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- Market Extra: Corporate bonds may be paying too little spread to offset fourth-quarter selloff risksInvestors may be accepting too little compensation on U.S. corporate bonds given growing concerns about the debt binge and recent red flags in the market.
- Market Extra: Credit-rating firms raise more alarms about the weakest corporate borrowers Investors say fears of credit-ratings downgrades to debt-laden companies is a top concern as the U.S. economy shows signs of weakening
- The Wall Street Journal: Facebook, Wall Street Journal publisher and others reach deal for news section News Corp has reached a deal to let Facebook Inc. feature headlines from The Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones media properties, as well as the New York Post, in the social-media giant’s coming news section, the companies said.
- Market Snapshot: Dow ends lower pressured by Boeing, Johnson & Johnson, despite good earningsDow sheds more than 250 points after data showed China’s economic growth slowing further in the third quarter and investors awaited more signals from the corporate earnings season about the health of the U.S. economy.
- The Fed: Dimon says money-market turmoil last month risks morphing into a crisis if Fed faltersJPMorgan Chase CEP Jamie Dimon said the money-market turmoil highlights risk of bigger crisis and the Fed should pay attention.
- NewsWatch: Seeing America again through new eyesIn 2011, at 50, I took early retirement from my job as an air-traffic controller, left Texas and began traveling the world.
- Personal Finance Daily: The most generous country in the world and how much parents should worry about a Johnson & Johnson baby powder recall and arsenic in baby foodFriday's Personal Finance Stories.
- The MarketWatch Q&A: NBA analyst Stan Van Gundy on how the league has changed: More billionaire owners — and players who are ‘brands’The former NBA coach talks with MarketWatch about the upcoming season, and who would win at one-on-one between him or his brother Jeff.
- The Ratings Game: Gildan shares closed down 25% after a profit warning but one analyst says it’s just a ‘one-off weakness’Gildan announced a profit and sales decline, sending shares plummeting and driving a stock downgrade.
- Why China’s TikTok has been drawing scrutiny from Zuckerberg and U.S. politiciansChinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok, which has exploded in popularity globally, has recently come under fire for censoring content that Beijing deems unacceptable.
Investors may be accepting too little compensation on U.S. corporate bonds given growing concerns about the debt binge and recent red flags in the market.
Investors say fears of credit-ratings downgrades to debt-laden companies is a top concern as the U.S. economy shows signs of weakening
News Corp has reached a deal to let Facebook Inc. feature headlines from The Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones media properties, as well as the New York Post, in the social-media giant’s coming news section, the companies said.
Dow sheds more than 250 points after data showed China’s economic growth slowing further in the third quarter and investors awaited more signals from the corporate earnings season about the health of the U.S. economy.
JPMorgan Chase CEP Jamie Dimon said the money-market turmoil highlights risk of bigger crisis and the Fed should pay attention.
In 2011, at 50, I took early retirement from my job as an air-traffic controller, left Texas and began traveling the world.
Friday's Personal Finance Stories.
The former NBA coach talks with MarketWatch about the upcoming season, and who would win at one-on-one between him or his brother Jeff.
Gildan announced a profit and sales decline, sending shares plummeting and driving a stock downgrade.
Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok, which has exploded in popularity globally, has recently come under fire for censoring content that Beijing deems unacceptable.
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- Carl Icahn Is Nearing Another Landmark Deal. This Time It's With His Son.Brett Icahn is emerging as the likely successor to one of the most famous investors of all time. But his father is not ready to hand over the reins just yet.
- JPMorgan Chase, Facebook, Coca-Cola: Stocks That Defined the WeekHere are seven stocks that moved on news in the past five days.
- Oil-Patch Deals Fuel Energy Bond GainsFalling oil and gas prices cause problems for energy companies, but are delivering a surprise windfall for some U.S. bondholders.
- U.S. Companies Can't Buck a Strong DollarA strong dollar continues to eat into the profit margins of American companies, contributing to what is expected to be 2019’s weakest quarter for corporate earnings.
- New Legal Peril for Generic Drug CompaniesFamiliar legal threat for generic drug stocks returns after UnitedHealth sues over alleged price fixing.
- Stocks Slip on China DataU.S. stocks fell on global growth worries, but the S&P 500 still had a modest gain for the week after a strong kickoff to corporate earnings season.
- Investor Sentiment Improves as Trade and Brexit Worries EaseThe shift in sentiment took place as investors cheered a “phase one” trade deal between the U.S. and China that prevented additional tariffs from taking effect and a preliminary Brexit deal between the U.K. and European Union.
- Schlumberger Expects Slowdown in U.S. DrillingSchlumberger, the world’s largest oil-field services company, forecasts a slowdown in U.S. drilling activity due to weak commodity prices and exhausted budgets at the exploration and production companies for which it works.
- State Street Profit Beats Estimates, Lifts StockState Street posted quarterly results that beat Wall Street estimates and offered investors some signs of a turnaround. The custody bank’s shares jumped.
- Markets Are Rising Despite a Trade War, Brexit and Impeachment ThreatsThe world seems more tumultuous than it has in years. Congress is weighing impeachment, the U.K. is on the verge of a momentous vote regarding its role in Europe, and the U.S. and China are still mired in a trade war. Yet the S&P 500 is still near its all-time high.
- Fed Intervenes in Markets Friday With Temporary and Permanent LiquidityThe New York Fed added $56.65 billion in liquidity to financial markets on Friday.
- So, You Want to Own a Sports TeamYou don’t need a huge amount of money to buy at least part of a minor-league team. Just make sure you’re OK losing your investment.
- Thank You for Visiting Lon-Car-LeeThe recent “megalopolis” report by Euromonitor makes the valid observation that the global economy is increasingly being driven by huge areas of adjacent cities. But the report may have overreached with some odd and overly broad definitions of what constitutes a megalopolis.
- Have a Coke and Just SmileCoca-Cola is generating strong sales growth but still suffering a drag from the strong dollar. Investors should focus on the former and not worry too much about the latter.
- Time for Advisers to Speak to Us in Plain EnglishThe SEC is making financial information simpler. But it’s not yet simple enough.
