The decision by media mogul Rupert Murdoch to relinquish power to his elder son, Lachlan, does not settle the potential power play that could occur on Rupert’s death. On Sep 21, Rupert Murdoch announced that he was stepping down as the chairman of Fox Corp and News Corp, ending
By Diana Furchtgott-Roth, The Daily Signal | September 22, 2023 The big economic news at the end of last week was the start of a strike by the United Auto Workers union against all three major U.S. automakers. This is the first strike against President Joe Biden’s green agenda,
By Victor Davis Hanson, via The Daily Signal | September 22, 2023 Since early 2021 we have witnessed somewhere between 7 million and 8 million illegal entries across the now-nonexistent southern border of the U.S. The more the border vanished, the more federal immigration law was rendered inert, and the
By Ryan McMaken, Mises Institute | September 22, 2023 The federal government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released new price inflation data last week, and according to the report, price inflation during August accelerated, coming in at the highest year-over-year increase in three months. According to the BLS, Consumer Price
By Daniel Lacalle, Mises Institute | September 21, 2023 Oil prices are soaring, and, as always, we read in many articles that OPEC and Russia are to blame. However, if OPEC and its allies were almighty and the drivers of oil prices, why have Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude
Trudeau's unforced error will have a monumental impact on the two countries' bilateral relations.
By Paul Sperry via The Daily Signal | September 19, 2023 In a raft of glowing reviews, Hunter Biden’s 2019 memoir “Beautiful Things” was celebrated as an “unflinchingly honest” (Entertainment Weekly), “confession and an act of contrition” (The Guardian) that was “candid” and “doesn’t hold back details” (The New
By Fred Lucas , The Daily Signal | September 20, 2023 Attorney General Merrick Garland tried to blame the Trump administration Wednesday for allowing the statute of limitations to lapse on potential tax charges against first son Hunter Biden. But when Garland said so during testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Chairman
By Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal | September 20, 2023 Attorney General Merrick Garland declined to answer questions on a wide range of matters Wednesday in sworn testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. Garland testified that he couldn’t remember whether he talked to FBI personnel about the investigation of first
By David Ditch, The Daily Signal | September 21, 2023 Americans are justifiably unhappy with the state of the economy. The inflation figures for August took a turn for the worse—meaning families have now lost $5,100 in purchasing power since President Joe Biden entered the White House. In addition
By Armstrong Williams , via The Daily Signal | September 21, 2023 As the cost of living continues to rise in America, many families are struggling to make ends meet. Inflation and wage stagnation have made it increasingly difficult for everyday Americans to keep up with the rising costs of necessities, such
We can imagine the White House summer meeting as President Joe Biden’s handlers, whoever they might be, desperately tried to figure out how boost his flagging favorability ratings among voters. Some genius, no doubt, shouted out “Bidenomics!” as just the ticket to repair his tattered reputation. They rolled it
By John Kennedy, Mises Institute | September 20, 2023 On September 15, 2023, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union staged a massive strike consisting of thirteen thousand workers, and for the first time, the union hit three separate automotive enterprises simultaneously: General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis. The Associated Press noted that
By Ryan McMaken, Mises Institute | September 18, 2023 Former Vice-President Mike Pence is very concerned that Republicans are not sufficiently enthusiastic about aggressive, unnecessary wars. In a speech on Monday, Pence claimed "Some Republican candidates ...[are] embracing a new and dangerous form of isolationism.” "Isolationism" is just
By Connor O'Keeffe, Mises Institute | September 20, 2023 On Friday, September 15, 12,700 members of the United Auto Workers union (UAW) walked off the job at plants owned by the “Big Three” automakers—Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis (which owns Chrysler, Jeep, and Ram). The walkout marked
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused India of being behind the assassination of a Sikh-Canadian citizen on its soil – an unprecedented charge to make against a fellow G7 nation. The Canadians claim to be investigating “credible allegations” that Indian agents were behind the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a
