Tariffs are not a realistic tax base. They're among the worst taxes imaginable " narrow, arbitrary, unstable and regressive. They tax investment more than consumption. They reward lobbying over efficiency. And the revenue they raise is but a fraction of annual government spending. Pretending they deliver both protection and revenue is not only dishonest, it risks undermining the very foundations of American prosperity. read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin landed on American soil Friday and set foot on a red carpet laid out by the Trump administration, greeted by a U.S. president eager to discuss the prospects for peace in Ukraine despite the Russian army bombing civilian targets throughout the day. A U.S. stealth bomber flew overhead at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage as Putin deplaned, and Trump offered him applause before the two men walked between U.S. fighter jets to the "Beast," the official U.S. presidential vehicle. The two leaders rode together to the meeting site. The pomp and circumstance for the Russian leader effectively ends his status as a pariah in Washington ever since he launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, leading to Europe's bloodiest conflict since the Second World War. read more
The official X account for Grok, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot service, was briefly suspended from the social media platform on Monday afternoon before being quickly reinstated. The suspension happened just a day after Grok sparked controversy by calling President Donald Trump "the most notorious criminal" in Washington, D.C., in a since-deleted post. Screenshots shared by X users showed that the account initially lost its verification status upon return, transitioning from the gold checkmark indicating xAI affiliation to a blue checkmark, before eventually being restored to its original verified status. Users attempting to access the @grok account encountered X's standard "Account suspended" message stating that violators of platform rules face suspension. Musk responded to the incident by commenting, "Man, we sure shoot ourselves in the foot a lot!"
The popularity of the Republican Party has fallen to the lowest level in two years, a new poll has suggested. read more
Visits to Las Vegas were down 11.3% in June 2025 versus a year earlier, according to data from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. read more
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