[ad_1] By now, most of us who pay attention to politics have grown accustomed to tuning out the word-salad responses that former President Donald Trump frequently...
[ad_1] The Republican National Committee just released its 2024 platform. While calling it a platform is a stretch, the list of bullet points gives an idea...
[ad_1] Last week, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked me to moderate what he called “The Real Debate.” Kennedy was angry with CNN because it...
[ad_1] In this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie welcome back sudden special guest (and former Roundtable host) Andrew Heaton!...
[ad_1] “I have a history of being the only vote that was a ‘no,'” says Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.). “I’ve developed some trust with my constituents...
[ad_1] Higher levels of immigration are boosting America’s economy and will reduce the deficit by about $1 trillion over the next decade. In its semi-annual forecast...
[ad_1] Argentina actually elected a libertarian president. Javier Milei campaigned with a chainsaw, promising to cut the size of government. Argentina’s leftists had so clogged the...
[ad_1] This week’s featured article is “The Fiscal Hawks Were Right About Debt and Interest Rates” by Veronique de Rugy. This audio was generated using AI...
[ad_1] According to a new inspector general report, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is having trouble keeping its assets safe. The USPS has over 235,000...
[ad_1] Here’s how fast the federal government is borrowing piles of money: when the national debt hit $33 trillion in mid-September, the current National Football League...
[ad_1] The U.S. economy continues to grow despite the 5.5% benchmark federal funds interest rate set by the Federal Reserve in 2023. The Fed’s leaders expect...
[ad_1] Gifts for Putin? “Republicans in Congress are willing to give Putin the greatest gift he could hope for,” said President Joe Biden this week, in...
[ad_1] Some policy experts who, over the last few decades, saw little need for serious fiscal austerity because the government could borrow at low interest rates...
[ad_1] Entitlement reform has long been considered a third rail of American politics, even as the insolvency of Social Security and Medicare creeps closer. That perception...
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — After months of mystery over what spending cuts Republicans would demand from President Joe Biden in return for raising the federal debt limit,...
[ad_1] The writers on The Atlantic’s Science, Technology, and Health desks have learned a lot this year. Our coverage of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has continued,...
[ad_1] Britain’s Treasury chief, Jeremy Hunt, has warned a spending crunch and tax increases are on their way as he bids to fill the “black hole”...
[ad_1] LONDON — The Bank of England made its biggest interest rate increase in three decades Thursday, joining the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks...
[ad_1] RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilians delivered a very tight victory to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a bitter presidential election, giving the leftist former...
[ad_1] TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government approved Friday a hefty economic package that will include government funding of about 29 trillion yen ($200...