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Oren Cass Testifies Before House Foreign Affairs Committee

On January 14, American Compass chief economist Oren Cass appeared as a witness before the House Foreign Affairs Committee during their hearing titled Winning the AI Arms Race Against the Read more…

This Is the Moment We Find Out if Trump Is for Real

It’s the next stage, however, that will define Mr. Trump’s legacy: Can he and his administration move past the demolition, clear the debris and, well, build back better?

Trump’s selective populism pits MAGA against Wall Street

President Trump is pioneering a bespoke form of populism — championing workers against corporate elites on the one hand, and protecting big business on the other. … What they’re saying: “While the Old Read more…

Oren Cass Joins the Giving Ventures Podcast

For the third installment in the “What Is the Right?” series, we’re featuring the New Right. While the Freedom Conservatives and Libertarians we’ve spoken with in the last two episodes Read more…

Vance, Rubio Remind Washington What ‘America First’ Actually Means

Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday night detailed how the America First movement is inspired by pursuing the national interest and empowering everyday Americans. Read more…

Oren Cass Joins the Big Ideas Book Club with Steve Hilton

In this episode I am once again joined by Author and Economist Oren Cass to discuss his new book “The New Conservatives” which explores restoring America’s commitment to family, community, Read more…

Oren Cass Joins 2WAY TONIGHT with Mark Halperin

To celebrate American Compass’s Fifth Anniversary and the launch of the New Conservatives, Oren Cass joins 2WAY TONIGHT with Mark Halperin.

Ahead of 2028, Vance, Rubio offer up a vision to the future of the GOP

Both men spoke of reindustrialization, of an America First approach to economic and foreign policy and the role the next generation will play.

The populist right takes a victory lap

A who’s who of Republican elites is set to gather this evening at the National Building Museum for a swanky gala hosted by American Compass, the institutional home of conservative Read more…

Are Congressional Republicans Keeping Trump’s Promises? With Oren Cass

Donald Trump promised to be a different kind of Republican. Reimagining trade and taxes, instituting a populist economic agenda, serving main street instead of K street. Are Congressional Republicans actually Read more…

In Trump 2.0, ‘Free Trade’ Republicans Are a Dying Breed

As GOP bends to the president’s populist vision, laissez-faire is out of style.

Josh Hawley and the Republican Populists, at War With Their Party

The conservative senator from Missouri, better known for his raised fist in solidarity with Trump supporters on Jan. 6, is embracing a key rhetorical theme in the president’s political ascendancy.

Elon Musk’s Approach to Government Spending Sparks Debate

Oren Cass joins CBS to discuss the role of Elon Musk in the Trump administration.

An army of MAGA think tanks behind him, it’s Trump’s Washington now

If Trump’s first administration was run by a ragtag group of rabble rousers barely large enough to fill the White House ranks, his second is being steered by a more sophisticated operation.

The Fringe Cause That Could Derail the Republican Agenda

The Right’s “groups” could destroy the Trump agenda.

Optimism But Not Confidence as Trump Takes Control

From infrastructure spending to relations with China, uncertainty reigns.

It Can’t Just Be DOGE

Trump’s anti-bureaucracy energy should be directed at regulation as well as waste

How the Decline of Evangelicalism Helped Elect Donald Trump

Loosening social mores cleared a way once blocked by the Moral Majority

A Great Time to Restrict Outbound Investment

A newly unified Republican Congress has an opportunity to hit Chinese tech

The Rise of the Pro-Worker Republican

Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor puts meat on the bones for a working-class GOP

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