I hope Trump pushes forward on tariffs. Hear me out. He has already backtracked faster than a hiker who spies a rattlesnake. Trump spent the first weeks of his second term spitting out tariff rates in a twitchy staccato. On Feb. 1, he announced 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada ...

What if the writ of habeas corpus has been guaranteed to the British since 1215 and to Americans since 1789? What if this encompasses the right of every person who is confined by the government against his or her will to compel the jailer to justify the confinement before a neutral ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Days before Republicans unveiled their sweeping tax cut plan, the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee had one last person to consult. He went to the White House, where he and President Donald Trump went over the legislation "line by line." "He was very happy ...

As I flew into Omaha for the first time, the only thing visible from my descending plane was cornfields. You could even see the tassels. I was wondering, where is the city? There certainly was a city, with a world-class medical center, famous zoo and great nightlife. Old school steakhouses ...

Last month, President Donald Trump proudly announced, “Liberation Day! ... The day American industry was reborn!” Reborn because of his tariffs, which he called, “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” This is just wrong. The first time he was president, Trump raised tariffs ...

Never mind. President Trump’s 145% tariffs on China ran smack into Stein’s law, the late economist Herb Stein’s famous axiom that “if something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” What was effectively an instant embargo on the biggest importer into the United States wasn’t ...