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Opinion | Congress’s Bipartisan Alfred E. Neuman Caucus

More than a half century ago, the economist Arthur Okun, reflecting on his years advising presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, wrote that “on a number...

Opinion | The World Again Needs American Leadership

For as long as most of us can recall, the U.S. has led the free world. During the Cold War, for example, it was American power that successfully...

Opinion | The Biden Energy Slush Fund

A $400 billion pile of cash dwarfing most private green investment vehicles. Source link

Opinion | A New Approach to Taxes That Pays Its Own Way

Two decades of unpaid-for tax cuts have eroded the federal government’s revenue base. Source link

Opinion | Conservative Donors Failed to Show Up in the 2023 Elections

Once critics of the supposedly malign influence of money in politics, the progressive left proved to be big spenders in November’s elections. In four key state races—for Kentucky’s...

Opinion | How the Fed Can Boost Growth

The U.S. is in a vulnerable position. Its military is stretched thin supplying the current wars and will take years to rebuild. The abrupt withdrawal from Afghanistan damaged...

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Biden’s EPA could jeopardize his key policies by imposing sweeping new environmental rules on chemicals used for chips manufacturing

It takes up to 500 highly specialized chemicals to manufacture one semiconductor chip. Some of these will soon be subject to misguided new...

The US tightens greenhouse gas emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the toughest US standards yet for greenhouse gas emissions from heavy-duty vehicles like big rigs and buses....

Is the Delta SkyMiles® Platinum Business Card worth it? Here’s how to decide

Terms apply to American Express benefits and offers. Enrollment may be required for select American Express benefits and offers. Visit americanexpress.com to learn...

It’s a ‘very long road ahead’ to rebuild collapsed Baltimore bridge, Maryland governor says, despite Feds’ $60 billion in aid

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore warned Thursday of a “very long road ahead” to recover from the loss of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge...

$50,000 of public money was misused to build secret apartments inside Bay Area train stations, authorities say

A former employee of Caltrain, a mass transit system that connects Silicon Valley with San Francisco, and a former contractor for the transit...