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A Vast, Divergent Land
Erick Erickson/November 08, 2025
The United States of America is 3.8 million square miles, filled with 340 million people, producing over $30 trillion in gross domestic product per year…. Read More
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Economy Shows Promising Trends as Trump Prioritizes ‘Typical Hardworking Family’
Jacob Adams/November 06, 2025
Even as Senate Democrats continue to prevent the end of the federal government shutdown, there are promising signs in the economy under President Donald Trump…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
What the World’s Richest Country Can’t Afford
Victor Joecks/October 28, 2025
Undermining the principles that made America wealthy is no way to fix poverty. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., recently participated in… Read More
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Small Business Chief Details Spillover Effects of Shutdown on Economy
Jacob Adams/October 27, 2025
Small Business Administration chief Kelly Loeffler, at a House Republican news conference on Monday, warned of the adverse effects the federal government shutdown is having… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Media Wail About Federal Layoffs, but Check Out Disparity Between Public and Private Sector Job Security
Preston Brashers/October 27, 2025
Let the wailing and gnashing of teeth begin. Within the first two weeks of the ongoing government shutdown, agency heads reportedly sent permanent layoff notices… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Schumer’s Shutdown Is Leaving Our Troops and Their Families High and Dry
Wilson Beaver/October 25, 2025
It’s bad enough that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is playing politics with his needless government shutdown. But his actions are having real-world repercussions for… Read More
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Moreno Out Front, Brown Absent on Chillicothe Mill
Rebecca Downs/October 23, 2025
A historic paper mill in Ohio that was facing closure at the end of the year is instead facing a bright future producing medical supplies…. Read More
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Karoline Leavitt Addresses Cattle Ranchers’ Concerns About Importing Beef From Argentina
Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell/October 23, 2025
President Donald Trump hears the concerns of cattle ranchers who say his decision to buy beef from Argentina is bad for business, press secretary Karoline… Read More
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Ohio’s Opportunity Has Speaker Feeling ‘Pretty Optimistic’
Rebecca Downs/October 15, 2025
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio is making changes in many ways, especially when it comes to opportunity. That’s the sense one gets from Republican Speaker Matt Huffman of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The US Can Break Free From China’s Control of Rare Earth Minerals
Helen Raleigh/October 15, 2025
President Donald Trump has recently signaled his intent to impose an additional 100% tariff on Chinese goods due to Beijing’s sweeping restrictions on rare earth… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Sharpies Are Made in America Again
Daniel McCarthy/October 12, 2025
President Donald Trump loves a Sharpie pen, and now he has all the more reason to love the company that makes them. The president signed… Read More
EconomyCommentary
If Mamdani Wins, the Gig (Work) Is Up
Jonathan Wolfson/October 05, 2025
One of Zohran Mamdani’s most harmful proposals is getting the least attention: his plan to restrict “gig” work—the freelancing that’s so popular across the Big Apple…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
A Fair Shot for the Trump Phone
Daniel R. Suhr/October 04, 2025
When Donald Jr. and Eric Trump announced the launch of Trump Mobile in June, the prospect of an “America First” alternative in a phone marketplace… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Here’s Why American Industry Needs a Coast-to-Coast Rail Merger
Preston Brashers/October 01, 2025
Imagine if airlines couldn’t fly nonstop between the East and West coasts. Instead, all flights would have to stop in the middle of the country… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Trump’s H-1B Visa Reform Plan Needs to Put Americans First
Simon Hankinson/October 01, 2025
President Donald Trump’s executive order just put a $100,000 fee on new petitions for H-1B temporary workers. The rollout suffered from muddled communication, and the order does not… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How We Can Prepare Young People for Meaningful Work and Flourishing Lives
Rachel Greszler/September 29, 2025
By 2034, there will be more seniors than children for the first time in our country’s history. Meanwhile, the federal debt has exploded and will… Read More
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Trump to Sign Executive Order Approving TikTok Deal
Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell/September 22, 2025
President Donald Trump will a sign an executive order later this week approving the deal to save TikTok after Congress banned usage of the Chinese-owned… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How America Can Beat China and Herald a New Golden Age
Derrick Morgan/September 22, 2025
America’s competition with China is unlike any rivalry we’ve faced. It tests which system delivers greater security and prosperity—hallmarks of human flourishing—for its people. While we hope China becomes… Read More
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Senate Confirms Miran, Trump’s Pick for Fed Board
George Caldwell/September 15, 2025
The Senate confirmed Stephen Miran, President Donald Trump’s choice to fill a vacancy as governor on the Federal Reserve Board, by an 48-47 vote Monday… Read More
EconomyCommentary
4 Ways Trump Is Bringing Manufacturing Jobs Back
Richard Stern/Ethan Xu/September 15, 2025
“Reindustrialize.” It’s the latest rallying cry gaining traction, with both the Left and the Right calling for policy reforms to modernize American industry and finally… Read More
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The ‘Gold Standard’ of Jobs Data Is Broken—And America Is Paying the Price
Stephen Moore/September 13, 2025
On Tuesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics published a revision of its latest job numbers, a report that shows just how far off its estimates of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Government Spending Does Not Drive Economic Growth
John Hendrickson/Meg Tuszynski/September 11, 2025
Iowa has been rated as one of the most fiscally prudent states for several years running, due to sound tax and spending policies. Yet thanks… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Top Asset Managers Drop Support for Left-Wing Corporate Activism
Kevin Stocklin/September 10, 2025
A decade-long effort to leverage asset managers to impose net-zero and social justice policies on corporations has gone into reverse with reports from this year’s… Read More
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‘The American People Should Not Suffer’: HUD Chief Turner Thinks Fed Chairman Is Playing Politics on Interest Rates
Lorenzo Prieto/September 09, 2025
On this week’s episode of “The Signal Sitdown,” Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner weighed in on President Donald Trump’s ongoing fight with the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Is Pam Bondi Being Attacked for Standing Up to China?
Matt Mowers/September 09, 2025
For 30 years, Washington promised that cozying up to Beijing would make China a partner. Instead, it made China a predator. Cheap goods came at… Read More
EconomyCommentary
What Future Is There for Davos If It Doesn’t Grasp What’s Truly Good and Just?
Terrence Keeley/September 09, 2025
World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab has stepped down from its helm following insider claims of financial impropriety. Though cleared of “material wrongdoing,” Schwab ultimately… Read More
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Bureau of Labor Statistics Issues Largest Downward Jobs Revision in History
Tyler O’Neil/September 09, 2025
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics released the largest downward jobs revision in its history Tuesday, raising further questions about the embattled federal agency. The… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Amazon Expands Jobs and Services in Rural America
Salena Zito/September 07, 2025
ERIE, Pennsylvania—Few outside of those who live there understand what the county of Erie’s future holds for its economic future. Is it rural? A port?… Read More
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Trump Administration Changes How Airlines Respond to Cancellations
Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell/September 05, 2025
The Trump administration is dropping a Biden-era rule requiring airlines to compensate passengers for canceled flights and cover travelers’ expenses for delays or cancellations caused… Read More
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US Trade Rep Outlines Policy That Puts Middle Class First
Jacob Adams/September 03, 2025
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Wednesday declared the need for an economy that “emphasizes a large middle class that makes and grows, rather than… Read More
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