Obama’s interest in FBI case cited in text messages 2 months before election
She was in the process of crafting talking points for then-FBI Director James Comey, Page texted Strzok, because “potus wants to know everything we’re doing.”
California sues DOJ over funding cuts to ‘sanctuary states’
The state of California sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday to force the release of records relating to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ order to withhold funding from so-called sanctuary states.
Gov. Phil Scott: On fiscal discipline and smart investments
Government systems – and thus previous state budgets – have been designed to grow at around 5 percent a year. My budget grows at less than half that rate, puts us on a stronger fiscal footing and prioritizes investments in growing the economy and making Vermont more affordable.
EPA chief: Could global warming be a good thing?
While Pruitt’s comments sent liberal pundits reeling, his argument is not completely out of line with economic projections of global warming. Prominent environmental economist Richard Tol released a study in January that found “the initial impacts of climate change may well be positive.”
Here’s what Trump has done for farmers
During President Barack Obama’s tenure, the so-called “Waters of the United States” rule had been strictly defined to apply to “navigable waterways” but interpreted to mean that even ditches or potholes with water in them could be regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency. This was a huge overreach.
American taxpayers paying billions to resettle refugees in the US
Welcoming tens of thousands of refugees from broken, war-torn countries each year comes at a substantial cost to American taxpayers, according to a new immigration report.
McClaughry: Electric vehicle incentives
Well, there they go again. Let’s put a tax on gasoline and diesel fueled cars and trucks — like the one you’re probably driving — and heap another handout on electric vehicles, which aren’t paying squat toward maintaining our highways and bridges.
Beware: United Nations is taking aim at ammo
The United Nations will have a busy year in 2018 on the firearms front. That’s not good news for anyone in the U.S. who buys firearms.
Declassified memo shows DOJ worked to ‘tip the scales of justice,’ lawmaker says
The memo released by House Intelligence Committee shows that opposition research against Donald Trump, funded by Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee, was an essential element to the Obama administration’s application to spy on a Trump associate.
To promote human flourishing, economic freedom must be increased
The real magic of the market, described by Adam Smith and the economists who have followed him, is that individuals, by exercising the freedom to pursue their own goals and ambitions, have made possible the rapid economic development of society as a whole.
Black Lives Matter blocked streets, train tracks, stadium entrance at Super Bowl
Dozens of protesters in Minneapolis, including members of the Black Lives Matter movement, tried sabotaging the Super Bowl Sunday afternoon by stopping fans from entering the stadium.
The ESSEX Plan’s exaggerated growth claim
Our environmentalist neighbors have not been good stewards of Vermont’s economy in their efforts to curb carbon emissions, despite their claims otherwise. If we cannot trust them to make simple calculations like GDP, can we really trust them to implement the ESSEX Plan?