The NY Times Falsely Claimed D.C.’s Wage Hike Created Jobs
Did the variety of restaurant staff in Washington, D.C., go up after the town voted to extend the minimal wage in a citywide referendum? That is what The New York Occasions reporter Priya Krishna claimed in an article that appeared in March, citing figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). She reported that the entire variety of staff within the business had elevated from 13,690 in 2022 to 14,168…
Is Rand Paul’s Bill the Last Chance to Limit Trump’s Tariff Powers?
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to impose enormous new tariffs on items imported into the USA, a tax improve that would price Individuals hundreds of billions of dollars yearly. Except Congress acts quickly, Trump may have the ability to do all of it and not using a single vote by the nation's elected representatives. Opponents of Trump's tariff plans—together with enterprise teams and commerce associations whose members could be hit…
Will Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick Be a Win for Public Sector Unions?
As a member of Congress, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R–Ore.) teamed up with Vice President Kamala Harris and academics union bosses to push a proposal that might successfully override state-level reforms to restrict the ability of public sector unions—like these championed by Republicans in Wisconsin and Florida. Which may look like it might make Chavez-DeRemer an unlikely selection for secretary of labor in a Republican administration. However President-elect Donald Trump is…
Driverless Cars Are Becoming a Reality in These U.S. Cities
Regardless of a decade of predictions that they had been simply across the nook, autonomous autos that may carry passengers on public roads, no human driver required, have largely been confined to drawing-board goals and enterprise capital–supported pilot applications. The oft-repeated joke is that driverless automobiles are 5 years away and so they at all times can be. However in 2024, driverless taxi firm Waymo (owned by Google mother or…
Trump’s Energy Picks, Wright and Burgum, Are Refreshingly Competent
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum and Chris Wright, the CEO of Liberty Power, as his nominees to guide the Division of the Inside and Division of Power (DOE), respectively. Although different employees picks have been head-scratchers, the collection of Wright and Burgum alerts a attainable return to vitality realism within the federal authorities. Assuming they're confirmed to go these companies, Wright and Burgum will…
Democrats Did Themselves No Favors by Veering Hard to the Left
Democrats frequently refer to Republicans as "extremists" and even "anti-American" for the alleged radicalness of their views. Given the thumping the donkey celebration took within the current election, it is value reexamining simply how "excessive" the victors actually are. It seems it is Democrats who moved away from the mainstream of American thought, leaving Republicans nearer to the middle and extra relatable to voters. Whereas that does not absolutely clarify…
Jet Blue and American Airlines Guilty in Antitrust Suit, Despite No Clear Harm to Consumers
American Airways and Jet Blue violated the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, a federal appeals court docket mentioned, by sharing income and coordinating service for Boston Logan, JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark Liberty airports. In his opinion, Appellate Decide William Kayatta Jr. wrote that proof of "anticompetitive hurt issues by no means on this case," apparently giving no consideration as to whether anybody was truly damage by the airways' actions. The…
SpaceX Achieves First Commercial Spacewalk
In September, 4 astronauts ventured farther away from Earth (870 miles) than any human because the final Apollo mission—and NASA had mainly nothing to do with it. Jared Isaacman and his civilian Polaris Daybreak crew launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft. They examined new spacesuits, they labored on laser tech for Starlink, and, on day three of the five-day journey, Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis participated…
European Commission Fines Meta Over $840 Million for Serving Consumers
The European Fee lately fined Meta 798 million euros—about $841 million—for "tying" categorised adverts on Fb Market to social accounts on Fb. The fee defines tying as requiring customers who need to buy one product to purchase one other as effectively. The fee has acknowledged that tying usually offers customers higher merchandise at decrease price, nevertheless it accuses Meta of "imposing unfair buying and selling circumstances on different on-line categorised…
Trump’s First Term Wasn’t Fiscally Responsible. Will His Second Be Different?
Donald Trump received the election. The Home and Senate are in Republican fingers. Meaning the GOP now owns the debt and its penalties. This accountability, whereas an excessive amount of for previous politicians, presents the chance of a lifetime: particularly, to be those who put the federal government again on fiscal monitor and, amongst different issues, save entitlement packages from long-term catastrophe. As a reminder, our debt is big. It…
