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Artist Tommy Zegan, 61, made the piece while in Mexico, where he currently leaves under a residency visa He transported it to Tampa before bringing it to CPAC in a U-Haul, where he is hoping to sell it for $100,000 Zegan made another version of the bust out of stainless steel, which he wants to sell for over $1 million Donald Trump himself is set to give the closing remarks at CPAC in Orlando, Florida on Sunday evening ... ...'He's wearing a business suit because he's a business man,' Zegan said to the New York Post. 'The red tie represents...

Good policies result in good outcomes. And bad policies lead directly to bad outcomes. So, Obamacare and attendant taxes and penalties as policies were a disaster, and the results of it were terrible for healthcare costs and a wreck for the economy, which saw the slowest recovery after a recession ever in history and general malaise over the American public. And is normally the case with progressive policies, those hurt the most were the ones supposedly meant to be helped. On the other side, tax cuts and deregulation are good policies and, ipso facto, they are being great for the...

Former President Obama on Monday urged a crowd in Las Vegas to "remember who started" the current economic boom, reminding them that the country recovered from the Great Recession during his presidency. Obama echoed language from President Trump, who in July claimed his administration unleashed an "economic miracle" with tax cuts legislation. "When I walked into office ten years ago, we were in the middle of the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes," Obama said at a rally for Nevada Democrats. "By the time I left office, wages were rising, uninsurance rate was falling, poverty was falling, and that’s what...

(CNSNews.com) - Manufacturing jobs in the United States increased by 37,000 in July and have now increased by 400,000 since Donald Trump became president, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Manufacturing added 37,000 jobs in July, with most of the gain in the durable goods component,” said the BLS employment report. “Employment rose in transportation equipment (+13,000), machinery (+6,000), and electronic instruments (+2,000).” “Over the past 12 months, manufacturing has added 327,000 jobs,” said the report. In December 2016, the last month before President Trump was inaugurated, there were 12,351,000 people employed in manufacturing in...

WASHINGTON—Ushering in the largest decrease in auto fuel consumption since the 1970s, President Barack Obama and automobile manufacturers Friday announced a deal that will save drivers money at the pump and dramatically cut heat-trapping gases coming from tailpipes. The agreement pledges to double overall fuel economy to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, bringing major under-the-hood changes for the nation's automobiles starting in model year 2017. Cars and trucks on the road today average 27 miles per gallon. "This agreement on fuel standards represents the single most important step we have taken as a nation to reduce our dependence on...

Presidential candidate, Senator Mrs. Bill Clinton (D-N.Y.), told a crowd of New Hampshire Democratic voters that all they need to do in order to ensure lower fuel prices is elect her president next November. “My ‘two-pronged plan’ to lower fuel prices will mean lower heating bills and driving costs,” the New York senator promised. The “supply side prong” calls for comprehensive price-controls. “Under my administration, oil profiteering will come to an end,” Clinton said. “Corporate greed feeding off of human need will be stopped. If we have to seize control of fuel producers to accomplish this—well, they’ve been warned.” The...