government

Trump’s budget erases DOGE savings
Opinion, Сolumns
May 15, 2025
The Department of Government Efficiency says it has cut $165 billion of wasteful spending from the federal government, based on its self-reported numb...
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NPR’s trickle-up economics
Opinion, Сolumns
May 14, 2025
National Public Radio frequently claims that less than 1% of its funding comes from the federal government, an argument used to criticize President Do...
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Latest attacks on free markets
Opinion, Сolumns
May 14, 2025
It is somewhat bewildering to watch the Republican Party morph into an economically left-wing party without anyone really caring. But that’s what is c...
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Pa. Dems worried about Supreme Court retention votes
Opinion, Сolumns
GILLIAN McGOLDRICK The Philadelphia Inquirer 
May 13, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) —Pennsylvania'sbiggest race this election year won't be on the primary ballot. The candidates won't have political parties listed. An...
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Much work remains on trade
Opinion, Сolumns
May 09, 2025
The Trump administration took a step Thursday toward quelling economic uncertainty by unveiling a trade deal with theUnited Kingdom. TheWhite Housepro...
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Recession fears may be making GOP lawmakers uneasy
Opinion, Сolumns
CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
May 08, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The impact of political landslides and the resulting mandates wear off, even when they are substantial. It will certainly happen wh...
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Plenty of reasons to reform Medicaid
Opinion, Сolumns
May 07, 2025
Debates over entitlement programs bring out the worst in elected officials, who are typically more concerned with political survival than addressing d...
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(None dare call it) treason of the judiciary
Opinion, Сolumns
FRANK MIELE RealClearPolitics 
May 07, 2025
Thursday, April 24, was a day like any other day — the sun came up, the sun went down, and Donald Trump was hit with at least three nationwide injunct...
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Other Voices: Oath of honor
Opinion, Сolumns
May 06, 2025
Our elected state and federal officials take an oath of office, many with their hand on a Bible. Common in these oaths is a venerated commitment to pr...
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