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Israel's Capital: Who Decides?

President Trump is expected to announce today that the United States will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, a controversial move that is sure to inflame the Muslim world and further alienate US allies. What purpose does such a move serve? Is there a silver lining?

What An "America First" Policy With North Korea Would Look Like

By Liberty Report Staff

In his inauguration speech, President Trump said: "We assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital and in every hall of power. From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this day forward, it's going to be only America first -- America first."

Unfortunately, those words have not been backed up by actions.

What would an "America First" policy look like with North Korea?

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Good News: Young Americans Want a New Political Party

By Ron Paul

Do we need a third major political party? I often joke that I’d be happy if we actually had a second party, as when it comes to the big issues – war, monetary policy, civil liberties – the Republicans and Democrats are more alike than different. Perhaps that’s why a recent NBC News poll has found that nearly two-thirds of young people surveyed do not believe either the Republicans or Democrats are doing a good job and that a third major political party is needed.

I think this is an...

Bake The Cake? How Should The Supremes Rule?

The US Supreme Court is set to take up the case of a Colorado baker who on religious grounds refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Is this case about religion? Freedom of expression? Discrimination? Or something else?

Ron Paul Discusses the Libertarian Revolution

By Adam Dick

Ron Paul returned to the Scott Horton Show on Friday to discuss Paul’s new book The Revolution at Ten Years. As Paul explains in the interview, the revolution mentioned in the book title is the “libertarian revolution” that “came to light” in Paul’s 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns. While Paul acknowledges that “Washington hasn’t changed” since then, he also comments that the revolution continues with people “laying the groundwork for the necessary changes that will come” afte...

'Fair' Tax, Just War, Houston Astros and more...#AskRonPaul!

Ron Paul returns to the hot seat in another Liberty Report where our viewers get to ask the questions... Which questions did we pick? How did Ron answer? Any surprises? Tune in!

The Fed's Money Creation Has Created a Dangerous Distortion In The Stock Market

By Liberty Report Staff

The Fed has once again distorted the economy with its interest rate manipulations and creation of trillions of dollars in new money.

Paintings going for $450 million ... Bitcoin ... the bond market ... the stock market...

The Fed's printing press is setting us up for another round of economic pain.

Central planning is a total disaster and a terrible idea. We should have learned that from the Soviets.

Free markets with sound money, and interest rates set by the marketplace a...

On Predicting Crashes & Economic Busts

By Chris Rossini

Maria emails the following:

Chris, I wonder if you and Dr Paul can discuss for how long Western governments can continue to create fiat currency before it finally crashes and how will that happen? And can there be another financial crisis given the actions of the Fed and the banks to prevent one?

These are very good questions, and they are asked quite often.

The answers, however, are not very extravagant. To be blunt: it's not possible to predict crashes ahead of time with exact...

Is Bitcoin Money?

Money arose via market transactions, and precious metals have served as money for thousands of years. Then government, for its own reasons, monopolized the creations of money. It has been a disaster ever since. Competing currencies, without government intrusion, will clean up this mess. Is Bitcoin a step in the right direction?

The Pentagon, CIA, And NSA Are In Charge

By Jacob G. Hornberger

One of the most mystifying aspects of the Donald Trump presidency has been his caving in to the U.S. national-security establishment. Among the biggest expectations that people had for Trump was that he would be the first president since John F. Kennedy to stand up to the military, the CIA, and the NSA. There were even some hopes that he would significantly diminish U.S. interventionism abroad, including withdrawing all U.S. troops from the 16-year-old war in Afghanistan...