Tony Mecia

When is a steel tariff not a steel tariff? How about when it exempts two-thirds of steel imports?

Glenn Sherrill’s company buys steel. Tons and tons of steel. So much steel that his grandfather put the word in the company’s name when he started it. In the last 60 years, family-owned SteelFab has grown from a small maker of ornamental handrails in Charlotte, N.C., to a large metal fabricator. It…

The United States welcomes foreign investment. When companies from overseas buy into American firms, they provide a source of money that creates jobs and boosts innovation. But if the investor is Chinese, there is a wrinkle—increasingly, the wary eyes of regulators and intelligence officials want…

On election night 2016, political activist Jess Self wasn’t in much of a partying mood. She’d just spent four days knocking on doors in neighboring Nevada. Her efforts helped elect a Democratic U.S. senator and representative and pass two controversial ballot measures.

At first blush, universal basic income sounds like something dreamed up on a California commune or in a late-night college bull session. The idea: Just give people money. Ask nothing in return. Impose no requirement to work or to look for work. And don’t just give taxpayer money to people living in…

You are going to pay more for your next washing machine. To understand why, let’s look at what happened at Whirlpool’s headquarters in Benton Harbor, Mich., in 2011. The company was feeling pressure from foreign competition. Its stock price had fallen by half. It had announced plans to slash 5,000…

There are plenty of people working to make the world a better place. Doctors vaccinate children in Africa. Researchers hunt cures for cancer.

If you are a fan of true-crime TV shows, you know that sometimes we don’t know why people do what they do.

Think you have heard the last of the Republican tax plan that now seems certain to become law? Think again.

There are plenty of understandable objections to the tax bill sailing through Congress. Some people think it will increase the deficit. Others cry foul that it is being rushed through without sufficient deliberation. And there are those who like big government and frankly oppose the idea of letting…

Let’s hope all this talk from a small group of senators about inserting “triggers” into the tax bill triggers an outpouring of common sense among everybody else.

The White House is downplaying the potential for a showdown at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday, when President Trump’s pick to lead the agency shows up along with the pick by the agency’s former director.

In the first 10 months of the Trump presidency, the blueprint for peeling back regulations has looked something like this:

Tax reform looked like it was in peril. Influential business groups, including real estate agents and homebuilders, opposed it. Lobbyists were working feverishly against it. Opinion polls showed the public was as unenthusiastic as many members of Congress.

Nobody tell the media-critic-in-chief, but the New York Times seems to be nowhere near “failing.”

House Republicans are set to release the text of their tax-reform bill on Wednesday, a move that will for the first time provide details of the effort to cut taxes and streamline the tax code.

Well-known tech companies are surpassing analysts’ expectations in reporting earnings this week, the latest sign that tech companies are increasingly finding ways to take in more money as we live more of our lives online.

As bids pour in from more than 100 locations clamoring to become Amazon’s second headquarters, we need to address a question nobody is asking: Why isn’t Amazon televising this spectacle?

Jennifer MacMillan is a tax preparer. Her business ebbs and flows with the season. In the months before April 15, she talks with clients and pores over the records of their financial lives. She deciphers statements from their brokerages, determines how much they can claim for their home offices,…

Jennifer MacMillan is a tax preparer. Her business ebbs and flows with the season. In the months before April 15, she talks with clients and pores over the records of their financial lives. She deciphers statements from their brokerages, determines how much they can claim for their home offices,…

Its public approval at record lows, Congress this week returned to popular and comfortable territory: flogging CEOs.

Republican leaders plan to unveil a tax plan today that dramatically cuts taxes on businesses, eliminates many deductions and credits, and drops tax rates for most individual taxpayers, a senior Republican source told THE WEEKLY STANDARD.

As they devise a strategy to place a tax bill on President Trump’s desk, Republicans in Congress are grappling with thorny issues: What can pass the Senate? How much should they add to the deficit? How will tax changes play with voters in 2018?

Tuesday is a big day for fans of Apple’s iPhone: The company announced a slick new iPhone, called the iPhone X, with features including a bigger screen, thinner edges, and facial recognition for security.

A California farmer who was facing millions in fines for planting wheat in a disputed wetland has agreed to settle with the federal government.