- UAW Deal Turns Headlights on GM's PlanningGeneral Motors, the top U.S. automaker, will need to reassure investors in its financial results that cost-savings targets and downturn preparation are on track.
- AT&T Doesn't Need Static on This CallAT&T, which is in the midst of a battle with activist shareholder Elliott Management, might be able to swat away a few of the hedge fund Elliott’s more dramatic ideas if it just settles on a few of its lesser asks now.
- Consumer-Watchdog Settlements Reach Four-Year HighConsumers harmed by financial firms got back $777 million through actions by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau during the last fiscal year, the largest amount in four years.
- American Express's Earnings, Top Line RiseAmerican Express’s profit and revenue climbed in the third quarter, along with its provision for losses.
- Deirdre Quinn on the Highs and Lows of EntrepreneurshipThe co-founder of women’s fashion brand Lafayette 148 New York discusses the personal sacrifices she had to make as an entrepreneur and the importance of having personal savings.
Brett Icahn is emerging as the likely successor to one of the most famous investors of all time. But his father is not ready to hand over the reins just yet.
Here are seven stocks that moved on news in the past five days.
Falling oil and gas prices cause problems for energy companies, but are delivering a surprise windfall for some U.S. bondholders.
A strong dollar continues to eat into the profit margins of American companies, contributing to what is expected to be 2019’s weakest quarter for corporate earnings.
Familiar legal threat for generic drug stocks returns after UnitedHealth sues over alleged price fixing.
U.S. stocks fell on global growth worries, but the S&P 500 still had a modest gain for the week after a strong kickoff to corporate earnings season.
The shift in sentiment took place as investors cheered a “phase one” trade deal between the U.S. and China that prevented additional tariffs from taking effect and a preliminary Brexit deal between the U.K. and European Union.
Schlumberger, the world’s largest oil-field services company, forecasts a slowdown in U.S. drilling activity due to weak commodity prices and exhausted budgets at the exploration and production companies for which it works.
State Street posted quarterly results that beat Wall Street estimates and offered investors some signs of a turnaround. The custody bank’s shares jumped.
The world seems more tumultuous than it has in years. Congress is weighing impeachment, the U.K. is on the verge of a momentous vote regarding its role in Europe, and the U.S. and China are still mired in a trade war. Yet the S&P 500 is still near its all-time high.
The New York Fed added $56.65 billion in liquidity to financial markets on Friday.
You don’t need a huge amount of money to buy at least part of a minor-league team. Just make sure you’re OK losing your investment.
The recent “megalopolis” report by Euromonitor makes the valid observation that the global economy is increasingly being driven by huge areas of adjacent cities. But the report may have overreached with some odd and overly broad definitions of what constitutes a megalopolis.
Coca-Cola is generating strong sales growth but still suffering a drag from the strong dollar. Investors should focus on the former and not worry too much about the latter.
The SEC is making financial information simpler. But it’s not yet simple enough.
General Motors, the top U.S. automaker, will need to reassure investors in its financial results that cost-savings targets and downturn preparation are on track.
AT&T, which is in the midst of a battle with activist shareholder Elliott Management, might be able to swat away a few of the hedge fund Elliott’s more dramatic ideas if it just settles on a few of its lesser asks now.
Consumers harmed by financial firms got back $777 million through actions by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau during the last fiscal year, the largest amount in four years.
American Express’s profit and revenue climbed in the third quarter, along with its provision for losses.
The co-founder of women’s fashion brand Lafayette 148 New York discusses the personal sacrifices she had to make as an entrepreneur and the importance of having personal savings.
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- Boeing 737 MAX test pilot grappled with simulator flaws, tooIn newly released instant messages from 2016, a top Boeing Co 737 MAX test pilot tells a colleague that the jet's MCAS flight control system - the same one linked to two fatal crashes - was "running rampant in the (simulator) on me."
- Exclusive: Electric Hummer could be part of GM's move into EV trucks, SUVs - sourcesGeneral Motors Co plans to build a new family of premium electric pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles at its Detroit-Hamtramck plant beginning in late 2021, possibly reviving the imposing Hummer brand on some of them, several people familiar with the plans said.
- Trump hopes U.S.-China trade deal will be signed by middle of NovemberU.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he thinks a trade deal between the United States and China will be signed by the time the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings take place in Chile on Nov. 16 and 17.
- China says will work with the U.S. to address each other's core concernsChinese Vice Premier Liu He said on Saturday that China will work with the United States to address each other's core concerns on the basis of equality and mutual respect, and that stopping the trade war would be good for both sides and the world.
- U.S. considers extension of Chevron's Venezuela waiver with more limitations: BloombergThe United States is considering extending Chevron Corp's waiver to operate in Venezuela with more limitations by granting the company a 90-day sanctions reprieve, Bloomberg reported late on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
- Mnuchin backs proposal to double IMF's crisis fundU.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday said he welcomes a proposal to double the size of the International Monetary Fund's $250 billion crisis lending fund as part of a deal to maintain overall IMF resources.
- Exclusive: Huawei in early talks with U.S. firms to license 5G platform - Huawei executiveBlacklisted Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei is in early-stage talks with some U.S. telecoms companies about licensing its 5G network technology to them, a Huawei executive told Reuters on Friday.
- Opioid settlement talks fail, landmark trial expected MondayA landmark trial over the U.S. opioid epidemic is on track to begin on Monday after drug companies and local governments failed to agree on a settlement on Friday that had been expected to be valued at around $50 billion.
- Boeing pilots' messages on 737 MAX safety raise new questionsA Boeing Co senior pilot said he might have unintentionally misled regulators, in a series of internal messages from 2016 that became public Friday, plunging the world's largest airplane maker into a fresh crisis.
- FAA turns over emails from former Boeing 737 pilotThe U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday turned over 10 pages of emails to Congress from a former chief technical pilot on the Boeing 737 MAX that disclosed new details of the company's efforts to win approval from regulators around the world and drew the ire of a top Democratic lawmaker.
- Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd dies at 62Oracle Corp's 62-year-old co-chief Mark Hurd died on Friday morning, the company said, an unexpected development that raises pressure on co-CEO Safra Catz to lead the business software maker's ongoing transition to cloud computing.
