Senate Passes DHS Funding Bill To End 40-Day Shutdown, Airport Chaos

Democrats Challenge Trump's Mail-In Voting Order Despite Recent SCOTUS Ruling Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general and the District of Columbia filed suit against the U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday, challenging a rule that limits who can receive an absentee ballot in the mail. They filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts two days after the Supreme Court allowed President Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting to proceed while the underlying case continues. The Supreme Court ruled that the states had sued before the order’s implementation, giving them a concrete...

Dr. Per Bylund unpacks Rothbard's concept of the capitalist entrepreneur as the economy's true mover and shaker: the figure who not only forecasts future consumer demand but puts real capital behind those forecasts, bearing uncertainty and driving the structure of production.

Despite 'Soft' Survey Strength, US Manufacturing Unexpectedly Tumbled In August US Industrial Production disappointed in August, unchanged MoM vs expectations of a 0.3% MoM rise. Capacity Utilization was flat MoM (slight disappointment to expectations... Worse still, manufacturing production seemingly hit an unexpected wall in August, falling 0.3% MoM versus an expectation of rising 0.3% MoM. That was the biggest monthl;y drop since Oct 2025 and dragged growth down to just 0.9% YoY... This was 'odd' since ISM Manufacturing survey data has shown a sizable uptick this year... ...or maybe it's just another useless survey...