On a rainy afternoon in late November 2012, Matthew Kelley, a project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, pulled his truck over to the side of a road in Tehama County in northern California.

Six years ago, on a July Tuesday in Los Angeles, members of MS-13’s downtown cell got into a fight with a rival gang. “Porky,” its leader, was none too pleased.

Sanctuary cities are finding themselves suddenly on the defensive, as the Justice Department and state legislatures are looking to force cooperation between local police and federal immigration enforcement.

In his first six months on the job, President Trump has presided over an economy that is creating jobs at a pace that is 50 percent faster than under President Obama.

Six years ago, on a July Tuesday in Los Angeles, members of MS-13’s downtown cell got into a fight with a rival gang. “Porky,” its leader, was none too pleased.

Pamplona, Spain

Pamplona, Spain

Move over, Bill Gates: There’s a new richest man in the world.

Jurupa Valley, Calif.

In the race to fill the seat vacated by President Trump’s budget director, Republican real estate developer Ralph Norman on Tuesday beat his Democratic opponent in South Carolina’s 5th congressional district.

The company that is the 12th biggest in the U.S., larger than all the big banks, is staunchly anti-union. It's putting mom-and-pop retailers out of business and driving even big chains into bankruptcy.

Rock Hill, S.C.

Rock Hill, S.C.

When Laura Campbell heard about new water regulations emanating from President Barack Obama's Environmental Protection Agency a few years back, she started calling up maps on her computer.

President Donald Trump's upcoming decision on whether to keep the United States engaged in the Paris climate accord sounds like an important moment. It's being cast as a yea or nay decision: Stay in and show global leadership on an issue world leaders find important. Or get out and do what's best…

Well, this should attract people's attention: Stocks plunged big-time on Wednesday, as Washington political drama reached a fever pitch and investors worried that politicians won't deliver on tax reform and a health care overhaul.

By most measures, Will Manidis is like many other American high school students. He plays lacrosse for Westtown, his Quaker boarding school outside Philadelphia. He’s captain of Westtown's robotics team, which has deepened his interest in math and computer science. Last fall, in the heat of the…

The Agriculture Department is scaling back some of the Obama administration's most aggressive nutrition rules for school lunches, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Monday at a Virginia elementary school.

What is the most important number in the Trump presidency?

By most measures, Will Manidis is like many other American high school students. He plays lacrosse for Westtown, his Quaker boarding school outside Philadelphia. He's captain of Westtown's robotics team, which has deepened his interest in math and computer science. Last fall, in the heat of the…

Sometimes you hear that thriving businesses are capitalist enterprises that relish competing and winning.

Oh, what Bridget O'Brien Wood could do if the government allowed her just a little more salt. She could serve potato salad that isn't bland. She could experiment with curry sauces. And O'Brien Wood, food service director with Buffalo Public Schools, could finally tell parents that the French fries…

Oh, what Bridget O’Brien Wood could do if the government allowed her just a little more salt. She could serve potato salad that isn't bland. She could experiment with curry sauces. And O'Brien Wood, food service director with Buffalo Public Schools, could finally tell parents that the French fries…

The ACLU, the nation's preeminent civil liberties organization, isn't loudly denouncing the Obama administration's apparent "unmasking" of Trump associates in intelligence intercepts.

Picture in your mind, for a moment, the Monopoly man. You know, the guy in the Parker Brothers board game who has a top hat and white handlebar mustache. He makes his money in real estate and railroads. Think how he probably invested that money.

Faculty at Wake Forest University are revolting against a multidisciplinary campus institute because of suspicions it is secretly designed to expose students to conservative and libertarian views.

The stock market is through the roof. Consumer confidence is at a 15-year high. And this morning, in the first full monthly jobs report from the Labor Department, comes news that the country added 235,000 jobs in February. That pace is about the same as it was the month before and about double the…

Gastonia, N.C.

Gastonia, N.C.

With Obama-care poised to kick in to high gear next year, Dr. Brian Forrest routinely hears skeptics ask if the new laws and regulations will stifle his innovative primary care practice outside Raleigh, N.C.

Raleigh

Nafplio, Greece