Mark Schiefelbein / AP Appeals Court Blocks Biden's Student Loan Cancellation Efforts: 'Almost Certainly Unlawful' Biden has spent much of his presidency attempting to cancel student debt for millions, but he continues to see resistance from the courts. By Warner Todd Huston April 5, 2024
Apu Gomes - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Popular Store Closing All 371 Locations Across Multiple States - Bidenomics Killed the Chain Bidenomics is destroying yet another big American chain store after this company decided to close every one of its discount stores. By Warner Todd Huston April 5, 2024
Juan Llauro / Shutterstock California Workers Left Jobless After Restaurant Closes Without Warning as $20 Minimum Wage Kicks In One former manager predicted tough times for fast food workers as California’s new wage law will undoubtedly put their feet to the fire. By Johnathan Jones April 5, 2024
Frederic J. Brown - AFP / Getty Images ; Justin Sullivan / Getty Images ; Bruce Bennett / Getty ImagesCommentary Burger King, In-N-Out, and Others Raise Prices Significantly 2 Days After California's $20 Minimum Wage Kicks In California's new minimum wage law is already making menu items more expensive as residents get a lesson in economics. By Samuel Short April 3, 2024
Javier Zayas / Getty ImagesCommentary They're Finally Doing It: Begin Kissing Your Gas Stove Goodbye Even though a substantial percentage of Washington state's energy comes from natural gas, its legislature and governor want it gone. By Mike Landry March 30, 2024
Joe Raedle / Getty ImagesCommentary Bidenomics: Trader Joe's Forced to Raise Price on Staple Item for First Time in Two Decades After over two decades of maintaining its price point, Trader Joe's is having to raise the price of one of its produce items by 20 percent. By Connor Cavanaugh March 27, 2024
Mark Schiefelbein / APCommentary The Baltimore Bridge Collapse Is Even More Devastating Than It Seems - It's an 'Economic Nuke Strike' As devastating as the Baltimore bridge collapse was at first glance, the economic consequences could be even more dire. By Allison Anton March 26, 2024
Natacha Pisarenko / APCommentary Libertarian Was Mocked When He Won Office and Gutted Government, Now Even Critics Can't Deny What's Happening The president's office said that the economic data were "the result of the national government's work to impose strong fiscal discipline." By C. Douglas Golden March 15, 2024
Justin Sullivan / Getty ImagesCommentary Dollar Tree, Family Dollar Closing Some 1,000 Stores in Bid to Survive Bidenomics What makes this news strange is that, in times of economic downturn, stores like Family Dollar and Dollar Tree typically thrive. By Allison Anton March 14, 2024
Brendan Smialowski - AFP / Getty ImagesPremium Biden's Budget Promises Deficit Cut, But His Inflation Reduction Act's Massive Cost Overruns Cast Doubt President Joe Biden is nothing if not a tax-and-spend liberal. His latest budget proposal is further proof of it. By Randy DeSoto March 13, 2024