Politics

If the sequester cuts are hurting the economy, the stock market hasn’t noticed.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said Thursday that he’s not thinking about running for the White House in 2016. “My focus is entirely on the U.S. Senate,” Cruz said before speaking at the silver anniversary of the Institute for Policy Innovation. “Right now the U.S. Senate is the battlefield for preserving liberty.”

IPI President Tom Giovanetti's Address at the 25th Anniversary Celebration: A New Frontier for Liberty.

Conservatives should not assume bureaucrats will think or act like private sector business when implementing the sequester cuts.

The U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has been ratcheting up its use of some questionable methods for determining hiring or pay discrimination, amounting to a perpetual witch hunt of manufactured culprits to harass in order to justify their own existence—and budget.

Developing a viable guest worker program should be the first item on the immigration reform agenda, not the last.

By showing that they are serious about restraining the growth of government spending, Republicans leaders have made themselves relevant again.

George P. Bush said at an Institute for Policy Innovation luncheon Friday that "he's close to deciding on what state-wide office he'll run for, and the decision will come by the end of May.

America needs a new energy policy, tax structure and education system, George P. Bush of Fort Worth told a luncheon audience Friday. But does that really sound like somebody running for Texas land commissioner?

George P. Bush said conservative Republicans could compete for Hispanic voters and still remain true to their core values. "We don’t have to sell out our principles to win the Hispanic vote,” Bush told the Institute for Policy Innovation.