Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and President Donald Trump have a rocky past. But the upper-chamber lawmaker has clearly put all that behind him. When he was chosen to lead Senate Republicans back in November, there were some widespread concerns about his and the president’s past disagreements. At the time, however, his fellow GOPers…
When those in America illegally have babies, who should bear the burden? The question of birthright citizenship is a hot button issue, with persuading arguments on both sides of the dispute. While it might be easy, on the surface, to agree that anyone born here should be a citizen, there are other matters to consider….
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How can Uncle Sam improve its finances? Many families keep a meticulous budget of their household finances. They track how much the working residents earn, where the dollars and cents are going, and what spending can be eliminated to improve the fiscal house. This type of thinking should be adopted by public officials, correct? Despite…
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US Presidents are known to dream big. It was John F. Kennedy who set America on a course to reach the moon. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan was laughed at when he first mentioned a Strategic Defense Initiative. The American press dubbed it “Star Wars” and mocked the idea. One day after his inauguration, President…
The Trump tax cuts courtesy of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), are set to expire this year; Republicans want them to stay, and Democrats aim for their demise. Like any landmark legislation, economists offered their two cents, determining whether they were successful and if they are still needed. The Trump Tax Cuts…
The debate over the value of flattops is on again. Every so often, someone will present a case disparaging the value of the US Navy’s aircraft carriers. These attempts to persuade military leaders of more effective ways to project sea power generally pick up on some new weapon or threat to justify deep-sixing the backbone…
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Steak ‘n Shake leads the way to MAHA Popular food chain Steak ‘n Shake is stirring the MAHA pot by switching cooking oils from vegetable to animal, as in tallow. However, the transition away from trans-fats has nothing to do with transgenderism or the Trump transition – it has to do with “real science” and…
Joe Biden’s pardons may not be enough to protect the people who investigated that fateful day. Former members of the Jan. 6 Committee, who spent almost two years trying to prove that President Donald Trump incited an insurrection on that day in 2021, may be in for a jarring reality check within the coming weeks…
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The strange, shifting battle lines. On Friday, January 24, the US Senate voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as the Secretary of Defense in a 50-50 nail-biter. Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote, marking only the second time in history that the President of the Senate has had to do so for a cabinet…
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As pomp and circumstance unfolded in the Capitol Rotunda for President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, from the opposite coast, Gov. Gavin Newsom watched his own presidential dreams go up in smoke. Newsom now faces a much angrier electorate than his post-COVID lockdown voters who lost their businesses, livelihoods, and homes. This time…
Will the president invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807? President Donald Trump made some grand promises before being elected to a second term, and one of his top priorities was cracking down on illegal immigration. During his inaugural address, the president said, “I will declare a national emergency at our southern border. All illegal entry…
President Donald Trump, on Jan. 23, gave a polite but firm address to the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering at Davos, detailing a muscular platform of American sovereignty before the restrained smiles of the arch-denizens of a “rules-based international order” that currently finds itself in retreat throughout the nations of the West. Trump spent a…
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