Lorenzo Bernaldo de Quirós In his nearly two years in office, President Javier Milei has radically changed the course of the Argentine economy. His macroeconomic policy has succeeded in drastically reducing inflation and eliminating the public deficit. This, combined with his deregulation program, has resulted in strong economic growth and a sharp decline in poverty and unemployment. However, this virtuous scenario has been accompanied by a fixed but adjustable exchange-rate ...
FBI Director Kash Patel battled with Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee during Wednesday’s hearing on oversight of the bureau. The Jeffrey Epstein case was at the center of the clashes, with several Democrats accusing Patel of going back on his promise to release all available information to the public. Meanwhile, Patel argued that the FBI’s undisclosed information was either ...
New York City socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani once signed a letter labeling conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated last week, as an ‘extremist’ while calling on a venue to block his ability to speak in New York City. In a June 2023 press release by several local Democrats, Mamdani and his colleagues issued a statement ‘in response to Motif ...
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., clashed with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and former CDC Director Susan Monarez over recommending vaccines for infants on Wednesday. The back-and-forth arose during a Senate hearing on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to oust Monarez last month. Monarez claims she was forced out for refusing to fire individuals responsible for the ...
Jeffrey A. Singer In a post on X, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., cheered Tyson Foods Company’s decision to drop high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) from its branded products by the end of this year. He wrote, “I call on every food company to follow your lead and join the movement to Make America Healthy Again.” ...
Turning Point USA has seen a massive surge in inquiries for new college chapters as the organization works to advance Charlie Kirk’s vision following his assassination last week. Andrew Kolvet, executive producer of ‘The Charlie Kirk Show,’ said that Turning Point USA (TPUSA) has received more than 54,000 inquiries from people wanting to start new campus chapters. Kolvet said that ...
A moderate House Democrat said he believes both Republicans and his own party have fallen short in their responses to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. ‘I’m disappointed. I wish that there was more effort as a group, Democrats and Republicans, to express condolences for his family and for him, and to express the real sadness that it engenders,’ Rep. Tom ...
Timothy Sandefur Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was born enslaved in Maryland, escaped, and rose to become a journalist, author, orator, diplomat, bank president, and civil rights leader. A self-made man, he championed the Declaration of Independence’s promise that all men are born free and equal. Douglass also emphasized that black Americans must integrate into white society, a view explored by Cato ...
The Justice Department plans to call a fresh lineup of witnesses Wednesday as the federal trial of Ryan Routh, accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf club in 2024, enters its eighth day. Prosecutors told the court they expect testimony from Ronnie Jay Oxendine, the man who allegedly sold Routh the rifle tied ...
Former Vice President Mike Pence is heading back to school. Pence, who served as vice president during President Donald Trump’s first term in the White House but who later ran against his former boss in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries, is joining George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government as a distinguished professor of practice. The northern Virginia-based ...