President Donald Trump’s backing of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) marks a turning point in the fight against bloated bureaucracy and reckless spending. With DOGE’s investigations into the Department of Education’s finances and the shuttering of the liberal globalist slush fund once known as USAID, it is clear that this model … Read more
Why Trump’s second=term agenda is so wildly different from his first.
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Wednesday evening that will terminate any taxpayer benefits that may be going to illegal immigrants.
Six years ago, at the time of the first Trump administration’s Muslim ban and its initial round of vicious anti-immigrant policies, I visited a refugee camp on the Greek island of Samos to see how Europe was handling its own immigrants and refugees. Within a day, I met two Syrians, Eyad Awwadawnan and Hasan Majnan, … Read more
Elon Musk speaks as President Trump looks on in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 11. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images A new online tracker on the Department of Government Efficiency’s website puts a dollar amount on the estimated savings from the DOGE … Read more
Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz of Florida, a DOGE caucus member, is calling on Elon Musk to step off of his social media soap box and have a real conversation. “You’ve got to get out of your safe spaces,” Moskowitz said during an interview with MeidasTouch on Tuesday. “Go talk to the American people—not just on … Read more
When Russian forces crashed over the borders into Ukraine in 2022 determined to wipe it off the map as an independent state, the United States rushed to aid the beleaguered nation and cast its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, as a hero of resistance. Three years almost to the day later, President Trump is rewriting the history … Read more
President Trump recently ordered the U.S. Mint to stop producing pennies, for a simple-sounding reason. Each penny, he said, has “literally cost us more than 2 cents.” He’s right. Since 2006, the government has spent more money minting pennies than those pennies have been worth. The production costs of coins can be confusing. A nickel … Read more
President Trump on Wednesday endorsed House Republicans’ proposal to move forward with one all-encompassing policy and tax cut plan, dismissing Senate Republicans’ efforts to break up his agenda into smaller pieces more easily moved through the chamber. On his website Truth Social, Mr. Trump said he favored the House approach and “one big beautiful bill” … Read more
