On Saturday night, President Donald Trump threatened to intensify his bombing of Iran. Early Monday morning, he reversed course and announced that he was having “very good and productive conversations” with Iran and would postpone until Friday his threats to attack Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure. While course reversals by Trump are hardly […]

While the risks from President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran have rightly focused on the strategic and human risks, another important concern is the potential impact of the war on the world’s energy supplies, principally petroleum. We’ve known for decades that a war involving Iran could result in the closure of the Strait of […]

 As has become his norm, President Donald Trump laced his record-long State of the Union address with numerous falsehoods, exaggerations and distortions. It’s extraordinary that his speechwriters cannot manage to rein in at least some of his remarkable statements – like his claim that $18 trillion of new investments were secured in the first […]

 While Congress continues to wrangle over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, it has completed the rest of its budgetary work for the current fiscal year (which ends September 30) with President Trump getting almost none of the massive spending cuts that he proposed. But as a result, federal spending will continue to […]

ICE is winding down its Minneapolis operations but the debate over the role of immigrants in America continues. While it does, we should remember the important role that new arrivals have historically played in American society and the economy – and continue to play. Most immediately, Congress needs to agree on rules for enforcement of […]