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Neal McCluskey Last March, there was considerable excitement about eliminating the US Department of Education. As well there should have been. Since the department...
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- Politics
Trump, Netanyahu to meet at White House in high-stakes talks on Iran, Gaza plan
FDA refuses to review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application
Key House committee advances nationwide voter ID bill, setting up 2026 election fight
Trump DOJ appointee Thomas Albus tapped to lead Fulton County search warrant fight
Shutdown clock ticks as Schumer, Democrats dig in on DHS funding demands
- Investing
The One Big Beautiful Bill Made ICE Shutdown-Proof and Eroded Fiscal Norms
Marijuana Policy Between the New York Times Nanny State and Chaos
Decentralizing Public Health: From Atlanta to Geneva, Institutional Monopolies Are Fraying
Introducing “End Fed Ed Watch”
No Tax on Tips and Overtime: A Case Study in How the Tax Code Gets More Complicated
- Editor’s Pick
The One Big Beautiful Bill Made ICE Shutdown-Proof and Eroded Fiscal Norms
Marijuana Policy Between the New York Times Nanny State and Chaos
Decentralizing Public Health: From Atlanta to Geneva, Institutional Monopolies Are Fraying
Introducing “End Fed Ed Watch”
No Tax on Tips and Overtime: A Case Study in How the Tax Code Gets More Complicated
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Dominik Lett On February 2, Congress approved full-year appropriations for nearly every major federal agency, except the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is temporarily funded...
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Matthew Cavedon A couple of years ago, I published an academic paper predicting that the remaining laws criminalizing marijuana use were on the verge...
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Jeffrey A. Singer I have recently written that the “healthy rebellion” by national, state, and local professional medical and public health organizations against the...
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Adam N. Michel Last year, Congress passed a major tax and spending package that, among many other provisions, introduced new income tax deductions for...
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Alex Nowrasteh and Jerome Famularo An astute reader of our recent Cato policy brief on immigrant welfare use suggested stratifying it by income since...
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Mustafa Akyol The new Cato book, No Compulsion in Religion—No Exceptions: Islamic Arguments for Religious Freedom, edited by Senior Fellow Mustafa Akyol, is being...
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Ian Vásquez Concluding a sham trial that lasted more than two years, a Hong Kong court sentenced Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison today....
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Nicholas Anthony Saule Omarova, then a professor at Cornell Law School in 2021, faced one of the most intense nomination processes in recent history....
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Colin Grabow Spurred on by China’s export prowess and President Trump’s tariff-centered trade agenda, the European Union and India announced in late January that...
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