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Don’t Pause the Gas Tax—Repeal It
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- Editor’s Pick
Don’t Pause the Gas Tax—Repeal It
28.7 Million Reports, 275 Investigations—the Bank Secrecy Act Doesn’t Work
Reviving Private Prosecution Could Transform Victims’ Rights
Can Deregulation of Branch Banking Improve Capital Allocation? Evidence from the Great Depression
Public Employees Have the Right to Talk Politics without Risking their Jobs
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Adam N. Michel Artaxerxes | Wikimedia Commons President Donald Trump told CBS News recently that he wants to “take off the gas tax for...
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Nicholas Anthony Once again, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is breaking the law by failing to share the full suite of data needed...
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Matthew Cavedon In commemoration of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week at the end of April, Detroit’s chief prosecutor Kym Worthy promised that her office...
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Jeffrey Miron The Great Depression led to dramatic increases in bank regulation. One study looks at an instance of bank deregulation during this period: state-level...
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Jeffrey Miron The current national debt is almost $39 trillion—and rising. The 2025 One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act has only made matters worse. New...
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Juan Londoño In early April, Anthropic announced the release of Claude Mythos, a powerful cybersecurity-focused model that promises to address most cybersecurity vulnerabilities at...
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Benjamin Giltner Last week, the Department of Defense released President Trump’s requested defense budget for fiscal year 2027. It’s a staggering $1.5 trillion and...
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Thomas A. Berry There are currently two vacancies in the cabinet and two deputy secretaries acting as secretaries: Todd Blanche as acting attorney general...
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Tad DeHaven Last week, I argued that a federal rescue of Spirit Airlines would be a disturbing escalation from government mistake to government ownership—a...
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Norbert J. Michel Last week’s confrimation hearing for Kevin Warsh, the nominee to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, drew tons of...
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Travis Fisher Congress has a terrific opportunity to get sober on energy policy. Today, the House Committee on Rules will consider several amendments to...
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Solveig Singleton The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or the “Bureau”) recently issued a new strategic plan. It offers laudable goals such as following the...
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Ryan Bourne and Nathan Miller Republicans spent the better part of four years mocking the political left’s greedflation narrative—and rightly so. But lately they’re...