stLouISTThe Democrats’ Green Investments Are Going to Republican States
Today on TAP: The wind, solar, and battery facilities spurred by last year’s Democratic legislation are already springing up—in red America.
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Reclaiming U.S. Industry
Biden’s industrial policies represent a stunning ideological reversal. The harder part will be making them work.
Moderna’s COVID Vaccine Price Hike Reveals Government’s Failure
The U.S. co-invented the mRNA vaccine. So why doesn’t it act like it?
The White House Debt Limit Strategy: Dismiss but Don’t Reject
Janet Yellen is stating that there’s no alternative but for Congress to increase the borrowing threshold, while giving herself room to take action if they don’t.
Is Kevin McCarthy’s Secret Weapon Joe Biden?
Today on TAP: Biden has a history of needlessly capitulating to Republicans in budget negotiations. His new chief of staff, Jeff Zients, is even worse.
Wall Street’s Big Bet on Rewiring America
Ithaca has put its Green New Deal in the hands of a green private equity fund, a private foundation, and a Goldman Sachs–backed software company.
Senate Democrats Finally Control Committee Majorities. What Now?
Here are nine practical and urgent suggestions.
The Smart Bipartisan Plan to Shore Up Social Security
Bill Cassidy and Angus King propose an American social wealth fund.
Will Biden Save Israel From Its Worst Instincts?
Today on TAP: The U.S. has only days to act before Netanyahu destroys the Israeli High Court.
McCarthy’s 21 Republican Defectors Didn’t Get Much
That’s because the party already agreed with them.
USDA Ignores Its Own Proposed Labor Standards
The department has yet to implement a rule requiring its contractors to obey labor laws.
Altercation: Deal-Making Republican ‘Pragmatists’? Like, Who?
The ‘moderates’ who want a debt default: a case study in journalistic destruction of the meaning of words
Employers Contemplate Life Without Noncompetes
Today on TAP: Businesses ponder ways to keep their workers other than compulsion; seek legal counsel.
Green Capital Feuds With Local Lenders Over National Climate Bank
Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt says $20 billion of IRA funds should capitalize his group’s proposed national bank. Local lenders are skeptical.
How the Federal Reserve Protects the Top One Percent
Our central bank operates by and for the financial elite.
The Immigration Case Backlog Continues to Grow
As President Biden continues the policies of his predecessor on the border, the way out of the crisis lies in unclogging a system still bursting with cases.
When Global Trade Bureaucrats Earn Our Contempt
Today on TAP: A panel ruling undermines the USMCA agreement on North American content. Biden should ignore it.
Lefties Amok: California’s Upcoming Senate Race
Four Democratic House members draw a bead on the seat Feinstein will vacate.
Anti-Monopoly Reformer Joins Department of Transportation
Jen Howard, former chief of staff to Lina Khan at the FTC, is the new chief competition officer at DOT.
The Unfair Costs of Care
A very different kind of inflation