The Federal Reserve is about to kick off another round of “follow the leader” with other central banks across the planet. Long the scourge of many a libertarian, the Fed once again betrays the amount of immense influence it holds over global geopolitics. After announcing a rate hike (only the third in a decade), economists and experts are speculating that the Fed’s counterparts in other nations will soon be forced to follow suit, according to Reuters.
This week the federal government decided it was more important to keep the secret of how it traced people looking at child pornography rather than prosecuting them.
It finally happened. As promised, President Donald Trump has issued a new executive order regarding travel restrictions to six nations with known ties to terrorist organizations. The new directive halts immigration from those nations for ninety days and halts all refugees from any country entering the United States for the next one hundred twenty days.
Many Democrats are likely to oppose President Trump’s proposal; the president is looking to fund this project partially using private funds. So why do it?
President Trump disappointed a lot of people in his first address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday evening — and not for the reasons you think.
While the military needs equipment updates to maintain its technological edge, it also needs better accountability of current defense spending.
President Trump has promised a “phenomenal” tax plan sometime in the next few weeks, but it remains to be seen how much will differ from the proposal offered during his campaign.
How should the US respond to this posturing, and how will it affect our relationship with Asian nations?
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has recently made an agreement with the Republic of Somaliland to utilize the port of Berbera as a military base.