- Senior U.S. lawmaker says Boeing must shake-up management after 737 MAX crashesThe chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Friday said Boeing Co must shake-up its management team and Congress must reform how new airplanes are certified following the disclosure of internal messages about the 737 MAX involved in two deadly crashes.
- J&J recalls 33,000 bottles of baby powder as FDA finds asbestos in sampleJohnson & Johnson said on Friday it is recalling around 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the United States after U.S. health regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in samples taken from a bottle purchased online.
- Johnson & Johnson says baby powder investigation could take 30 days or moreJohnson & Johnson said on Friday its investigation into asbestos contamination of its baby powder could take 30 days or more, after announcing it planned to recall about 33,000 bottles of the product in the United States.
- FDA alerts consumers of J&J baby powder recall, says it stands by testsThe U.S. Food & Drug Administration said on Friday that it found that a sample from one lot of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder contained chrysotile fibers, a type of asbestos, confirming test results the company disclosed earlier on Friday.
- Exclusive: Lampert helps bankroll Sears as woes persist after bankruptcy - sourcesU.S. retailer Sears has borrowed about $150 million from lenders, including its billionaire owner Eddie Lampert, as it racks up losses less than a year after it emerged from bankruptcy protection, people familiar with the matter said.
- Judge's unorthodox approach has huge opioid settlement within reachFrom the start of the sprawling U.S. litigation seeking to hold drugmakers and distributors liable for the country's opioid epidemic, Judge Dan Polster has made one thing clear: he never wanted a trial.
- News Corp to supply headlines for Facebook's upcoming news tabFacebook Inc's upcoming news tab will feature headlines from the Wall Street Journal and some other News Corp media properties when it launches in fall of 2019, the social network said on Friday.
- Boeing, J&J, dismal China data drag Wall Street lowerWall Street fell on Friday as negative headlines about Johnson & Johnson and Boeing, along with bleak economic data from China, soured investor risk appetite and offset generally positive corporate earnings.
- Dollar weakens on Brexit, shares sapped by weaker China growthThe dollar posted its worst week in almost four months on Friday, pummeled by sterling and euro rallies driven by a deal on Britain's departure from the European Union, while China's weakest growth in nearly three decades weighed on equities.
In newly released instant messages from 2016, a top Boeing Co 737 MAX test pilot tells a colleague that the jet's MCAS flight control system - the same one linked to two fatal crashes - was "running rampant in the (simulator) on me."
General Motors Co plans to build a new family of premium electric pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles at its Detroit-Hamtramck plant beginning in late 2021, possibly reviving the imposing Hummer brand on some of them, several people familiar with the plans said.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he thinks a trade deal between the United States and China will be signed by the time the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings take place in Chile on Nov. 16 and 17.
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said on Saturday that China will work with the United States to address each other's core concerns on the basis of equality and mutual respect, and that stopping the trade war would be good for both sides and the world.
The United States is considering extending Chevron Corp's waiver to operate in Venezuela with more limitations by granting the company a 90-day sanctions reprieve, Bloomberg reported late on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday said he welcomes a proposal to double the size of the International Monetary Fund's $250 billion crisis lending fund as part of a deal to maintain overall IMF resources.
Blacklisted Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei is in early-stage talks with some U.S. telecoms companies about licensing its 5G network technology to them, a Huawei executive told Reuters on Friday.
A landmark trial over the U.S. opioid epidemic is on track to begin on Monday after drug companies and local governments failed to agree on a settlement on Friday that had been expected to be valued at around $50 billion.
A Boeing Co senior pilot said he might have unintentionally misled regulators, in a series of internal messages from 2016 that became public Friday, plunging the world's largest airplane maker into a fresh crisis.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday turned over 10 pages of emails to Congress from a former chief technical pilot on the Boeing 737 MAX that disclosed new details of the company's efforts to win approval from regulators around the world and drew the ire of a top Democratic lawmaker.
Oracle Corp's 62-year-old co-chief Mark Hurd died on Friday morning, the company said, an unexpected development that raises pressure on co-CEO Safra Catz to lead the business software maker's ongoing transition to cloud computing.
The chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Friday said Boeing Co must shake-up its management team and Congress must reform how new airplanes are certified following the disclosure of internal messages about the 737 MAX involved in two deadly crashes.
Johnson & Johnson said on Friday it is recalling around 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the United States after U.S. health regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in samples taken from a bottle purchased online.
Johnson & Johnson said on Friday its investigation into asbestos contamination of its baby powder could take 30 days or more, after announcing it planned to recall about 33,000 bottles of the product in the United States.
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration said on Friday that it found that a sample from one lot of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder contained chrysotile fibers, a type of asbestos, confirming test results the company disclosed earlier on Friday.
U.S. retailer Sears has borrowed about $150 million from lenders, including its billionaire owner Eddie Lampert, as it racks up losses less than a year after it emerged from bankruptcy protection, people familiar with the matter said.
From the start of the sprawling U.S. litigation seeking to hold drugmakers and distributors liable for the country's opioid epidemic, Judge Dan Polster has made one thing clear: he never wanted a trial.
Facebook Inc's upcoming news tab will feature headlines from the Wall Street Journal and some other News Corp media properties when it launches in fall of 2019, the social network said on Friday.
Wall Street fell on Friday as negative headlines about Johnson & Johnson and Boeing, along with bleak economic data from China, soured investor risk appetite and offset generally positive corporate earnings.
The dollar posted its worst week in almost four months on Friday, pummeled by sterling and euro rallies driven by a deal on Britain's departure from the European Union, while China's weakest growth in nearly three decades weighed on equities.
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- Elizabeth Warren Overtakes Joe Biden In Democratic Presidential Race: IBD/TIPP PollElizabeth Warren has taken a narrow lead over Joe Biden in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, the October IBD/TIPP Poll found.
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- Americans Back Trump Impeachment Inquiry — And Biden Probe: IBD/TIPP PollIBD/TIPP Poll: Americans see the president's Ukraine actions as impeachable and favor a Trump impeachment inquiry, but the public also wants a former VP Joe Biden investigated.
