By Richard McCarty As originally published at http://seiumonitor.com/living-lap-luxury/ According to a report it filed with the US Department of Labor, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) spent over $2.3 million at 4- to 5-star hotels around the world in 2016. (Data for 2017 is not yet available.) With […]

By Robert Romano President Donald Trump is keeping the promise he made in 2016 and is protecting the American steel industry, instituting a 25 percent tariff across the board on steel imports. No nations are excluded. The move comes as the U.S. imported 34.5 million metric tons […]

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By Natalia Castro Within the last month, more than 160 million Americans opened their bank accounts to find that the recently passed Republican tax plan provided them with a more substantial paycheck and more economic mobility. But one area of the tax code appears to have had unintentional consequence of […]

By Richard Manning As originally published at http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/376476-trump-stop-this-foreign-takeover-of-us-tech-giant In our globalized world, national security threats take many forms, and one area of increasing concern is the attacks on U.S. companies who are instrumental in building the nuts and bolts of the modern Internet. America’s free market […]

By Printus LeBlanc As the Trump administration looks for ways to fund infrastructure projects, the Economic Report to the President hinted at one of the options the administration may be looking at. Pages 184-186 highlight a program in Oregon that charges drivers based on the miles driven instead of being […]

By Richard McCarty As originally published at http://ufcwmonitor.com/workers-defeat-ufcw/ In recent years, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) has experienced a number of setbacks. Since 2001, the union has lost over 100,000 members. In addition to declining membership, the union has experienced unwanted press attention over the […]

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By Natalia Castro To avert constant Democratic threats of a government shutdown, President Trump and Congress have been forced to pass short-term spending bills. The next deadline to pass funding is now March 23, and Congressional Republicans must use the time before them to outline […]

By Rick Manning As originally published at https://townhall.com/columnists/rickmanning/2018/02/15/is-a-government-agencys-bad-science-a-gift-to-trial-lawyers-n2449218 In Greek mythology, Helen of Troy was the face that launched a thousand ships. When she left her husband, King Menelaus of Sparta for her lover Prince Paris of Troy, the Trojan War broke out that is mythologized by Homer, […]