Former and incoming first lady Melania Trump rolled out a digital photography series to highlight her life on the campaign trail and at home. Trump rolled out her ‘On The Move’ limited-edition digital photo series, which includes 16 digital images showcasing Trump in various settings, including her office, the campaign trail and at her home. The photographs were captured by ...
Nicholas Anthony After President Joe Biden signed an executive order instructing the government to research and develop central bank digital currency (CBDC), nearly every agency responded with public reports. The one outlier was the Department of Justice (DOJ), which opted to withhold its legislative analysis from the public eye. I’ve had a Freedom of Information Act request pending for two ...
Adam N. Michel The goal of the 2025 tax extensions should be to keep tax rates low and meet calls for additional pro-growth tax cuts, such as a lower corporate tax rate and permanent investment expensing. To do this within the constraints of the reconciliation budget process, Congress will also need to cut spending and find additional tax offsets. The ...
Now that Donald Trump has secured a historic victory, returning to the White House for another term in January, assorted pundits are pontificating that the president-elect will give away the store to Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, especially when it comes to resolving the almost three-year Russia-Ukraine conflict. I’m here to tell you that President-elect Trump is a gift to Ukraine ...
President-elect Donald Trump congratulated Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., after the lawmaker won election to serve as the next Senate Republican leader. Republicans won the majority in the House and Senate during the 2024 elections. ‘Congratulations to Senator John Thune, the Newly Elected Senate Majority Leader. He moves quickly, and will do an outstanding job,’ Trump said in a post on ...
In late October, the European Commission announced more than €380 million in grants to over 100 projects across Europe aimed at achieving EU green goals, yet underscored just how much support yet needs to come from national and local governments–and most notably, private sector partners. With European governments and policymakers increasingly looking to the private sector to ramp up climate ...
Upon taking office in January, President Donald Trump should fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Trump should do so not because he has any policy dispute with the chairman, but to make clear that the Constitution makes all executive branch officials responsible to the president. Indeed, to preserve the constitutional legitimacy of the Federal Reserve, Powell and his fellow ...
Godspeed Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. ‘The Department of Government Efficiency’ (‘DOGE’) has no statutory authority — yet. But it will have the ear of the president-elect and President Donald Trump will have the ears of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader-elect John Thune. Every year that the House and Senate can agree on a budget, they ...
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog warned this week the window to ‘maneuver’ a diplomatic solution to halt Iran’s nuclear development was beginning to ‘shrink.’ Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, issued an urgent message in an interview with AFP at the COP29 climate summit in Baku. ‘The Iranian administration must understand that the ...
President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s frequent changes to her top government teams have sparked conversation both within Tanzania and abroad. Reshuffles of this nature might normally be seen as an unwelcome sign of instability and weakness. However, in this case it should be seen as a calculated strategy to maintain high standards, foster accountability, and ensure that her government remains adaptable ...