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- Trump Job Approval, Direction Of Country: IBD/TIPP PollThe IBD/TIPP Presidential Leadership Index tracks President Trump's job approval rating and the overall leadership index.
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- Pelosi Drug Pricing Plan Puts Big Pharma In 2020 Election Hot SeatThe House Speaker Nancy Pelosi drug pricing plan aims to turn the 2020 election into a referendum on Big Pharma and Medicare drug prices.
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- Trump Job Approval, Direction Of Country: IBD/TIPP PollThe IBD/TIPP Presidential Leadership Index tracks President Trump's job approval rating and the overall leadership index.
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- Biden Has 13-Point Lead Over Trump As President's Job Approval Slides: IBD/TIPP PollJoe Biden has a big lead over President Trump, whose job approval fell to a six-month-low 40%, the August IBD/TIPP Poll showed. The former VP also is well ahead of key Democratic rivals.
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- Trump Job Approval, Direction Of Country For August 2019: IBD/TIPP PollEach month, the IBD/TIPP Poll, a collaboration between Investor's Business Daily and TechnoMetrica, produces an exclusive Presidential Leadership Index. In addition to tracking President Donald Trump's job approval rating, the... Read More
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- Trump Job Approval, Direction Of Country: IBD/TIPP PollThe IBD/TIPP Presidential Leadership Index tracks President Trump's job approval rating and the overall leadership index.
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- Trump Job Approval, Direction Of Country: IBD/TIPP Poll For July 2019The IBD/TIPP Presidential Leadership Index tracks President Trump's job approval rating and the overall leadership index.
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- Trump Job Approval, Direction Of Country: IBD/TIPP Poll For June 2019The IBD/TIPP Presidential Leadership Index fell 3.2% in June to 45.5, after rising 5.4% to 47 in May.
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- Trump Job Approval, Direction Of Country For May 2019: IBD/TIPP PollThe IBD/TIPP Presidential Leadership Index rose 5.4% to 47 in May, following April's 0.7% drop.
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- IBD/TIPP Poll: No Trump Bump From End Of Mueller InvestigationPresident Donald Trump's ratings saw little or no bump from the end of the Mueller investigation in early April after sharp March gains, a new IBD/TIPP Poll shows.
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- Trump Job Approval, Direction Of Country For April 2019: IBD/TIPP PollThe IBD/TIPP Presidential Leadership Index dipped 0.7% in April to 44.6 after jumping 7.2% in March. President Trump's job approval was unchanged at 41%.
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- Trump Skewers 2020 Election Message, Health Care StocksThe Trump administration just backed a long shot challenge to ObamaCare. Health care stocks fell but the bigger story may be Trump's 2020 election prospects.
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- Brexit Deal Fails Again In U.K. Vote, Putting All Options In PlayU.K. Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal was rejected once again by Parliament, throwing the country deeper into political crisis.
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- Green New Deal Support May Cost Politicians Votes: IBD/TIPP PollAttempting to pass the so-called Green New Deal in Congress could hold political peril for the Democratic Party in 2020, a new IBD/TIPP Poll suggests.
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- Trump Approval Gains On End Of Shutdown, China Trade Hopes: IBD/TIPP PollThe nation's mood has brightened considerably and, along with it, President Trump's approval ratings have risen, March's IBD/TIPP Poll shows.
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- Trump Job Approval, Direction Of Country For March 2019: IBD/TIPP PollThe IBD/TIPP Presidential Leadership Index rose 7.2% in March to 44.9, more than erasing February's 4.8% decline.
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- Is Global Warming A Hoax? Discover The Climate Change Facts And FictionIs global warming a hoax? Is man-made climate change really happening? Are C02 emissions causing more forest fires, hurricanes and other natural disasters? Track the latest evidence in the great global warming debate.
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- The Four High-Tax States Of The ApocalypseThe new United Van Lines data were just released that are a good proxy for where Americans are moving to and from. Guess what four states had the highest percentage of leavers in 2018.
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- How Does 'Boss' AOC Plan To Pay For Her $93 Trillion Green New Deal?Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she's "boss" of the "Green New Deal." Maybe she can explain were the $93 trillion needed to pay for it will come. Taxing the rich won't even scratch the surface.
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- Venezuela's Maduro Has A Choice — He Can Leave On His Own, Or With A Military Escort"Maduro must go," Vice President Pence said of the Venezuelan dictator who ruined his country. He has a choice: Either leave freely, or at the end of a gun.
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- Our Climate Solution? It May Be Written In the StarsThe best way to really go "green" with energy is through technology and innovation. When it comes to slashing CO2 emissions, that means fusion power.
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- Should We Fear Budget Deficits? AbsolutelyWhen two well-regarded economists say federal debt and deficits don't matter that much, you should pay attention. Because their ideas are dangerously wrong.
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- Are Democrats Offering Economic Policies, Or Pipe Dreams?The Democratic presidential candidates endorse a variety of far-reaching proposals that, if adopted, would represent the largest increase in federal spending since Lyndon Johnson's Great Society.
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- Religious Freedom: The Supreme Court Can Undo Confusion With Its Ruling On This WWI MemorialFor decades the Supreme Court entangled itself in Establishment Clause decisions that have been, in the words of Alice in Wonderland, curiouser and curiouser. On Wednesday, it can undo some of that.
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- Socialism In U.S. Threatens Recession, Trump Jobs Recovery, And Foreign PolicyIn Venezuela, socialism has claimed another victim. It's the same story: Well-to-do nations go socialist, then go broke. Don't let Democrats do it here.
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- Can The U.S. Meet The Huawei Challenge?Is the U.S.' get-tough stance with China's telecom giant Huawei just another salvo in the trade wars with China, or is Huawei a real security threat? Both.
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- Green New Deal Strengthens Putin But Weakens America Progressives in Congress just rolled out their "Green New Deal," meant to end U.S. reliance on fossil fuels. It will only make us dependent on dictators.
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- Revealed: How The CBO Saved ObamaCare With Bogus ForecastsHow do you enact a massive new program, and then keep it from being repealed after it fails? It's simple. Just pull the numbers out of thin air.
