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Robert A. Levy In earlier posts—February 25, 2025, May 20, 2025, and June 21, 2025—I examined proposals by Donald Trump to enlarge his own...
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Scott Lincicome In my latest Bloomberg column, I explore an unseen cost of the federal government’s recent and unprecedented investments in private US companies:...
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Thomas A. Berry, Brent Skorup, and Alexander Xenos The Constitution vests Congress—not federal agencies or their employees—with the power to decide when Americans must...
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Chris Edwards and Yasmeen Kallash-Kyler The Trump administration is cracking down on fraud in welfare programs. Recent scandals in Minnesota suggest the ease with...
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Bautista Vivanco One year after giving notice, the United States has officially left the World Health Organization. The United States was the WHO’s largest contributor. Its...
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Walter Olson It can be hard to get some Americans interested in the well-documented problem of ICE and Border Patrol abuse, perhaps because they...
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Travis Fisher Millions of Americans are bracing for a days-long winter storm that could potentially cause major damage, including extensive power outages. Ahead of...
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Scott Lincicome My latest column at The Dispatch examines what President Trump’s now-canceled Greenland tariff threat says about not only US trade policy but...
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Clark Packard and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon The Trump administration continues to tell America’s farm community that this is a golden age and that the...
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Colleen Hroncich Justine Wilson thought she wanted to be a veterinarian, but in college she discovered she was more interested in activism and community...
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Dominik Lett Congress appears poised to pass full-year appropriations for fiscal year (FY) 2026, dodging a looming January 30 funding deadline. The proposed $1.7...
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Jeffrey A. Singer When governments ban products, they don’t eliminate demand—they redirect it. That basic economic fact is especially important in nicotine policy, where...
