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For months, economic commentators parroted the Harris campaign’s misleading talking point that tariffs are a "sales tax." Like much of economists’ conventional wisdom, this view is fundamentally incorrect. The reflexive opposition to tariffs represents political ideology and advocacy, not considered economic thought.The truth is that tariffs have a long and storied history as both a revenue-raising tool and a way of protecting strategically important industries in the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has added a third leg to the stool: Tariffs as a negotiating tool with our trading partners. Prior to the 16th Amendment, which authorized the individual income tax, tariffs had

Hippie cult leader Charles Manson, who was the mastermind behind one of Hollywood’s most gruesome slayings, confessed to additional murders before becoming the leader of the Manson Family cult, as featured in chilling audio that will be included in a new docuseries on Peacock.The confessions were featured in a teaser clip of the new series, "Making Manson," in which Manson could be heard talking from a prison phone about his time south of the U.S. border."There’s a whole part of my life that nobody knows about," Manson is heard saying in the clip. ‘I lived in Mexico for a while.

Fox News host Jesse Watters reacts to President-elect Trump nominating big appointees at "warp-speed" after choosing Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to be his Health and Human Services secretary.JESSE WATTERS: RFK, Jr. has been tapped to be secretary of Health and Human Services. Trump says RFK will make the department follow the science, not the money, be beacons of transparency and the chronic disease epidemic and make America healthy again… Big Pharma, Big Sugar, watch out. Certain stocks dropping like rocks the moment he was picked. RFK is going to clean house… They poison our food and then sell us pills. We

The Eagles scored 20 fourth-quarter points to defeat the Commanders and create some distance in their lead in the NFC East.The Commanders were behind 12-10 when they were stopped on second- and third-and-1. Buoyed by an early-season hot streak, coach Dan Quinn called his rookie quarterback’s number on fourth-and-2 from the Eagles 26.Jayden Daniels juggled the snap, scrambled to his right and was hammered out of bounds by linebacker Zack Baun.The Eagles took over on downs. The defining win for the Commanders under Quinn and Daniels has to wait.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMShortly after that misfire, Saquon

Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump transition, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.Here's what's happening…-RNC files two lawsuits in Pennsylvania amid Sen Bob Casey refusing to concede race-Who are Trump's top contenders to lead comms team, interact with the media?-Democrat senator reacts to Gaetz nomination: 'Red alert moment'Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., is planning to make ushering in President-Elect Donald Trump's immigration agenda the first item on his to-do list when he succeeds Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in the new Congress, when Republicans will have a majority

Actor and filmmaker Sylvester Stallone introduced President-elect Donald Trump at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) Gala on Thursday with a short and sweet speech in which he called Trump the "second George Washington."The "Rocky" actor was the final speaker of the night – only talking for about two minutes – before the president-elect took the stage at Mar-a-Lago.When starting off his speech, Stallone began speaking about his "Rocky" character and how he was "going to go through a metamorphosis and change lives, just like President Trump.""We are in the presence of a really mythical character. Nobody in the world

The billionaire owner of The Los Angeles Times said his paper has conflated news and opinion and vowed to take it in another direction where all voices are heard and represented. Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who bought the LA Times in 2018, told "Fox News @ Night" Thursday he wants his paper to differentiate between news and opinion, and explicitly report on "facts.""If it's news, it should just be the facts, period. And if it's an opinion, that's maybe an opinion of the news, and that's what I call now a voice. And so, we want voices from all sides to be

Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis praised President-elect Trump for nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.In a lengthy social media post on Thursday, Polis praised Kennedy for helping Colorado "defeat vaccine mandates" in 2019 amid the COVID-19 pandemic."He helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado in 2019 and will help make America healthy again by shaking up HHS and FDA," he wrote. "I hope he leans into personal choice on vaccines rather than bans (which I think are terrible, just like mandates) but what I’m most optimistic about is taking

So Republicans have taken the House, cementing power across Congress and the White House. This as Donald Trump just nominated four more Cabinet members. He's putting a Cabinet together so fast he's like Jesus with a power tool. Each represents part of the MAGA alliance that either comes off as impressive or downright shocking. But that's the nature of the pirate ship.You get all sorts, and as long as they're rowing in the right direction, they're all aboard. Meanwhile, Trump and Biden's meet-up at the White House revealed the glee among both of them that even the bitter, wound-licking media

