Environmentalists rejoice as a 6-3 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court expands the requirement for seeking a federal permit under the Clean Water Act to include wastewater or sewage that makes its way to navigable waters through the ground. The statute had merely required a permit for ‘direct from the source’ pollutants. With two conservative […]
The Labor Department surprised economists and the stock market with robust job and wage growth in December. Will this turn the bears bullish, and lift Donald Trump’s prospects for reelection in 2020?
President Trump said he’d bring American manufacturing jobs back. He used tariffs, tax cuts and deregulation as tools to do that. Now, for the first time in years, U.S. Steel has a tentative deal with its union employees for a multi-year pay hike, a lump sum bonus and profit sharing. Plus, the firm is investing […]
President Trump announced this week he’ll force drug makers to include the monthly price of their medications in TV ads. He also told Attorney General Jeff Sessions to consider joining a lawsuit against makers of painkillers. Has Trump tired of winning when it comes to deregulation? Scott Ott leads Bill Whittle and Stephen Green to […]