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Yet Another Poll Shows Democrats Trail Republicans Among 2024 Voters In 2026 Midterms As Shutdown Grinds On
By Robert Romano Republicans continue to lead Democrats in the 2026 midterms’ generic Congressional ballot poll by Emerson College taken Oct. 13 to Oct. 14 among 2024 voters — that is, those people who actually voted in 2024…
Yet Another Poll Shows Democrats Trailing Republicans Among 2024 Voters In 2026 Midterms As Shutdown Grinds On
By Robert Romano Republicans continue to lead Democrats in the 2026 midterms’ generic Congressional ballot poll by Emerson College taken Oct. 13 to Oct. 14 among 2024 voters — that is, those people who actually voted in 2024…
Repo Market’s Warning Light is Flickering
After several years of calm, stress is again building in the hidden plumbing of the US financial system — the short-term funding markets that move trillions of dollars in overnight cash and securities each day. These markets,…
Big fight coming over UN global shipping tax
The Trump administration has thrown its full weight against a proposed net-zero shipping emissions plan about to be approved by the member countries of the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO). Three Cabinet…
Liberty, Risk, and Permission to Live Dangerously
When my eldest son was four years old, he climbed on top of a batting cage at a park in New Jersey. Several bystanders noticed and began to freak out. I called my son down and told him: “I’m fine with what you are doing, but…
Bureaucracy Without Brakes: Overregulation Closes Home-Based Garage
For 24 years, Gene Weierbach has operated his home-based car garage on his rural 16-acre property near Allentown, Pennsylvania. A well-loved mechanic, Gene chose this arrangement so he could help his wife Debbie care for…
President Trump is fixing FERC
The weaponization of government was a major driver of President Donald Trump’s historic comeback. From the Department of Justice labelling certain mothers “domestic terrorists” to the Transportation Safety Agency (TSA) adding…
Trump Admin blows up UN global carbon tax
A United Nations (UN) proposal for a global carbon tax, which threatened to raise consumer costs, was tabled on Friday following pressure from the Trump administration. Members of the International Maritime Organization…
Japan tries out osmotic energy
Residents of the Japanese coastal city of Fukuoka are pioneering the world’s first full-sized osmotic power plant — which generates electricity by mixing fresh water with saltwater. The plant, which opened on August 5,…
Democrats’ Lead In 2026 Congressional Ballot Shrinks To Lowest Since May Amid Shutdown And President Trump’s Mideast Peace Deal
By Manzanita Miller Democrats’ lead in the generic Congressional ballot is at the lowest point it has been since late May, with Democrats holding onto a meager 1.7 percentage point lead, down from 3.3 points just two weeks…
