Tag: Economy

Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) and former U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

A lesson from the Iron Lady

Todd Young · November 25, 2025 11:50 am

A Sony television displays sale prices during early Black Friday shopping at Best Buy Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in San Diego.

Holiday sales growth expected to be slower this year as affordability issues weigh on economy

Zach Halaschak · November 25, 2025 7:00 am

Ursula von der Leyen speaks during her annual State of the Union speech in France.

Beltway Confidential

The EU needs a critical minerals community

George Bogden · November 25, 2025 6:00 am

In this Dec. 5, 2019 photo, workers — most of them from Mexico — load Christmas trees onto a truck at Hupp Farms in Silverton, Ore. On Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, the U.S. House passed a bill that would loosen restrictions on hiring foreign agricultural workers and create a path to citizenship for more than 1 million farm workers estimated to be in the country illegally. The bill's fate in the Senate is unclear, and the White House hasn't said if President Donald Trump would sign it. But the 260-165 vote was a rare stroke of bipartisanship on immigration. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

How millions of illegal immigrants got jobs in the US

Anna Giaritelli · November 25, 2025 5:00 am

A "for sale" sign is posted in front of a home.

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

Restoring the American dream of homeownership

Rep. Craig Goldman · November 24, 2025 3:35 pm

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) applaud as President Donald Trump signs a funding bill in the Oval Office.

Mike Johnson warns delivering on Trump’s affordability agenda will take ‘a while’: ‘Very complex’

Emily Hallas · November 24, 2025 12:44 pm

Jaqueline Benitez pushes her cart down an aisle as she shops for groceries at a supermarket in Bellflower, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. Benitez, 21, who works as a preschool teacher, depends on California's SNAP benefits to help pay for food, and starting in March she expects a significant cut, perhaps half, of the $250 in food benefits she has received since 2020.

Conservatives embark on food stamp reform sought for 15 years

Zach Halaschak · November 24, 2025 8:00 am

Refugee farmers and program staff sort and package vegetables picked earlier in the morning at Fresh Start Farm, Aug. 19, 2024, in Dunbarton, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Where illegal immigrants find work in the US

Anna Giaritelli · November 24, 2025 7:00 am

Stephen Miran testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on his nomination to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, on Capitol Hill Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025,

Trump Fed appointee Miran could play key role in interest rate decision

Zach Halaschak · November 24, 2025 5:00 am

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks with reporters at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington.

Bessent ‘very, very optimistic’ about economy, says US will not enter recession

Jenny Goldsberry · November 23, 2025 11:56 am

Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, left, and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, following a news conference at the UK-EU summit at Lancaster House in London, UK, on Monday, May 19, 2025. Negotiators for the European Union and the UK have reached a deal to strengthen their post-Brexit relationship ahead of a summit on Monday, according to people familiar with the discussions and documents seen by Bloomberg. Photographer: Neil Hall/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Brexit can make the British economy more American

Dan Hannan · November 23, 2025 10:06 am

Donald Trump aboard Air Force One.

Trump pressed the 50-year mortgage to expand affordability. Is he missing the point?

Emily Hallas · November 23, 2025 7:00 am