Economic

The Biden administration and its allies continue to use Russian President Vladimir Putin as the convenient excuse for their economic failures.

The situation in the Russian economy is stabilizing, while the ruble’s exchange rate is returning to the levels of early February, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting on economic issues on Monday.

Virtual meeting between U.S., Germany, Belize, Indonesia, Senegal aimed at "ending the acute phase" of the coronavirus pandemic, White House says.

The Russian economy has withstood the sanctions pressure, according to the president.

Elon Musk said Saturday that the Twitter Inc. board of directors is not representing the interest of its shareholders.

Know-nothing pundits and politicians have been communicating to Americans that inflation is, like the weather, a mystery they can’t control.

ep. Tim Ryan dialed back his calls to “take on China” in a new campaign ad Friday following criticism over an “inflammatory” TV spot he aired weeks earlier. 

As President Joe Biden searches for slogans, excuses, and scapegoats to explain his miserable wreck of a presidency, I would suggest one for the handling of the never-ending COVID saga: “Not as bad as China.”

A Christian professor who claims he was threatened with punishment by university officials in Ohio for refusing to use the preferred pronouns of a trans-identified student has secured the right to avoid using pronouns that conflict with his beliefs after years of litigation.   

Reuters on Friday noted the ostensible support of the Chinese public for draconian “zero-Covid” policies “seems to be wearing thin” amid “food shortages, family separations, lost wages, and economic pain.” Disobedience is on the rise, and so are arrests.