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- Congress' New Progressive Class Wants To Get Hold Of Buffett's BillionsProgressives all want to get their hands on the money of wealthy people like Warren Buffett. But it comes with a cost: Lower investment, and fewer jobs.
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- Andrew McCabe, The Justice Department's Jussie SmollettThis man will say anything. Truth means nothing. He's worse than Comey.
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- Despite Short-Term Ruckus, Long-Term Progress On The BorderDespite angry rhetoric and an unsatisfactory compromise, there's also reason for some long-term progress in narrowing the gap between two nations on each side of a border that's been problematic since 1846.
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- FBI Officials Wanted To Charge Hillary Clinton — Turns Out, They Should HaveContrary to what former FBI Director James Comey said, top FBI officials wanted to charge Hillary Clinton for criminally misusing her homebrew email server and compromising American secrets.
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- Over-Zealous Antitrust Enforcement Vs. National Interest: The Case Of Qualcomm And 5GThe U.S. government is undermining our economic and security interests by its antitrust attack on Qualcomm as it develops next-generation 5G technology.
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- The True Lessons Of Amazon's Tax Bill And The Refund RuckusWhat is the real lesson to be learned from Amazon’s HQ2 misadventure, zero corporate tax bills and the tax refunds ruckus?
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- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has A Serious Billionaire ProblemAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez says billionaires are immoral. She also thinks the U.S. should be more like Sweden and Norway. So she wants more billionaires here?
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- Changing Reality With WordsThe reinvention of vocabulary can often be more effective than any social protest movement.
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- Socialized Childcare: Elizabeth Warren's Plan Means Soaring Taxes, Federal Control Over Your KidsPresidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has yet another great socialist idea: "Free" childcare. In fact, it would lead to higher taxes and soaring costs.
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- Why Did So Many Eagerly Buy Jussie Smollet's Story?Maxine Waters not only believed openly gay black actor Jussie Smollett's tale of being attacked by homophobic Trump-supporters, she — and many other big-name Democrats — knew exactly whom to blame.
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- Elizabeth Warren And The False Promise Of Universal PreschoolDecade after decade, this old chestnut is trotted out as a pro-family, pro-middle class reform. It's not.
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- $15 Minimum Wage Sparks A Jobs Recession In New YorkWhen Amazon pulled out of New York, the loss of 25,000 future jobs made headlines. What isn't making headlines are the thousands of jobs destroyed by the city's $15 minimum wage.
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- Jussie Smollett And The 'Fake First' MediaThe "just the facts" news media once again falls for a hoax that fits their narrative of racist Trump supporters.
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- Amazon Delivers A Lesson: Low Taxes Are The Best Sweetheart DealWinning requires low taxes and deregulation that benefit every company — whether it's big or small, new to the state or homegrown.
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- Rogue Bank Regulators Need To Stop Treating Bankers Like PiratesIn response to the financial crisis, Obama-era bank regulators initiated an "us vs. them" supervisory process where . It hasn't worked.
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- Bogus Gun Research On Mass ShootingsWhy are guns on the Democrats' "emergency" list anyway? One reason is sloppy reporting by lazy media.
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- Rod Rosenstein Out, William Barr In: Time To Investigate Deep State Plot Against TrumpAs Rod Rosenstein leaves the Justice Department, it's time to take stock of the Deep State's damage. Attorney General William Barr is the one for the job.
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- Would Barack Obama Be Too Conservative For Today's Democrats?When Bernie Sanders announced on Tuesday that he was running for president, the only surprising thing was how much competition he'll have on the far left.
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- Do Leftists Believe What They Say?Truth is not a left-wing value.
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- Where Did All The Free-Trade Democrats Go?Killing the USMCA would hurt the voters and hometown businesses in the districts the Democrats represent.
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- President Trump: Why Not Propose a Truly 'Green' New Deal?Hidden in President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address last week — and practically uncommented upon — was the seed of a revolutionary political platform.
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- John Kenneth Galbraith's 'The Affluent Society' RevisitedJohn Kenneth Galbraith's "The Affluent Society" survives as one of the most influential books of the last half of the 20th century.
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- Presidents Day: Washington And Lincoln As Relevant Today As EverAs another Presidents Day is upon us, it's important to remember America's two greatest presidents: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
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- Socialism Isn't What It Used To BeTime was, socialism meant thorough collectivism: state ownership of the means of production (including arable land), distribution and exchange.
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- Here's Why N.Y. Lost Amazon's HQ2 ... Hint, It Wasn't Because Of Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAmazon's decision to pull the plug on the New York half of its "HQ2" shows just how inhospitable the state has become to businesses.
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- Streamlining Drug Approvals Can Spur Innovation And Cut CostsThe FDA recently issued new draft rules that could speed up the development of breakthrough medicines and save millions of lives. It can't happen too fast.
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- Border Wall: The Talk Is Done — Time To Build President Donald Trump signed a budget deal and ended the possibility of a second government shutdown. Now, Trump has to build the border wall as promised.
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- Why Do Some Local Economies Thrive While Others Struggle? Liberals Won't Like The AnswerLiberals aren't going to like the answer.
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- New York Should Be Happy Amazon Has Changed Its MindNew York rejected Amazon's bid to build a "second headquarters" in the city. New Yorkers shouldn't fret. Thanks to massive subsidies, it was a bad deal.
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- Why Are So Many 2020 Candidates Backing The Farcical Green New Deal?Why have presidential candidates Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren endorsed this foolishness?
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- Harrison Ford's Climate Horror StoryWhy is it that climate doomsday is always 10 years away?
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- The Green New Deal Is Make BelieveFor the sake of argument, let's assume that the Green New Deal achieves its stated goals over a decade.
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- Andrew McCabe Confirms: Deep State Plotted To Take Down TrumpFormer FBI No. 2 Andrew McCabe admits he and others plotted to have Trump removed from office. Clearly, those who say there's no Deep State are wrong.
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- You Can't Say That on Twitter?She tweeted that "men are not women," and for that, Meghan Murphy, feminist journalist, was banned from Twitter.
