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American households could receive stimulus checks derived from cuts imposed by DOGE. In fact, there has been talk of DOGE checks from Department of Government Efficiency Chairman Elon Musk himself. But would the free money really help Americans?
First there was the first Trump trade war, which appeared to end before it began. Now, a dizzying Round Two has begun of the Trump tariff saga, and it isn’t clear what concessions will be made. But there is a common denominator: things change quickly under a Trump administration, with a rapid-fire news cycle and […]
SchiffGold’s commitment to gold arises from a strong belief in individual liberty, which is almost synonymous with what it means to be American. While personal independence from government overreach is informally a core American trait, it arose from unique historical circumstances that separated America from most other independent new nations. The American founding was ideologically […]
50 years ago, Hillsdale College released the first in a series of mailed pamphlets. At the time they could have no idea about how much this publicity arm of the college would grow in the future, or the amount of public discourse it would cause. Imprimis’ has become one of the most widely circulated academic […]
Every election Americans have been desensitized to claims of cutting spending and somehow getting everything they want at the same time. We expect that candidates will say we can have it all. We hypothetically know that cutting spending and government waste are good things, but they always take second priority to whatever urgent situation or […]
President Trump says he wants to be “The Tariff President,” fully embracing a longstanding and powerful tool in the economic arsenals of nations.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made a definitive statement during Tuesday’s Senate hearing, affirming that as long as he remains at the helm, the Fed will not develop its own digital currency. During his semiannual testimony on monetary policy and regulation, Powell was asked by Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) if he would commit to forgoing […]
Free banking is seen by many as something that should be left in 18th century Scotland. Free banking is where each bank issues their own note that is redeemable for a certain amount of a commodity, typically gold. The value of the note is determined by the assessed probability that that bank will indeed be […]
Global investors staged a broad selloff in technology stocks on Monday, wiping out a staggering $593 billion in market value from chipmaker Nvidia—an unprecedented one-day loss for any firm on Wall Street. The downward spiral took hold after Chinese startup DeepSeek announced a low-cost AI assistant that rapidly soared to the top of Apple’s App […]
Trump‘s border policy was one of the most controversial issues that made him the center of national attention during the news cycle leading up to the 2016 election. His radical and unashamed defense of the American border was shocking to many Republicans and Democrats alike. He seemed to have stepped away from the American ideal […]
