2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (549+ words) With fertilizer prices spiking due to the Iran War and contributing to rising food prices, the White House on Monday quietly dropped tariffs on fertilizer imports from Morocco. Officially, that maneuver is meant to "ensure in the interim that United…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (628+ words) Energy Secretary Chris Wright declared Thursday, during an interview with CNBC at Idaho National Laboratory, that America had entered the "golden era" of nuclear energy. Wright's bold proclamation coincides with the Energy Department's launch this week of a $17.5 billion loan…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (123+ words) Andrew Heaton | 5.1.2026 10:00 AM California progressives are pushing for a tax on billionaires; so are senators like Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.). But as Andrew Heaton explains, such programs don't work. Just ask France. NEXT: The COVID Reckoning…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (471+ words) Jack Nicastro | 4.2.2026 7:30 AM A year ago today, President Donald Trump unveiled steep tariffs on imports from most countries. With these duties, he declared, "jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country." The president's tariffs have fallen well short…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (503+ words) The Trump administration is finally, slowly, beginning the process of refunding the illegal tariffs it collected over the past year, and some private companies say they will speed those refunds along to consumers. In theory, this is a straightforward act…...

1+ year, 4+ day ago   (429+ words) Tosin Akintola | 9.9.2025 2:45 PM Banks claims the GAIN AI Act "puts American companies and researchers before our adversaries like China." In practice, the proposal functions as a government-imposed price control that could distort supply chains and disrupt global semiconductor markets. Current…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago   (311+ words) Eugene Volokh | 12.10.2025 12:43 PM Peter E. Harrell & Jennifer Hillman (Lawfare) had an interesting post yesterday, "Unexpected Questions in Learning Resources v. Trump," with the subtitle "Are IEEPA tariffs permitted as either a lesser form of an embargo or the equivalent of a license…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (542+ words) The plan is not completely terrible. But many importers may still have difficulty getting the refund money owed to them. Ilya Somin | 4.16.2026 10:15 AM Roughly 330,000 importers who paid a combined $166 billion as part of President Trump's emergency tariffs are waiting on…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (494+ words) When the Trump administration tore up a trade agreement that allowed fresh tomatoes to be imported from Mexico without tariffs, the White House framed it as a victory for "American farmers, growers, and business owners." Experts in the produce industry,…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (449+ words) Jack Salmon | 3.17.2026 3:10 PM When President Donald Trump implemented his Liberation Day tariffs last spring, the president's senior adviser, Peter Navarro, suggested that these tariffs could generate an additional $700 billion a year. At the time, I estimated that a more realistic…...