Policy and Government

Tariffs will destroy more jobs than they save.

GOP lawmakers condemn Trump tariffs.

High tariffs won’t make America great again.

John Tamny: California is not the poverty capital of the U.S.

Monetary

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin: The recent decline in the value of the dollar is “not a concern of ours at all”.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross: We are not abandoning a strong dollar!

Mnuchin’s comments raise eyebrows.

Spending

In the National Pulse, Jon Decker discusses the mountainous task of cutting government spending, and the need for fresh ideas.