Fox News host Sean Hannity reacts to President-elect Trump’s mandate to fix America on "Hannity." SEAN HANNITY: It is a new day in America. In just a matter of weeks, Republicans will officially take control of the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives. ‘THE VIEW’ MELTS DOWN OVER TRUMP'S RESOUNDING ELECTION VICTORY: ‘PROFOUNDLY DISTURBED’ Donald Trump has a clear mandate to fix what is broken and there are many things. So, make no mistake, big changes are coming to the Washington, D.C. swamp.  ... CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP It is time to make America healthy again through accountability and through

The president of Argentina is the first foreign leader to meet in person with President-elect Trump since Trump's win last week.Javier Milei, known as "the Lion," has gained notoriety worldwide for his pro-market policies that have slashed Argentine inflation since he took elected office last year.He attended the America First Policy Institute's (AFPI) gala Thursday evening at Mar-a-Lago and will stay through the CPAC Investor Summit that ends Saturday.ARGENTINA'S MILEI BLASTS UN OVER SUPPORT FOR COVID LOCKDOWNS, APPEASING 'BLOODY DICTATORSHIPS'President-elect Trump and President Milei met earlier Thursday, and the encounter "went well," according to an anonymous source via The Associated

President-elect Trump teased a "big" announcement Thursday night, sharing that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will lead the Department of the Interior."He's going to be announced …I look forward to doing the formal announcement, although this is a pretty big announcement right now, actually," Trump said during his speech at the Americans For Prosperity Gala at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday. "He's going to head the Department of Interior, and he's going to be fantastic.""We're going to reduce regulation waste, fraud and inefficiency," Trump said. "We're going to clean out the corrupt, broken and failing bureaucracies. And we're going to stop child

Since winning the election last week, President-elect Donald Trump has begun evaluating and rolling out his picks for his Cabinet and other top roles. Here’s a roundup of whom Trump has picked to fill top jobs in his administration: Chief of Staff – Susie WilesUS Ambassador to the United Nations – Elise StefanikNational Security Adviser – Michael Waltz "Border Czar" – Tom Homan Ambassador to Israel – Mike Huckabee Environmental Protection Agency Administrator – Lee Zeldin Middle East Envoy – Steven WitkoffWhite House Counsel – William McGinleyCIA Director – John RatcliffeDepartment of Government Efficiency – Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy Secretary of Defense – Pete Hegseth  Homeland Security

President-elect Donald Trump named his personal criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche as deputy attorney general."I am pleased to announce that Todd Blanche will serve as Deputy Attorney General in my Administration. Todd is an excellent attorney who will be a crucial leader in the Justice Department, fixing what has been a broken System of Justice for far too long," Trump announced in a news release Thursday evening."Todd is going to do a great job as we, Make America Great Again," he wrote.Blanche represented Trump during his Manhattan criminal case earlier this year, becoming a focal point of Trump's daily press conferences,

A special education teacher in Connecticut has resigned after a viral video surfaced of her going on a rant and threatening violence and harm to supporters of President-elect Trump.The viral video allegedly featured Cheshire educator Annie Dunleavy making threats to "handle" supporters of Trump."Just because you won doesn’t mean we don’t remember who the f--- you voted for," Dunleavy says in the social media clip. "Please don’t test your gangster on me because you will end on a stretcher, gone forever. So serious.""If you voted for Trump please delete me, block me, get rid of everything of me or step

When Gwen Stefani and husband Gavin Rossdale split in 2015, things did not end well, and there were rumors about him cheating with a nanny.But things are different now. Happily married to country crooner Blake Shelton, Stefani is able to revisit her past through new music.The No Doubt singer seemingly takes aim at Rossdale in her fifth solo album but says, despite sharing her truth, she's trying to protect the three children they share together.GWEN STEFANI'S EX GAVIN ROSSDALE ADMITS 'SHAME' OVER DIVORCE, WISHES THEY HAD 'MORE OF A CONNECTION'Stefani said she was raised by parents who displayed "this perfect example

National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Chairman and top Trump ally Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., suggested to senators ahead of the Wednesday Republican leader election that President-elect Donald Trump was supporting Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., to win, despite choosing not to endorse publicly. Daines, who gave one of Thune's two nominating speeches before voting began, insinuated that Trump was backing Thune in the race against Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, two sources told Fox News Digital, including one senator in the room. TOP GOP SENATORS WARN DOJ TO PRESERVE JACK SMITH DOCS IN TRUMP CASES, CITING 'PAST DESTRUCTION'

