There’s something poetic perhaps even prophetic about watching the Trump–Musk bromance go up in flames. For those of us paying close attention, this fracture wasn’t a surprise. It was a slow-motion collision between two titans who were never built to…
We already knew that putting Donald Trump and Elon Musk in the same room was like cramming six angry cats into a shoebox. No one can be surprised by the fallout. The question was never if it would happen, but…
“Mammoth spending bills are bankrupting America!” Elon Musk wrote over a shared tweet showing the national debt trendline resembling an unclimbable mountain. “ENOUGH.” Musk, who heroically sacrificed millions of his own money by leading the Department of Government Efficiency, likely…
Ever since President Lyndon Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 creating the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), and National Public Radio (NPR), their longstanding tagline tells the story: “This program is sponsored by…
Debra J. Saunders is right to worry about the party of limited government’s emerging hypocrisy on spending. But before we join her in concluding that it’s time for “the Republicans’ turn at bad one-party rule,” let’s not forget that all…
Late Wednesday night — actually early Thursday morning — H.R. 1 finally cleared its final hurdles and scraped through to passage in the House of Representatives by a 215-214 vote. This is the Big Beautiful Bill you’ve heard so much…
WASHINGTON — I’ve often railed at Democrats’ failure to revamp federal immigration law during the two years President Joe Biden enjoyed a Democratic Senate and House. When they had the chance, they squandered it. Now it’s the Republicans’ turn at…
As of Friday, the United States is no longer a member of the elite club of top-tier debtors. Credit rating agency Moody’s has delivered its verdict: the U.S. government’s credit score has been downgraded from AAA to AA1. What’s most…
The Trump administration has started to have a real effect on the size and scope of government, thanks to its focus on wasteful and fraudulent spending doled out to non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The more the administration uncovers, the worse it…
