A new round of federal aid is headed to farmers, but it arrives with political and economic contradictions. The administration has rolled out a $12 billion bailout to offset damage from tariffs—tariffs that economists note are ultimately paid by Americans, including the[...]
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Corporate investment in residential housing may be another hurdle for first-time buyers
As corporate ownership of residential property across the country rises nationwide, researchers from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Center for Geospatial Solutions warn this trend has complicated the housing market for first-time buyers. According to a joint “Who Owns[...]
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Trump to send $12 billion in one-time payments to farmers to offset ag losses
The federal government will provide $12 billion to U.S. farmers who have been hurt by “unfair market disruption,” President Donald Trump said at a White House roundtable event Monday. Trump said repeatedly the funding was available thanks to tariff revenues, framing his[...]
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Trump says he’ll block states from regulating AI
President Donald Trump says he plans to sign an executive order that would block states from setting their own rules for artificial intelligence—a move aimed at creating a single national standard. Supporters argue that AI companies can’t compete globally if they must[...]
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Sinking speedboats with a supercarrier: the lopsided cost of Operation Southern Spear
The United States is waging an unusually one-sided campaign in the Caribbean, and the numbers are staggering. Operation Southern Spear has sunk boats tied to drug-smuggling networks, but at a cost that dwarfs the value of the targets themselves. Billions in naval[...]
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ND senators support HHS rule change
North Dakota’s two U.S. senators are applauding a federal shift affecting nursing homes. The Biden administration’s staffing mandate—requiring facilities to meet minimum daily care-hour thresholds and maintain a registered nurse onsite at all times—has now been repealed. Supporters of the change argue[...]
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Explainer: Why are hepatitis B vaccines given to newborns?
A national vaccine advisory panel has reversed a decades-old recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, a move that public health experts say could weaken hard-won progress against the virus. The new guidance limits the birth-dose to infants[...]
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An influential article that called Monsanto’s Roundup safe for humans has been retracted 25 years later
A scientific article long used to support the safety of Roundup has now been formally withdrawn, after 25 years of influence over regulatory decisions. Elsevier retracted the 2000 paper, acknowledging evidence that it relied exclusively on Monsanto-generated data and may have been[...]
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Port: Our Somali friends and neighbors are not ‘garbage’
It's easy to look at a naturalization ceremony—200 new Americans from 51 countries taking the oath—and see the best of our country. But alongside that hope, a familiar shadow is falling: the kind of nativist hostility President Trump has leveled at our[...]
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Welcome to America’s dollar store economy
When a retailer like Dollar General posts one of its strongest quarters in years, you might assume the economy is booming, but the reality is more complicated. Shoppers are actively trading down, leaving mid-range stores for value chains just to make ends[...]
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‘New York Times’ sues Pentagon over media restrictions
The fundamental struggle between a free press and government control is playing out right now at the Pentagon. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently implemented a policy demanding that credentialed journalists pledge not to report any unauthorized information, even if it’s unclassified. Seeing[...]
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Point: Air Traffic Control Privatization Is Long Overdue
For an alternate viewpoint, see “Counterpoint: Modernization, not Privatization, Is Key to Aviation Leadership.” The recent government shutdown disrupted U.S. air traffic control (ATC) and frustrated millions of passengers, leading to delays and cancellations. Our ATC system is run as a bureaucracy[...]
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Counterpoint: Modernization, Not Privatization, Is Key to Aviation Leadership
For an alternate viewpoint, see “Point: Air Traffic Control Privatization Is Long Overdue.” For the first time in decades, the administration, the Congress and the aviation industry are united on a detailed and aggressive plan to build a new air traffic control[...]
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Costco is suing Trump to avoid getting stuck with the tab on tariffs
Costco is taking the federal government to court, pushing to protect its chance at a refund if the Supreme Court ultimately rejects President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs. The company argues that, without intervention, a looming deadline could cut off its ability to[...]
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Trump pardons Honduran ex-president who was convicted of drug crimes
Efforts to stop illegal drugs at the border took an unexpected turn this week. President Donald Trump pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández — a man U.S. prosecutors once described as central to one of the world’s largest cocaine-trafficking networks. The[...]
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The awful arithmetic of our wars
A new analysis warns that the U.S. is losing ground on the modern battlefield—not for lack of power, but because its cost calculations no longer add up. As warfare shifts toward cheap drones and low-cost munitions, adversaries are inflicting damage at a[...]