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- Attention Working Americans: Democrats Want To Hike Payroll Taxes By $1.5 TrillionAmid all the hoopla about Democrats wanting to raise taxes on the rich, they are quietly working on a bill that would increase taxes on every working family in America.
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- Reality Continues To Leak From American LifeDo Democrats pushing the Green New Deal have any idea how the actual New Deal fared?
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- The Mythologies Of 'Joe Being Joe' BidenThe folksy Joe Biden is hardly the sober and judicious alternative to a supposedly reckless Donald Trump.
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- The Virginia Blackface FolliesGuess which group is least offended by the blackface scandals embroiling Virginia Democrats right now.
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- Robert Mueller Scheduled For Democrats' 'Two Minutes Of Hate'As Robert Mueller's report on President Trump and Russia nears completion, Democrats worry it won't be damning. Mueller beware: You'll be their next target.
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- Could California's Doomed Bullet Train Fund Trump's Border Wall?Gov. Gavin Newsom just pulled the plug on the California's bullet train boondoggle. President Trump should demand the $3.5 billion the federal grants back, so he can put it to better use.
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- Trump's Drug Pricing Scheme Will Hurt Seniors And Health Care ProvidersPresident Trump bashed "Medicare for all" because it would hand health care decisions to the bureaucrats in D.C. But his plan to cut drug prices would do the same thing.
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- Is It Time To Bring Back Commercial Juries?Commercial lawsuits often involve huge sums of money. Instead of trying them before a jury of lay-people, why not use special commercial juries instead?
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- Whistling Past The 'Green New Deal'Why aren't the mainstream media treating the radical Green New Deal with the derision it deserves?
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- The Republicas' 'Pouncing' ProblemWhy is it that whenever a Democrat does something outrageous, the media focuses only on how Republicans respond?
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- Here's A Better Way To Educate KidsThere must be a better way to keep kids interested in school than drugging them.
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- Trump Should Take Democrats' Wall Deal And Run With ItUnder the proposed budget deal, Trump will get just a pittance to build the border wall. He should take the deal and build it anyway.
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- Someone Just Noticed The Middle-Class Revival Going On Under TrumpDid you know that there's a middle-class revival going on right now?
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- Will Trump Win Re-Election? Behavioral Economics May Hold The AnswerPresident Trump is clearly one of the most polarizing recent presidents. But behavioral economics explains why, despite that, he'll likely be re-elected.
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- Green Is The New RedUnless conservatives defeat and discredit dingbat ideas like the Green New Deal, America will be on its way to becoming a socialist nation.
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- U.S.-China Trade Deal: Not Much At Stake, Except The Global EconomyWhat's at stake with the U.S.-China trade deal, which could be concluded later this week? Nothing, really, apart from the health of the global economy.
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- Democrats Revealed Their True Open Border StripesAre Democrats serious about border protection? Then why are they opposed to a wall and want to make it easier for illegals to stay?
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- America's Unilateral Disarmament In The Resource WarsAmerica's elite warriors depend on 23 critical, but rare, minerals. Unfortunately, we produce few of them. Potential foes, such as China, do.
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- Apple Isn't So Interested In Diversity After AllThe SEC just issued a stunning rebuke to Apple over the issue of ideological diversity.
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- Government, Not Its Shutdown, Is The Real Problem Many were inconvenienced by the recent government shutdown. But don't blame the shutdown. Blame big government that promises much, but delivers little.
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- Question For Elizabeth Warren: What's Wrong With Just Being 'An American'?By asserting actual kinship with Native Americans, Elizabeth Warren has frequently used her "roots" to play a role in identity politics.
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- The Social Security FantasyOne of the great challenges of our time is to prevent Social Security and other programs for the elderly from taking over the national government.
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- Limited Government Requires A Limited PresidentLimited government requires a limited president, which requires limits on what Congress can give away.
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- Illinois Gov. Pritzker's Rookie Mistake: Hiking Taxes On The RichIllinois has struggled for years with its disastrous finances. Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker thinks a tax hike on the rich will solve the problem. It won't.
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- Fact Check This: Quality Of Life Is Up Sharply Under TrumpWhen Trump rattled off a series of economic successes in his State of the Union, he could have added one more. The public's quality of life has improved sharply in the past two years.
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- SEC Should Address Retail Investor Concern Over Proxy AdvisorsIndex fund managers often use proxy advisory firms to guide them in voting on corporate matters. That leads to poor, socially driven corporate governance.
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- Trump's State of the Union Address Meets Late-Night ResistanceOne could easily consider the late-night talk shows to be the Democrat rebuttal.
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- Trump's Surprisingly Reflective And Disciplined State Of The UnionAbsent from Trump's speech was the note of contempt for those with different views that is typical of many of his tweets
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- Democrats' 'Green New Deal' Is Really A Call For Enviro-SocialismThe far-left Democrats finally unveiled their plan for their "Green New Deal." It's a shocking document, essentially a call for enviro-socialism in America.
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- Run, Howard Schultz, Run — Don't Give In To Democrat BulliesStarbucks tycoon Howard Schultz had barely mentioned a possible independent bid for president before an angry Democratic mob descended on him. He should ignore them.
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- America Just Witnessed A Miracle — Energy IndependenceThe once-unimaginable is now a reality: Last year, the U.S. became No. 1 oil producer in the world. It means more oil, but also greater global influence.
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- NFL's Kaepernick Still Calls Criminal Justice System 'Racist' — Despite Reforms And Lack Of EvidenceNo one doubts the existence of bad cops or of cops who make poor decisions or who use poor judgement. But where's the evidence of "systemic" racism?
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- The Return Of Ancient PrejudicesThe more attitudes and agendas may change, the more they stay the same.
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- Russia Exploits 'Yellow Vest' Turmoil In France, TooFrench President Emanuel Macron is already having trouble with Yellow Vet protests. Now, Russia is moving to take advantage by sowing discord and mistrust.
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- Elizabeth Warren's Last StandPresidential wannabe Elizabeth Warren's obfuscation about her Native American heritage may have finally done her in.
