister Theresa May will gather together squabbling British ministers gather country residence after this month’s European Union summit to settle on details of a much-anticipated Brexit policy paper. May has yet to agree on some of the fundamental details of what type of trading relationship she wants to…
Read MoreCommentary: The Absurdity of Keynesian Economics
by Roger W. Garrison The economics of John Maynard Keynes as taught to university sophomores for the last several decades is now nearly defunct in theory but not in practice. Keynes’s 1936 book, The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, portrayed the market as fundamentally unstable and touted government as…
Read MorePhil Bredesen and Tyson Foods Helped Shelbyville Become an Employment Magnet For Somali Refugees
From the inception of the federal Refugee Admissions Program in 1980 until 2003, the first year of Phil Bredesen’s first term as governor of Tennessee, only a handful of Somali refugees were resettled in Tennessee by the federal government. That all changed in 2003. Between 2003 and 2011, Bredesen’s last…
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