Thousands of California state workers struck over pay and telework, exposing how Gavin Newsom's administration weaponizes time to squeeze the public servants who keep the state running.
By Maya Ellison ·
President Donald Trump promised farmers $8 billion to offset diesel costs he helped create, a cynical campaign move that prioritizes GOP wins over stable markets.
By Maya Ellison ·
Sergey Brin and tech billionaires are pouring historic sums into defeating Proposition 40 to protect their fortunes, proving that our democracy currently bows to private wealth.
By Maya Ellison ·
Elon Musk's plan to give SpaceX shares to every child through federal Trump Accounts is a calculated PR stunt that recycles public money to buy political loyalty.
By Maya Ellison ·
As half a million French workers and students revolt against crushing living costs and neglected public services, President Emmanuel Macron deploys curfews and riot squads to protect ruling elites.
By Maya Ellison ·
President Donald Trump suspended the Graham Act to lower energy prices before the midterms, a move that trades strategic credibility for a temporary domestic political advantage.
By Tom Beckwith ·
The federal budget gap swelled to nearly $2 trillion in fiscal 2026, proving that magical thinking cannot repeal the iron laws of fiscal balance.
By Klaus Berger ·
A Fox News poll shows voters turning against Donald Trump over soaring living costs, delivering a deserved rebuke to an administration that manufactured an economic crisis.
By Maya Ellison ·
Working families are drowning in rising prices and predatory debt while politicians offer empty gimmicks, proving the entire economic system is rigged against ordinary people.
By Maya Ellison ·
The IMF warns that soaring public debt and speculative AI financing risk a disorderly spike in bond yields, proving that governments have ignored fiscal discipline for too long.
By Klaus Berger ·
President Donald Trump eased sanctions on Russian diesel to lower fuel prices before the November midterms, a move that grants Vladimir Putin leverage while abandoning a key ally.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel Prize in economics for creating models that let central banks stabilize economies by managing human expectations.
By Daniel Okafor ·
When Donald Trump undercut ranchers with foreign beef and costly tariffs, he treated rural loyalty as a bottomless well and broke the quiet trust of the people who feed this country.
By Ruth Behrens ·
President Donald Trump established a White House committee to remove Governor Lisa Cook, but appointing his own aides to manufacture statutory cause subverts the due process required by law.
By Adele Rutherford ·
President Donald Trump's executive order on tax-free diesel offers superficial relief to farmers and truckers but serves as a political distraction from structural energy failures.
By Maya Ellison ·
Brussels reached a deal with Beijing to curb hybrid vehicle exports, but China controls the critical minerals and European industry will pay the price.
By Tom Beckwith ·