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Laura Loomer has taken so many scalps in Washington that she now seems to think she is judge, jury, and executioner. But what happens when she goes after exactly the wrong man?Loomer is now using…

Today’s jobs report is another reminder that the American labor market is a lot stronger than the professional pessimists want to admit. In March, the economy added 178,000 jobs, crushing consensus expectations that had been…

The February trade report is another strong signal that the American economy is being rewired in exactly the right direction. Yes, the headline deficit ticked up to $57.3 billion from January’s revised $54.7 billion. But…

The March ISM manufacturing report says something important and unmistakable: American manufacturing is expanding again. The headline PMI rose to 52.7 in March, beating expectations and marking the third straight month above the 50 line that…

President Trump’s latest “Made in America” executive order takes direct aim at a global shell game in which foreign producers and multinational firms disguise, stretch and outright misrepresent where their products come from.This practice ranges…

In holding rates steady, Jerome Powell—the worst Fed Chair since Arthur Burns—has once again let his anti-Trump animus cloud his judgment. The damage will not show up only on Wall Street.  It will show up…

President Trump’s decision to confront Iran’s advancing nuclear program, stockpiles of ballistic missiles, and promotion of terrorism addresses an urgent national-security threat. It also tackles an overlooked problem: For more than four decades, Iran’s rogue…

The February Consumer Price Index provides another piece of evidence that the Trump economic program is working. Inflation is not accelerating as critics predicted. Instead, it is stabilizing at levels far below the surge Americans…

The February jobs report will inevitably produce a round of cautionary headlines. The topline figure—nonfarm payrolls declining by 92,000—will be cited as evidence that the Trump economy is weakening.That interpretation misses the larger story.To understand…

The January Producer Price Index landed with a predictable media spin: “hotter than expected” and therefore proof that tariffs, Trump, and the so-called “new protectionism” are reigniting inflation. That narrative collapses under even modest scrutiny…