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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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- Politics
European capital rocked by violent protests as government corruption probe fuels unrest
Fetterman bucks Democrats, says party put politics over country in DHS shutdown standoff
White House fires court-appointed US attorney on day he is sworn in
Government to shut down at midnight after Dems, White House fail to strike DHS deal
Cruz targets Minnesota-style fraud with bill requiring proof before federal childcare payouts
- Investing
Congress’s Rejection of Trump’s Canada “Emergency” Is a Welcome—but Woefully Insufficient—Move
Federal Judge: Government Is Not Above the Law, Nor Are Former Death-Row Inmates Beneath Its Protection
CBO Warns of Ballooning Deficits in Latest Fiscal Report
Immigration Restrictions Cause Enforcement Excesses
Removing US Troops from Al-Tanf, Syria, Is the Right Call
- Editor’s Pick
Congress’s Rejection of Trump’s Canada “Emergency” Is a Welcome—but Woefully Insufficient—Move
Federal Judge: Government Is Not Above the Law, Nor Are Former Death-Row Inmates Beneath Its Protection
CBO Warns of Ballooning Deficits in Latest Fiscal Report
Immigration Restrictions Cause Enforcement Excesses
Removing US Troops from Al-Tanf, Syria, Is the Right Call
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Thousands of anti-government protesters violently faced off against riot police outside government buildings in Albania’s capital, Tirana, earlier this week, as people called for...
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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., the lone Senate Democrat to join the GOP to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), accused his colleagues of...
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Alfredo Carrillo Obregon and Scott Lincicome The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday night (February 11) to terminate the national emergency declared by President Trump...
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Matthew Cavedon The eminent intellectual historian Quentin Skinner, surveying history from antiquity to the Enlightenment, once defined “liberty” as freedom from the arbitrary whims...
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Dominik Lett The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its latest Budget and Economic Outlook for 2026 to 2035. Rising interest costs and unchecked...
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Jeffrey Miron Recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minnesota, marked by large-scale raids and civilian harm, are less a local controversy than a...
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Jon Hoffman The announcement today by CENTCOM that it is vacating its presence at the Al-Tanf military base in southeast Syria is welcome news. US troops...
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Emboldened congressional Democrats are once again expanding their battleground map for this year’s midterm elections, when Republicans will be defending their razor-thin majority in...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he plans to discuss Iran and Gaza with U.S. President Donald Trump during their upcoming visit. The...
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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...
