| Larry Kudlow, Trump economic adviser, comes around on tariffs as a tool Posted: 03 Apr 2019 01:50 PM PDT ![Larry Kudlow, Trump economic adviser, comes around on tariffs as a tool]( "Larry Kudlow, Trump economic adviser, comes around on tariffs as a tool") Larry Kudlow calls himself "an old free-trader," leery of tariffs. "The president's use of tariffs as a negotiating tool – I think he's right, I really do," Mr. Kudlow, assistant to the president and director of the National Economic Council, told reporters Wednesday at a breakfast hosted by The Christian Science Monitor.
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| Why capitalism in America now needs its defenders Posted: 03 Apr 2019 01:41 PM PDT ![Why capitalism in America now needs its defenders]( "Why capitalism in America now needs its defenders") Back in 2015, before Bernie Sanders began drawing big crowds and long before a Green New Deal was generating buzz among Democrats, Larry Kudlow gave a talk in which he emphasized a simple message to fellow conservatives: "You and I must fight" if the virtues of free markets are to be preserved. "They are not going to give it to us on a silver platter," the champion of conservative economics said at Hillsdale College in Michigan, referring to his concerns that advocates of bigger government will erode the nation's ability to generate prosperity. The sense that capitalism isn't delivering on its promises in the new millennium actually goes back further.
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| Why U.S.-Russia clash over Venezuela has a familiar ring Posted: 03 Apr 2019 01:26 PM PDT ![Why U.S.-Russia clash over Venezuela has a familiar ring]( "Why U.S.-Russia clash over Venezuela has a familiar ring") Back in 2014 when Russia was first putting boots on the ground in Syria, Moscow justified its military intervention by noting it was acting both in support and at the invitation of the besieged government of Bashar al-Assad. The United States, on the other hand, had already declared that President Assad had to go and that it was acting in the Syrian conflict in support of the democratic aspirations of the oppressed Syrian people. Fast forward to 2019 and we see the same big-power tussle playing out in Venezuela.
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| Nadler wants the full Mueller report. What happens if Barr says no? Posted: 03 Apr 2019 01:06 PM PDT ![Nadler wants the full Mueller report. What happens if Barr says no?]( "Nadler wants the full Mueller report. What happens if Barr says no?") In other words, get ready for a long tangle if this fight goes to court, as seems to be the intent of the House Judiciary chairman if he doesn't get his way. On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to give its chairman, Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., authority to issue subpoenas for documents, testimony, and underlying evidence related to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of the Trump campaign and Russia. Mr. Mueller found no collusion between the two, and in a summary of the report, Attorney General William Barr said that he and the deputy attorney general found that evidence was not sufficient to support a finding of presidential obstruction of justice.
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