At midnight, 50 percent tariffs on roughly $20 billion in Canadian goods took effect. Hockey sticks. Tongue depressors. Steel. Aluminum. The product list reads less like a trade policy than…
Dr. Sebastian Thorne-Whitfield
At 12:01 a.m. Saturday, the United States was set to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports, from hockey sticks to tongue depressors, after last-ditch negotiations collapsed…
Dr. Sebastian Thorne-Whitfield
After weeks of talks, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that while important progress had been made, 'that progress has not been enough to meet our objectives for Canadians.' As…
Tammy-Jo Pritchett
President Trump threatened this week to wield an 'unprecedented' level of economic warfare against Iran, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed to 'collapse' the Islamic Republic regime with the 'toughest…
Dr. Sebastian Thorne-Whitfield
Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen is calling for a public hearing on the potential cost that state taxpayers may have to bear if a court grants Paramount Skydance's $1.88 billion…
Tammy-Jo Pritchett
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's announcement to double bond buybacks has failed to stem the surge in 30-year Treasury yields above 5%, the highest level since 2007, as experts warn the…
Dr. Sebastian Thorne-Whitfield
The U.S. national debt has crossed $40 trillion, and according to the Washington Post, it got there faster than the forecasters themselves predicted. These are the same forecasters, by the…
Tammy-Jo Pritchett
Trump declared 'Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale' against Iran, threatening 'tremendous economic consequences' for any country whose financial institutions, businesses, airports, or government entities offer Tehran what…
Mars Vega-Kaplan
Mike Lindell, having lost the Minnesota Republican gubernatorial primary to House Speaker Lisa Demuth by roughly 11 percentage points, announced Wednesday that he will personally fund a statewide hand recount…
Dr. Sebastian Thorne-Whitfield
Seven people climb into a helicopter in one of the most remote corners of Kenya, and none of them come back. Five are Americans. One runs Spanish-language TV stations for…
Buck Buckhorn
