Obama Blocked It. Biden Banned It. Trump Built a $15 Billion Steel Plant Off It
In 2016, the Obama administration blocked a proposed northern Minnesota copper-nickel mine by denying its federal Bureau of Land Management lease renewals. The Trump administration restored those leases, and Twin Metals filed a formal mine plan. The Biden administration canceled the leases again in 2022, then banned mining for 20 years across 225,504 acres of […]
Trump Invokes Section 338 Against Canada for First Time in History
Back in July, President Donald J. Trump stood up to Canada and used Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to put a 50% tariff on a wide list of Canadian goods. The legal findings were about Ottawa’s treatment of American alcohol, dairy, and motor vehicles. The annexes went further than those three sectors. […]
When the Mob Came for Nixon: Courage Under Fire in Caracas
Richard Nixon was a man of courage. When Vice President JD Vance recently declared at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library that “his historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, but I think deservedly so,” he put into words something that has become increasingly evident. Thanks also to the extraordinary efforts of the Richard […]
