Tag: Politics/International Relations
Ex-U.K. finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng to step down from politics
Kwasi Kwarteng, who served as the U.K.’s finance minister during the mini-budget crisis which saw Britain’s pound drop to its lowest ever levels against the [Read more about this post…]
Small businesses are paying 100%+ of profits to Uncle Sam after tax-law change
Small businesses in sectors like software and manufacturing are panicking over the expiration of a critical tax deduction that they say could lead to mass [Read more about this post…]
Oil prices slide as traders brush off U.S. airstrikes
Oil futures fell early Monday, extending the previous week’s steep decline, as traders looked past a series of retaliatory strikes on Iran-backed militants by a [Read more about this post…]
Trump threatens tariffs exceeding 60% against Chinese goods
Donald Trump plans to restart a trade war with China if elected to a second term, saying Sunday he would impose tariffs on Chinese goods [Read more about this post…]
‘Deep state’ thwarted first-term Trump agenda. There’s a scheme to avoid repeat.
Donald Trump’s major policy initiatives during his term as president were a massive tax cut and a governmentwide effort to cut regulations that he argued [Read more about this post…]
Democrats and Republicans agree: Raising kids is more expensive these days
Though they might have differing views on the economy, Republicans and Democrats have found one thing they can agree on: how difficult it is to [Read more about this post…]
How those strong jobs figures could weaken Biden’s re-election prospects
President Joe Biden issued a statement Friday celebrating the latest blowout jobs report. They showed “another month of strong wage gains and employment gains of [Read more about this post…]
‘Fix this now’: FAFSA delays slammed by Republican lawmakers
A government watchdog will probe the Biden administration’s approach to rolling out a new version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), Republican [Read more about this post…]
Big Tech faces another day of reckoning on Capitol Hill over kids’ online safety
Big Tech was in the crosshairs yet again Wednesday as a handful of executives fielded blistering questions in a Senate hearing about the impact of [Read more about this post…]
Trump leads Biden in 7 swing states and is favored on handling the economy: poll
Former President Donald Trump continues to have an advantage over President Joe Biden in the U.S. states that are likely to decide the 2024 White [Read more about this post…]
