Author: Jeremy Lott, Washington Examiner

“Shutdowns are terrible,” House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) admitted several times in an October television interview. Clark spoke of “families that are going to suffer.” She insisted that her party, which at least technically caused the shutdown by refusing to end a filibuster in the Senate, “take[s] that responsibility very seriously.” At the same…

Customs and Border Protection is the government agency charged with overseeing all ports of entry in the United States. On a typical day, the last full fiscal year available (2024), CBP processed: 3.8 million de minimis (e.g., low dollar) shipments 1,150,387 passengers and pedestrians 88,582 truck, rail, and sea containers 270,800 incoming privately owned vehicles…