Republicans have won a closely watched special Florida congressional election but with a much reduced majority that will make them uneasy about next year’s midterms. Republican State Senator Randy Fine…
13 hours ago Natalie Sherman BBC News Donald Trump says tariffs are coming. That message from the US president has been consistent. But what tariffs and when? Import taxes have…
11 hours ago Stephanie Hegarty BBC Pronatalists, a controversial fringe group almost exclusively from the political right, claims that some of the most powerful people in the US government are…
US Senator Cory Booker has broken the record for the longest speech ever delivered in the Senate. The New Jersey Democrat’s marathon address, a symbolic protest against President Donald Trump,…
Back at the end of February, we wondered how the Trump administration officials dressing down of the Europeans would mix with the relentless propaganda against Russia — specifically whether it…
Yves here. Richard Murphy gives such a strong form version of his thesis, that advertising is intended to make consumers feel inadequate, that I suspect many will object. However, before…
Yves here. It is disheartening to see how deeply the “pushing the poors” reflex is in US society. Admittedly, the program formerly called food stamps, now SNAP, has long been…
New paper presents policy recommendations to improve the public company experience, with the ultimate goal to increase investor access to the growth and success of the US economy NEW YORK…
Yemen has been heavily bombed for many years. The U.S. enabled the bombing of Yemen from 2015 until 2024, and it is now bombing Yemen directly. I will examine the…
Yves here. The Trump executive order of March 26, mandating a near-total end of the use of checks by the Treasury Department, including for receipt of tax payments by September…