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For generations, owning a home has been the milestone many Americans have equated with achieving the American Dream — a place to call our own, where we can put down roots and build a future. Unfortunately, that dream has grown increasingly out of reach. Housing supply has not kept pace with demand and years of inflationary policies under the Biden administration drove up the costs of borrowing, pushing homeownership further from reality for millions of American families.

Farmers in the Midwest have endured yet another period of significant economic uncertainty this fall as China opted not to purchase American soybeans during September for the first time in years. Even before this, soybeans sat near five-year lows for virtually all of 2025. 

How did this happen? 

Charlie Kirk’s assassination at a college event in Utah last week has been described as a watershed moment for our country. While there are many facets to this evil tragedy, there is perhaps none more critical to recognize than the chilling effect his murder will almost certainly have on free speech.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made waves recently when he said President Trump was weighing a housing emergency declaration. When you hear about federal emergencies, it’s typically related to a natural disaster or pandemic. A federal declaration for housing would be a novel approach to the ongoing problem of housing affordability, and there’s no question that we have a housing crisis in this country.

If you’ve heard of the One Big Beautiful

For the past four years, the digital asset industry was under assault by the Biden administration and SEC Chairman Gary Gensler’s hostile posture towards America’s emergent digital economy.

When President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance took office, they promised to work with Congress to update the law and usher in a new “golden age” for digital assets and blockchain technology.

Last week, before we voted to send HR 1 (the One Big Beautiful Bill Act) to President Trump for his signature, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries gave a speech in which it was clear Leader Jeffries had overlooked what the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and other proven policies in HR 1 have achieved for the American people. We would like to share why the bill will bring to America the sanity voters called for in November 2024.