Tag: Economy

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during an event.

Don’t lower standards for federally subsidized for-profit colleges

Washington Examiner · August 20, 2018 12:00 am

A Formula for Growth?

Michael M. Rosen · August 19, 2018 5:57 pm

Sen. Pat Toomey, the Pennsylvania Republican, speaks during a ceremony to award World War II veteran Clarence Smoyer, 96, the Bronze Star at the World War II Memorial, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington.

Pat Toomey, the supply-siders’ field marshal in the Senate

Joseph Lawler · August 14, 2018 12:00 am

Supporters line up to get into a news conference to unveil their Medicare for All legislation to reform healthcare.

Socialism would take the culture war to 11

Timothy P. Carney · August 1, 2018 12:00 am

Job seekers get information at a job fair in Sunrise, Fla. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims on Thursday.

Jobless claims hover near 50-year lows

Joseph Lawler · July 26, 2018 8:32 am

Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., speaks during an interview in Homestead, Fla.

Conservatives get ready to battle a GOP carbon tax bill

Josh Siegel · July 23, 2018 12:00 am

EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager holds a press conference on a Competition Case involving Google Android at the European Commission building, in Brussels on Wednesday, July 18, 2018. The European Union's antitrust chief has fined Google a record $5 billion for abusing the market dominance of its Android mobile phone operating system.

Beltway Confidential

Is Google an evil monopoly? The EU thinks so

Erin Dunne · July 18, 2018 10:01 am

Melvin "Mel" Watt, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), listens during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015. The Financial Stability Oversight Council's effort to enhance its transparency is "important," Securities and Exchange (SEC) Commissioner Mary Jo White said at the hearing.

Government caretaker of Fannie and Freddie is unconstitutional, federal court rules

Joseph Lawler · July 17, 2018 9:37 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington.

Manufacturers, construction firms starting to feel Trump’s tariffs: Survey

Joseph Lawler · July 16, 2018 12:00 am

Jobless claims plunge to 214,000, lowest since May

Joseph Lawler · July 12, 2018 8:31 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., joined by House Republicans, speaks to the media following a vote on tax reform, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Fed study with unfavorable analysis on Trump tax cuts contained mistake

Joseph Lawler · July 10, 2018 5:20 pm

Employment boom forces Republicans and Democrats to rethink economic policy

Joseph Lawler · July 10, 2018 12:00 am