The US Senate worked through the weekend on the “Big Beautiful Bill.” The goal was to pass it quickly to ensure the House will then pass it and send it to President Trump’s desk before the July 4th holiday.

However, disagreements among Republican Senators over reductions in spending on programs including Medicaid and food stamps as well as language in the bill eliminating “clean energy” tax credits were preventing Senate Republican leadership from getting enough votes to pass the bill.

The Ron Paul Scholars Seminar is a one-day, interactive foreign policy and civil liberties “boot camp,” with lectures from some of the most thoughtful pro-liberty/pro-peace experts.

In my remarks this evening, I would like to set the stage for the Rothbard Graduate Seminar by addressing a pernicious and deeply entrenched myth about Murray Rothbard and Man, Economy, and State: namely, that Rothbard possessed a superficial knowledge of mainstream economics when writing his treatise. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, Rothbard deeply engaged with mainstream economic theory throughout his treatise.

The US dollar index tumbled in the first six months of the year, posting its worst first-half performance since 1973 when Richard Nixon was president.

The job market in the United States continues to soften. According to new unemployment numbers released last Thursday, continuing unemployment claims hit a new cycle high during the week of June 14. According to Bloomberg: 

Recurring applications for U.S. unemployment benefits rose to the highest since November 2021, extending a sharp increase over the past 1½ months and signaling more people are staying out of work for longer.

Trump continues his campaign demanding more inflation and the further devaluation of the dollar. 

On Friday, the Supreme Court clobbered perhaps America’s most aggressive and intolerant LGBTQ+ school indoctrination program. By a vote of 6 to 3 in the case of Mahmoud v.Taylor, the court upheld parents’ right to exempt their children from biased sex and gender lessons that violated their religious values. The court’s ruling is a bitter reminder that public education is the most expensive “gift” that most Americans will ever receive.