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Building “Trump Class” Naval Ships “Is a Terrible Idea”
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Treasury Should Tread Lightly When Regulating New Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Program
Life and Liberty: A Libertarian Dissent Against Assisted Suicide
Mayor Mamdani’s “Collectivism” Is No Slip of the Tongue—It’s About Force, Coercion
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Building “Trump Class” Naval Ships “Is a Terrible Idea”
US Has the Most Progressive Tax System in the Developed World
Treasury Should Tread Lightly When Regulating New Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Program
Life and Liberty: A Libertarian Dissent Against Assisted Suicide
Mayor Mamdani’s “Collectivism” Is No Slip of the Tongue—It’s About Force, Coercion
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Benjamin Giltner Over the holidays, President Trump announced that the US Navy would begin building a new class of battleship, unsurprisingly called the “Trump...
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Adam N. Michel The United States places an unusually heavy share of the tax burden on higher earners. You wouldn’t know this from hearing...
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Colleen Hroncich Last year, Congress created a federal tax credit for donations to scholarship-granting organizations (SGOs) that help families choose the best educational options...
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Matthew Cavedon My Cato colleague Dr. Jeffrey Singer recently endorsed New York’s pending legalization of Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD). While his perspective reflects...
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Matthew Cavedon A new article in the Harvard Law Review by NYU Law Professor Emma Kaufman shows that plea bargaining violates the historical meaning...
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Matthew Cavedon In February 2024, petitioner Munson Hunter entered a guilty plea to one federal count of aiding and abetting wire fraud. He did...
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David J. Bier This week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published data intended to prove that DHS immigration arrests are “starting with the...
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Benjamin Giltner Yesterday, the House of Representative voted on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which determines the authorized funds for next year’s defense budget. A...
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Jennifer Huddleston Cato Institute intern Denison Hatch contributed to this article. Last Congress saw a debate over the Open App Market Act (OAMA), which would...
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Marcos Falcone Today marks two years since Javier Milei took office as president of Argentina. Since December 10, 2023, the first self-described libertarian to...
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Jerome Famularo Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte recently grabbed headlines for floating two “innovative” mortgage ideas: a 50-year mortgage and mortgage portability....
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Alex Nowrasteh Very little new information has been released since Rahmanullah Lakanwal murdered West Virginia National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom in Washington, DC, two...
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Nicholas Anthony One of the biggest concerns about central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is that they will undermine the financial system. In short, money...