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Economy

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Editorials

Exclusive: Poll: Vehicle mileage tax in California garners 8 percent support in Southern California district

A now-shelved proposal by a regional California transit authority to track and tax drivers on…

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Editorials

Editorial: Kamala Harris’s menthol scheme

Vice President Kamala Harris owes the American people a simple answer: does she still want…

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Editorials

Gov. JB Pritzker’s credit card debacle

Months before President Donald Trump rolled out his “no tax on tips” policy, Illinois Gov.…

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Editorials

Heard on the Hill – 8/26/24

What we’re hearing from people we trust on and around the Hill – please send us…

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Editorials

Interview: RNC Chairman Michael Whatley on the DNC, Donald Trump, and the GOP’s priorities through Election Day

Despite the hype surrounding last week’s Democratic National Convention (DNC), the GOP has developed a…

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Editorials

Heard on the Hill – 8/19/24

What we’re hearing from people we trust on and around the Hill – please send us…

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Op-Eds

Op-ed: Rep. Brett Guthrie: Unlike the Biden-Harris administration, Republicans are permitting the path to energy independence

Under the watch of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, America has gone from being energy…

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Scoops

Scoop: Kamala Harris likely to nominate Gary Gensler as Treasury Secretary if elected: Senate sources

While publicly, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary Gensler hasn’t expressed desire to leave…

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Op-Eds

Op-ed: Rep Tom Emmer: The Real Tim Walz

Who is Gov. Tim Walz? Having served with him in Congress and lived in Minnesota…

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Editorials

“This isn’t the political win Janet Yellen thinks it is”: Treasury Secretary under fire for political push for IRS’s direct file

Republicans blasted Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s Pennsylvania road trip to promote an unpopular Internal Revenue…