House Passes Dem Resolution to Block U.S. Military Action Against Iran In Narrow Vote

Three Fed Officials Explain Why They Dissented, Blasting Fed's "Easing Bias" This morning, three Fed officials said they dissented over this week’s policy statement because it was no longer appropriate to signal the Fed’s next move was still likely to be an interest-rate cut. “I believe the FOMC should offer a policy outlook that signals that the next rate change could be either a cut or a hike, depending on how the economy evolves,” Minneapolis Fed president Neel Kashkari said in an essay released on Friday morning. “This could tighten financial conditions somewhat today,...

Will AI Make Us Wonderfully Prosperous? Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, “Any given government program will become the opposite of its name,” Elon Musk said recently. The rule seems correct. Think of the Affordable Care Act, the Inflation Control Act, the CARES Act, the War on Poverty, and countless others. They all resulted in the very inverse of how they are named. That’s some wisdom right there. Musk holds many libertarian views along these lines and has been a vocal champion of capitalism as an economic system. He famously set out to...

DHS Rescinds Policy Requiring Secretary Review Of Contracts Above $100,000 Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rescinded a policy on March 31 that required the department secretary to personally approve every contract and grant exceeding $100,000. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington on Feb. 17, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin issued the reversal across all DHS components, including Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The...