Trump Presidency News

When President-elect Donald Trump enters office on Jan. 20, he will inherit almost $20 trillion of national debt. This debt is a threat to the American economy, and its key driver—unsustainable spending—must be controlled. Come Jan. 20, the new administration should act immediately to tame the federal budget and reduce the national debt. Here are…

On the path to making America great again, President-elect Donald Trump will have a tremendous opportunity to reverse the steady slide away from a property rights-oriented American patent system. There are good reasons to believe a Trump administration will readily grasp this critical problem and work to revitalize the American patent regime. First, someone like…

Asking with a terseness normally associated with changing religions or declaring a new nationality, many people that know me have politely cornered me and demanded: “How could you—a lifelong, left-leaning, Obama-believing, Indy-Dem voter—vote for Donald Trump?” My answer to them is simple: Our nation is in the middle of a crisis. We are stuck at…

The overreaction to President-elect Donald Trump’s election—from campus “cry-ins” to Brandon Victor Dixon’s “Hamilton” rant—is more than just a left-wing tantrum. It displays a more fundamental development in American political culture. In it, we behold the first fruits of the administrative state. Although it was not clearly articulated in his campaign, Trump did represent an inchoate rebellion against what scholars…

It turns out the mainstream media fell for a fake story about Donald Trump supporters. On Wednesday, the New York Daily News reported, “A Muslim student who said she was harassed on the subway by drunken, hate-spewing white men shouting ‘Donald Trump!’ lied to police because she broke her curfew, law enforcement sources said.” Muslim girl…

There’s real hope that the Trump administration will shake things up in Washington, D.C. This includes getting rid of the cronyism and the status quo that helps special interests at the expense of everybody else. This change is needed, and it’s especially needed when it comes to agriculture. Imagine an industry in which taxpayers provide…

Do federal agencies face any limits on their power? Recently, a federal appeals court ruled that Richard Cordray’s position as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional in its design because the position wielded immense authority over American businesses and consumers with little to no checks on that power. As Circuit Judge Brett…