There's NIL money, and there's what the Michigan Wolverines are trying to get 2025 No. 1 recruit Bryce Underwood to join them next season in Ann Arbor. Underwood, the 6-foot-3, 205-pound phenom who stars for Belleville in Michigan, has become an all-in target for the Wolverines' program. According to On3, Michigan is willing to offer Underwood, who is committed to play for LSU next year, $10.5 million in NIL money over four years. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe report adds that LSU remains hopeful Underwood is sold on the Tigers' program, and he appeared to show love to them with

New York state leaders signaled they’re ready to revisit a costly "congestion pricing" program for Midtown and Lower Manhattan that originally would have charged drivers $15 per entry-day, reportedly in order to implement it before President-elect Trump takes office.Gov. Kathy Hochul halted her long-held plan after initial backlash against state Democrats — but now some in the Empire State are warning Trump may quickly kill their revenue stream dream.A group of New York Republicans wrote a letter to Trump asking him to use the power of the federal government to reverse what they called a wrongly-accelerated process by the Biden

A Texas man is in FBI custody on Thursday after authorities say he attempted to support ISIS and planned a terrorist attack on American soil – all from his apartment in Houston.Authorities said 28-year-old Anas Said was searching for ways to commit violent acts on behalf of the Islamic State in the Houston area. He has been charged with attempting to provide material support to the terrorist group.Said was arrested last week at the apartment complex where he lived, according to FBI Special Agent in Charge Douglas Williams. Williams said that while in custody, Said admitted to researching how to conduct

Oregon Republican Rep. Lori-Chavez-DeRemer has been ousted by Democratic challenger state Rep. Janelle Bynum in the state's 5th Congressional District, The Associated Press projected Thursday, more than a week after Election Day.The win narrows the Republican majority in the House to 218 seats to Democrats' 209.With 94% reporting as of Thursday, Bynum led by more than two points, with 184,023 votes to Chavez-DeRemer's 174,448, a difference of 9,575 votes. The race was rated a toss-up by the Fox News Power Rankings. Chavez-DeRemer was elected to Congress in 2022, defeating her Democratic opponent by two points. With the victory, Chavez-DeRemer became the

Kingda Ka, the world's tallest roller coaster, will be among the rides removed from Six Flags Great Adventure to make way for a "multi-record-breaking launch coaster" that will open in 2026.The roller coaster, which opened at the Jackson, New Jersey, theme park in 2005, was the tallest in the world at 456 feet high. At the time it opened, it was also the fastest roller coaster. However, that record has since been eclipsed. "We understand that saying goodbye to beloved rides can be difficult, and we appreciate our guests' passion. These changes are an important part of our growth and dedication

The Biden administration's National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an opinion on Wednesday that bars businesses from expressing their views on unionization to a "captive audience" of employees.The ruling came in response to a series of labor complaints issued against Amazon over mandatory meetings during which representatives of the company allegedly urged employees to reject unionization. According to the board, such meetings violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), which was passed in 1935 to protect workers' ability to organize. "Ensuring that workers can make a truly free choice about whether they want union representation is one of the fundamental goals

Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif threatened a lawsuit against a French journalist over last week’s report which alleged the controversial boxer had testicles.Khelif appeared on Italy’s "Lo Stato delle Cose" on Thursday and touched on the report.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"We will meet with the French journalist in court," the Algerian athlete said, via NDTV.The report from Le Correspondent cited a French-Algerian medical report and claimed Khelif was impacted by a sex development disorder that is only found in biological males. The report said that without a proper medical examination, the wrong gender is assigned at birth.It

California Democrat Rep. Josh Harder has declared victory over his Republican opponent, Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln.Though Republicans will control the House, Fox News projects, Harder’s win shifts the balance of power to 218 seats for Republicans and 209 for Democrats. Eight other races have not yet been decided. The results of three others in California remain outstanding, in addition to one in Oregon, one in Ohio, one in Maine, one in Alaska and one in Iowa. Republicans will also control the Senate and White House, delivering President-elect Donald Trump a trifecta.  Source link : https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-democrat-josh-harder-declares-victory-house-race Author : Publish date : 2024-11-14 14:56:43 Copyright