On Thursday’s edition of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd said that he doesn’t think Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (more...)
A recent study by The Heritage Foundation revealed that President Barack Obama has created a whopping total of 20,642 regulations during his presidency. And as we approach his final year in office, we face an additional 2,000 proposed rules (more...)
Pioneer Natural Resources is planning for the return of five to 10 rigs once it is confident the upturn in oil is more sustainable. (more...)
Gabby Giffords's gun control group -- Americans for Responsible Solutions -- is spending seven figures to air an ad against pro-gun Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH). (more...)
Congress’s latest attempt to address the Puerto Rico debt crisis is winning applause in some conservative quarters. The Wall Street Journal editorialized favorably, claiming that PROMESA, the acronym for H.R. 5278, “applie (more...)
The burden of federal regulation on the U.S. economy has often been compared to a tax. Unlike ordinary taxation, however, these regulatory burdens are not accounted for in the federal budget. Unfortunately, the vision is as unattainable as (more...)
While regulators and legislators try reduce the footprint of domestic institutions. American banks continue to lag. (more...)
Washington’s summer spending spree is off to a very bad start for taxpayers. Congress couldn’t agree on a budget deal earlier this spring, but that isn’t stopping them from passing spending bills at historic levels. And P (more...)
For nations all around the world, as well as right here at home, lawmakers struggle with how to achieve economic and social progress. Data collected annually in the Index of Economic Freedom demonstrate that the principles of economic freed (more...)
oil-pump-price-fall_3.jpg ERIC GAILLARD Beth BravermanMay 24, 2016Although they’ve been on the rise for the past two weeks, gas prices are at levels that haven’t been seen in over a decade heading (more...)
The bank has radically redefined itself in the wake of the global financial crisis. (more...)
markets-safrica-currency_1.jpg © Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters By Jeff Cox,CNBCMay 23, 2016That American companies have been wadding up huge amounts of cash is no secret. What may be less well-known is that t (more...)
usa-obama-police_3.jpg JONATHAN ERNST Diana Furchtgott-RothMay 22, 2016Most bad policies harm the economy in one identifiable way. But the Labor Department’s new overtime rule, released on Ma (more...)
05192016_Yellen_Fed_NYSE.jpg REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Anthony MirhaydariMay 19, 2016A long lull in the stock market looks set to end. It’s been nearly a year since the S&P 500 hit its all-time high. Th (more...)
