Mike Flynn

The Obama White House is preparing the ground for a late-summer fight with the GOP over the “highway trust fund” and infrastructure spending. In the next month or so, the federal “highway trust fund,” effectively, will temporarily run out of

The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that retail sales grew an anemic 0.2% in June, well below expectations. Economists had predicted a 0.6% increase. June’s growth in retail sales was the slowest in 5 months. The report indicates that consumers continue

The DCCC, the campaign arm for Rep. Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats, has raised $22 million more than the House GOP for the fall elections. That result is surprising enough, as Democrats’ minority status gives them little political leverage in

President Obama once described it as “little more than a fund for corporate welfare,” but now top Senate Democrats are touting their support for the Export-Import Bank as a way to siphon campaign donations from the GOP. The New Deal-era

Trying to quell a controversy over a $225,000 speaking fee at UNLV, Hillary Clinton told ABC News Friday that all her speaking fees from colleges were “donated” to the family’s Clinton Foundation. It naturally didn’t occur to ABC News to

On Thursday, the Labor Department reported the economy added 288,000 jobs in June, beating economists’ expectations. The Department also revised upward job gains in April and May, bringing the average monthly gain for the second quarter to 272,000 jobs a

Now that there are major warning signs that the dismal economic “recovery” under President Obama is faltering, Business Insider, which has seized on obscure data points to cheerlead for an economic “breakout,” appears to be looking for scapegoats. A new

Winston Churchill quipped that “a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” He could easily have been talking about the state of economic forecasting and reporting in the US today.

On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported that personal consumption, which makes up around three-fourths of the economy, fell in May, further undermining claims that a particularly cold winter was behind the recent economic slowdown. Personal consumption fell in January, but

Allies of the recording industry in Congress have introduced new legislation to change copyright law in the face of a new, online landscape. But the proposal is facing criticism that it would insulate entrenched players in the market from competition,

On Friday, the $2.2 billion Revel Casino in Atlantic City was back in bankruptcy court for the second time in 2 years. Lawyers for the mega-casino argued it was a “melting ice-cube” that would have to close this summer unless

Conservatives can be forgiven for believing the political winds are at their back. Obama is flirting with historically low approval ratings as much of the public simply tunes him out. Democrat-backed policies have failed to lift the economy and public

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s shocking loss in his primary last week left many observers wondering if the fallout would spark a GOP leadership shuffle. Cantor’s opponent, econ professor Dave Brat, with a shoe-string budget and zero support from national

President Obama has faced low job-approval ratings for much of his presidency. In the current RealClearPolitics average of polls, his job-approval is currently 42%. According to Gallup, Obama’s job-approval has never averaged more than 48% in each of his last

On Thursday, the Virginia DMV sent cease-and-desist letters to ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft, asserting that their services are illegal in the Commonwealth, according to the Hampton Virginia-Pilot. DMV Commissioner Richard Holcombe also “strongly” suggested the companies “focus their resources

A new CNN poll of Americans finds falling support for President Obama on every policy issue. On no single issue does a majority of Americans approve of Obama’s position. On many important issues, e.g. health care, immigration and foreign policy,

Revelations of secret waiting lists at VA hospitals and veterans’ struggles to get medical care have received national attention in recent weeks. This scandal, however, is just the highest-profile example of the consequences of government encroaching further into our lives.

On Thursday, the Commerce Department revised downward its estimate of GDP growth in the first three months of the year. New data reveals the economy shrank by 1.0% in the first quarter, a sharp reversal from the agency’s initial estimate

The Commerce Department reported Thursday that, in its latest estimate of 1st Quarter GDP, the economy shrank by 1.0% in the first three months of the year. This was a sharp reversal from its initial estimate, which suggested the economy

Earlier this week, the Democrat-controlled legislature in Illinois sent to Gov. Pat Quinn a measure that would place a minimum wage hike on the November ballot. The proposal would ask voters whether they support an increase in the state minimum

For more than a decade, the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY) has been at the vanguard of labor’s new strategy to reverse decades of declining membership. Organized as a 501 (c)3 non-profit, rather than as a traditional labor

In two weeks, the political and financial worlds will pause for the May Jobs Report from the Labor Department. While pundits will debate the change in payrolls and the unemployment rate, focusing on just the monthly numbers obscures more troubling

After embattled VA Undersecretary for Health, Dr. Robert Petzel announced his resignation/retirement, the Obama Administration nominated Dr. Jeffery Murawsky, a regional VA director as his replacement. Dr. Murawsky’s current portfolio, however, includes overseeing the large Edward Hines Jr. VA hospital