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As China increases tariffs on 128 U.S. products and the first sparks of a trade war begin to fly, President Trump demonstrates a failure to learn lessons from history in his pursuit to make tariffs great again.

Members of Congress refer to their just-passed government-funding legislation as the “omnibus spending bill.” But “omni-bust” would better describe it, because it reveals all the ways Congress is busted.

In a victory for the Texas economy and consumers, a U.S. District Court judge has ruled against an anti-competitive state law barring publicly traded companies from owning package liquor stores.

 For its next Hatton W. Sumners Distinguished Lecture Series event, IPI will host acclaimed civil liberties attorney Alan M. Dershowitz in Irving on Wednesday, March 28, 2018. The world-renowned litigator will share his concerns on the current state of political discourse.

Recent experience suggests that it is non-ISPs like Twitter and Facebook that are the real threat to openness.

“With the departure of Gary Cohn, many were concerned that an important voice for free markets would be missing from the administration,” stated Merrill Matthews, a scholar at the conservative  Institute for Policy Innovation. “Appointing Larry Kudlow should relieve those fears.”

Conservative free trade groups praised the move.  “With the departure of Gary Cohn, many were concerned that an important voice for free markets would be missing from the administration,” said Merrill Matthews, a scholar at the Institute for Policy Innovation. “Appointing Larry Kudlow should relieve those fears.”

The Institute for Policy Innovation is praising the expected naming of CNBC commentator and analyst Larry Kudlow to replace Gary Cohn as President Donald Trump's chief economic advisor (head of the National Economic Council).

President Trump has made a wise selection by appointing CNBC contributor, TV and radio host Larry Kudlow, whose creed is “free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity,” to be his chief economic advisor as head of the National Economic Council.

The RFS is the latest phase in Congress's decades-long support for the ethanol industry. The problem is that support has outlived its usefulness.