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- State Of The Union: The President Wakes Up — Will the Democrats?Like every Donald Trump speech, the President’s second State of the Union speech was all over the place and offered a little of everything.
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Elizabeth Warren has taken a narrow lead over Joe Biden in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, the October IBD/TIPP Poll found.
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IBD/TIPP Poll: Americans see the president's Ukraine actions as impeachable and favor a Trump impeachment inquiry, but the public also wants a former VP Joe Biden investigated.
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The IBD/TIPP Presidential Leadership Index tracks President Trump's job approval rating and the overall leadership index.
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The House Speaker Nancy Pelosi drug pricing plan aims to turn the 2020 election into a referendum on Big Pharma and Medicare drug prices.
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The IBD/TIPP Presidential Leadership Index tracks President Trump's job approval rating and the overall leadership index.
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Joe Biden has a big lead over President Trump, whose job approval fell to a six-month-low 40%, the August IBD/TIPP Poll showed. The former VP also is well ahead of key Democratic rivals.
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The IBD/TIPP Presidential Leadership Index tracks President Trump's job approval rating and the overall leadership index.
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The IBD/TIPP Presidential Leadership Index tracks President Trump's job approval rating and the overall leadership index.
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The IBD/TIPP Presidential Leadership Index fell 3.2% in June to 45.5, after rising 5.4% to 47 in May.
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The IBD/TIPP Presidential Leadership Index rose 5.4% to 47 in May, following April's 0.7% drop.
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President Donald Trump's ratings saw little or no bump from the end of the Mueller investigation in early April after sharp March gains, a new IBD/TIPP Poll shows.
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The IBD/TIPP Presidential Leadership Index dipped 0.7% in April to 44.6 after jumping 7.2% in March. President Trump's job approval was unchanged at 41%.
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The Trump administration just backed a long shot challenge to ObamaCare. Health care stocks fell but the bigger story may be Trump's 2020 election prospects.
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U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal was rejected once again by Parliament, throwing the country deeper into political crisis.
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Attempting to pass the so-called Green New Deal in Congress could hold political peril for the Democratic Party in 2020, a new IBD/TIPP Poll suggests.
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The nation's mood has brightened considerably and, along with it, President Trump's approval ratings have risen, March's IBD/TIPP Poll shows.
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The IBD/TIPP Presidential Leadership Index rose 7.2% in March to 44.9, more than erasing February's 4.8% decline.
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Is global warming a hoax? Is man-made climate change really happening? Are C02 emissions causing more forest fires, hurricanes and other natural disasters? Track the latest evidence in the great global warming debate.
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The new United Van Lines data were just released that are a good proxy for where Americans are moving to and from. Guess what four states had the highest percentage of leavers in 2018.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she's "boss" of the "Green New Deal." Maybe she can explain were the $93 trillion needed to pay for it will come. Taxing the rich won't even scratch the surface.
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"Maduro must go," Vice President Pence said of the Venezuelan dictator who ruined his country. He has a choice: Either leave freely, or at the end of a gun.
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The best way to really go "green" with energy is through technology and innovation. When it comes to slashing CO2 emissions, that means fusion power.
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When two well-regarded economists say federal debt and deficits don't matter that much, you should pay attention. Because their ideas are dangerously wrong.
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The Democratic presidential candidates endorse a variety of far-reaching proposals that, if adopted, would represent the largest increase in federal spending since Lyndon Johnson's Great Society.
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For decades the Supreme Court entangled itself in Establishment Clause decisions that have been, in the words of Alice in Wonderland, curiouser and curiouser. On Wednesday, it can undo some of that.
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In Venezuela, socialism has claimed another victim. It's the same story: Well-to-do nations go socialist, then go broke. Don't let Democrats do it here.
The post Socialism In U.S. Threatens Recession, Trump Jobs Recovery, And Foreign Policy appeared first on Investor's Business Daily.
Is the U.S.' get-tough stance with China's telecom giant Huawei just another salvo in the trade wars with China, or is Huawei a real security threat? Both.
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Progressives in Congress just rolled out their "Green New Deal," meant to end U.S. reliance on fossil fuels. It will only make us dependent on dictators.
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How do you enact a massive new program, and then keep it from being repealed after it fails? It's simple. Just pull the numbers out of thin air.
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Progressives all want to get their hands on the money of wealthy people like Warren Buffett. But it comes with a cost: Lower investment, and fewer jobs.
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This man will say anything. Truth means nothing. He's worse than Comey.
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Despite angry rhetoric and an unsatisfactory compromise, there's also reason for some long-term progress in narrowing the gap between two nations on each side of a border that's been problematic since 1846.
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Contrary to what former FBI Director James Comey said, top FBI officials wanted to charge Hillary Clinton for criminally misusing her homebrew email server and compromising American secrets.
The post FBI Officials Wanted To Charge Hillary Clinton — Turns Out, They Should Have appeared first on Investor's Business Daily.
The U.S. government is undermining our economic and security interests by its antitrust attack on Qualcomm as it develops next-generation 5G technology.
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What is the real lesson to be learned from Amazon’s HQ2 misadventure, zero corporate tax bills and the tax refunds ruckus?
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says billionaires are immoral. She also thinks the U.S. should be more like Sweden and Norway. So she wants more billionaires here?
The post Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has A Serious Billionaire Problem appeared first on Investor's Business Daily.
The reinvention of vocabulary can often be more effective than any social protest movement.
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Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has yet another great socialist idea: "Free" childcare. In fact, it would lead to higher taxes and soaring costs.
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Maxine Waters not only believed openly gay black actor Jussie Smollett's tale of being attacked by homophobic Trump-supporters, she — and many other big-name Democrats — knew exactly whom to blame.
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Decade after decade, this old chestnut is trotted out as a pro-family, pro-middle class reform. It's not.
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When Amazon pulled out of New York, the loss of 25,000 future jobs made headlines. What isn't making headlines are the thousands of jobs destroyed by the city's $15 minimum wage.
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The "just the facts" news media once again falls for a hoax that fits their narrative of racist Trump supporters.
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Winning requires low taxes and deregulation that benefit every company — whether it's big or small, new to the state or homegrown.
