War With Iran on Hold… But for How Long?

How Relaxed COVID-Era Rules Fueled Minnesota's Biggest Scam Authored by Kristin Robbins via RealClearPolitics, In my testimony before the Senate last week as chair of the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and Oversight Committee, I outlined the genesis of Minnesota’s massive fraud scandal, how it expanded under relaxed COVID-era rules, and what steps the federal government can take to help stop the theft of federal tax dollars throughout the country.   Minnesota’s fraud crisis didn’t happen overnight; it took years. But it exploded when COVID hit, right when oversight was thrown out the window. How did...

Supreme Court Tariff "Bomb"? Fears Of A $200 Billion Refund Shock Are Overdone Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The market consensus reaction to the Supreme Court ruling on the Liberation Day tariffs exaggerates the negatives and ignores the options of the Trump administration. Markets are overreacting to headlines about a $175–200 billion tariff refund financial hole. However, the Supreme Court ruling opens a long, narrow, and manageable process, not an imminent fiscal crisis. In the days after the Supreme Court struck down the Trump Liberation Day tariffs, many sell-side analysts turned a complex legal...

A flurry of Israeli strikes on Friday and into Saturday, centered in the Bekaa Valley in the eastern Lebanon, have left at least 12 people dead and over 30 others wounded, including a large number of civilians. At least three children were reportedly among the casualties. The strikes in Bekaa Valley struck what is described […]