Senate Democrats block extension of spy powers to protest Trump’s choice of Pulte for DNI

One of the dumbest antitrust lawsuits in recent memory — and that’s saying a lot — is the blockage of Nexstar Media Group’s $6 billion bid to acquire local news broadcaster TEGNA. The merger was approved three months ago by the antitrust cops at the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission. President Donald Trump […]

Friday’s jobs report showed the economy adding a strong 172,000 jobs and the unemployment rate holding at a low 4.3%.  The headline numbers were very good overall. Both parties will try to spin the numbers to their advantage.  A look at the details of the Bureau of Labor Statistics data and the trend over recent […]

President Trump said Thursday he plans to attend an NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden next week, after receiving an invitation from New York Knicks owner James Dolan. “The answer is yes — he’s invited me, I’m going,” Trump, a longtime Knicks fan and New York native, told reporters in the Oval Office, when...

From Judge David Leibowitz (S.D. Fla.) in Mosler v. Wagner; plaintiff Warren Mosler is a hedge fund executive, author on… The post A Rare Summary Judgment in Favor of Plaintiff in Libel Case appeared first on Reason.com.