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President Barack Obama announced new rules that will require businesses to pay more in overtime wages, in a push to protect middle class pay and the 40-hour work week.

Beware those who write about clown cars: more often than not, the joke's on them. And suddenly the ones mocking the clowns in that car, are the clowns driving it.

The president will get a trade deal, but no thanks to a certain party. And I'm not talking about Republicans.

The Urge to Regulate Comes With a Hefty Price Tag Costing Trillions 

The controversy over the alleged conflicts of interest between the Clinton Foundation and Hillary Clinton’s duties as secretary of state continues.  

Here’s a message to all presidential candidates: quit trying so hard to be like us. And just explain how you plan to lead us.

Let this be a lesson to anyone who thinks they've won the race.

As if a top rate of 40% weren't enough (and really 45% when you throw in health-care related Medicare and investment surtaxes). Squeeze them still more?

Beware of politicians who blame bad numbers on the weather. Ask them why they never credit the good ones ... on the sun.

Many will say you can't compare a burger to a bureaucracy. They're wrong.

Sometimes it's the candidates you don't hear about, who are the candidates you should be hearing.

Before the Obama administration starts crowing about cost for the Affordable Care Act coming down... they might want to take another look at what's ‘really’ going down.

Here we go again. The White House is weighing bankruptcy options for students deep in college debt.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is the latest politician to come under fire for a tax plan that could very well mean firing a lot of tax accountants. Here’s how he explained it to me.

We don't need a new tech push, we need a new reality push.

I told you these executive orders were getting out of control. Now President Obama is seriously thinking of hiking taxes with just the stroke ... of a pen.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker changes his views on amnesty, and now the media's piling on. But when President Obama changes "his" mind on executive orders "granting" amnesty, the media just moves on.

I crassly kid, but to make this very crass point: President Obama is not only changing the debate, he's eliminating the very words and terms that define that debate.

Is it just me, or could a lot happen between now and the next presidential election?

Terrorists are moving fast, so why aren't we?