
James Freeman
Assistant Editor, Editorial Page at The Wall Street Journal
Contributor at Fox News
Host, "Deep Dive" at Fox Nation
Co-author, The Cost and co-author, Borrowed Time. Also asst. editor and columnist WSJ edit page and FOX News contrib.
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2 days ago |
wsj.com | James Freeman
As part of California’s ambitious push to tackle the nationwide homelessness crisis head-on, Governor Gavin Newsom released a model ordinance for cities and counties to address unhealthy and dangerous encampments.
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5 days ago |
wsj.com | James Freeman
President threatens cruelty to U.S. economy. There’s nothing good economically that will come from promising to punish America’s aspiring millionaires if they achieve their financial goals. And prosperity will not result from encouraging the country’s most successful people to work less.
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6 days ago |
wsj.com | James Freeman
The federal budget deficit totaled $1.1 trillion in the first seven months of fiscal year 2025, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. Adjusting for some shifts in the timing of payments, that sad ocean of red ink is $123 billion larger than the shortfall at this time last year. This means another year of an annual federal deficit that approaches $2 trillion.
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | James Freeman
The lawmakers are saying they’re prepared to vote no as a group on the wide-ranging tax and spending cut package key to President Trump’s agenda if they don’t get the raise they want. The group consists of Reps. Andrew Garbarino (N.Y.), Nick LaLota (N.Y.), Mike Lawler (N.Y.), Young Kim (Calif.) and Tom Kean Jr. (N.J.) — Republicans from wealthier suburban districts of major U.S. metropolitan areas, where higher property taxes make the increased cap especially valuable to taxpayers.
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | James Freeman
“President Obama – and if he wanted help, I’d give him help because I’m a really good builder and I build on time, on budget – he’s building his library in Chicago, and it’s a disaster,” Trump said. But it’s not an official presidential library managed by the National Archives, which means that Mr. Trump probably can’t do much to help unless Mr. Obama invites him to join the effort to get the project on track.
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