U.S.-based companies announced more than 153,000 job cuts in October, the research firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported Thursday. “This is the highest total...
The S&P 500 ($SPX) just logged its fifth straight trading box breakout, which means that, of the five trading ranges the index has experienced since...
The House will vote on reopening the federal government Wednesday after lawmakers’ funding bill survived a key hurdle earlier in the morning. The bipartisan...
Gene Healy I am reliably informed that the Republican Party’s 2024 vice-presidential nominee, Ohio senator JD Vance, is not a libertarian. Given the standard...
Jeffrey Miron The United States recently arrested two Mexican drug kingpins. Will this reduce violence or generate other beneficial effects? According to a recent...
David J. Bier Many people wrongly believe that immigration is critical to the illicit supply of fentanyl in the United States. However, proponents of...
Jeffrey A. Singer Colorado and Washington were the first states to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012. The states began allowing retailers to sell marijuana...
Emily Ekins A newly released national survey from the Cato Institute of 2,000 Americans conducted by YouGov finds that two-thirds (66%) of Americans say...