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In response to the financial crisis, Obama-era bank regulators initiated an "us vs. them" supervisory process where . It hasn't worked.
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Why are guns on the Democrats' "emergency" list anyway? One reason is sloppy reporting by lazy media.
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As Rod Rosenstein leaves the Justice Department, it's time to take stock of the Deep State's damage. Attorney General William Barr is the one for the job.
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When Bernie Sanders announced on Tuesday that he was running for president, the only surprising thing was how much competition he'll have on the far left.
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Truth is not a left-wing value.
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Killing the USMCA would hurt the voters and hometown businesses in the districts the Democrats represent.
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Hidden in President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address last week — and practically uncommented upon — was the seed of a revolutionary political platform.
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John Kenneth Galbraith's "The Affluent Society" survives as one of the most influential books of the last half of the 20th century.
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As another Presidents Day is upon us, it's important to remember America's two greatest presidents: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
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Time was, socialism meant thorough collectivism: state ownership of the means of production (including arable land), distribution and exchange.
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Amazon's decision to pull the plug on the New York half of its "HQ2" shows just how inhospitable the state has become to businesses.
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The FDA recently issued new draft rules that could speed up the development of breakthrough medicines and save millions of lives. It can't happen too fast.
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President Donald Trump signed a budget deal and ended the possibility of a second government shutdown. Now, Trump has to build the border wall as promised.
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Liberals aren't going to like the answer.
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New York rejected Amazon's bid to build a "second headquarters" in the city. New Yorkers shouldn't fret. Thanks to massive subsidies, it was a bad deal.
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Why have presidential candidates Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren endorsed this foolishness?
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Why is it that climate doomsday is always 10 years away?
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For the sake of argument, let's assume that the Green New Deal achieves its stated goals over a decade.
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Former FBI No. 2 Andrew McCabe admits he and others plotted to have Trump removed from office. Clearly, those who say there's no Deep State are wrong.
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She tweeted that "men are not women," and for that, Meghan Murphy, feminist journalist, was banned from Twitter.
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Amid all the hoopla about Democrats wanting to raise taxes on the rich, they are quietly working on a bill that would increase taxes on every working family in America.
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Do Democrats pushing the Green New Deal have any idea how the actual New Deal fared?
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The folksy Joe Biden is hardly the sober and judicious alternative to a supposedly reckless Donald Trump.
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Guess which group is least offended by the blackface scandals embroiling Virginia Democrats right now.
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As Robert Mueller's report on President Trump and Russia nears completion, Democrats worry it won't be damning. Mueller beware: You'll be their next target.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom just pulled the plug on the California's bullet train boondoggle. President Trump should demand the $3.5 billion the federal grants back, so he can put it to better use.
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President Trump bashed "Medicare for all" because it would hand health care decisions to the bureaucrats in D.C. But his plan to cut drug prices would do the same thing.
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Commercial lawsuits often involve huge sums of money. Instead of trying them before a jury of lay-people, why not use special commercial juries instead?
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Why aren't the mainstream media treating the radical Green New Deal with the derision it deserves?
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Why is it that whenever a Democrat does something outrageous, the media focuses only on how Republicans respond?
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There must be a better way to keep kids interested in school than drugging them.
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Under the proposed budget deal, Trump will get just a pittance to build the border wall. He should take the deal and build it anyway.
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Did you know that there's a middle-class revival going on right now?
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President Trump is clearly one of the most polarizing recent presidents. But behavioral economics explains why, despite that, he'll likely be re-elected.
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Unless conservatives defeat and discredit dingbat ideas like the Green New Deal, America will be on its way to becoming a socialist nation.
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What's at stake with the U.S.-China trade deal, which could be concluded later this week? Nothing, really, apart from the health of the global economy.
The post U.S.-China Trade Deal: Not Much At Stake, Except The Global Economy appeared first on Investor's Business Daily.
Are Democrats serious about border protection? Then why are they opposed to a wall and want to make it easier for illegals to stay?
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America's elite warriors depend on 23 critical, but rare, minerals. Unfortunately, we produce few of them. Potential foes, such as China, do.
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The SEC just issued a stunning rebuke to Apple over the issue of ideological diversity.
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Many were inconvenienced by the recent government shutdown. But don't blame the shutdown. Blame big government that promises much, but delivers little.
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By asserting actual kinship with Native Americans, Elizabeth Warren has frequently used her "roots" to play a role in identity politics.
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One of the great challenges of our time is to prevent Social Security and other programs for the elderly from taking over the national government.
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Limited government requires a limited president, which requires limits on what Congress can give away.
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Illinois has struggled for years with its disastrous finances. Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker thinks a tax hike on the rich will solve the problem. It won't.
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When Trump rattled off a series of economic successes in his State of the Union, he could have added one more. The public's quality of life has improved sharply in the past two years.
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Index fund managers often use proxy advisory firms to guide them in voting on corporate matters. That leads to poor, socially driven corporate governance.
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One could easily consider the late-night talk shows to be the Democrat rebuttal.
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Absent from Trump's speech was the note of contempt for those with different views that is typical of many of his tweets
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The far-left Democrats finally unveiled their plan for their "Green New Deal." It's a shocking document, essentially a call for enviro-socialism in America.
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Starbucks tycoon Howard Schultz had barely mentioned a possible independent bid for president before an angry Democratic mob descended on him. He should ignore them.
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The once-unimaginable is now a reality: Last year, the U.S. became No. 1 oil producer in the world. It means more oil, but also greater global influence.
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No one doubts the existence of bad cops or of cops who make poor decisions or who use poor judgement. But where's the evidence of "systemic" racism?
The post NFL's Kaepernick Still Calls Criminal Justice System 'Racist' — Despite Reforms And Lack Of Evidence appeared first on Investor's Business Daily.
The more attitudes and agendas may change, the more they stay the same.
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French President Emanuel Macron is already having trouble with Yellow Vet protests. Now, Russia is moving to take advantage by sowing discord and mistrust.
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Presidential wannabe Elizabeth Warren's obfuscation about her Native American heritage may have finally done her in.
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Like every Donald Trump speech, the President’s second State of the Union speech was all over the place and offered a little of everything.
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