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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...
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Nicholas Anthony At the World Economic Forum, Banque de France Governor François Villeroy de Galhau proclaimed that he trusts “central banks with a democratic...
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Norbert Michel This week at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, the spectacle of American politicians attacking the goose that laid the...
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Clark Neily Last night, US forces attacked various locations in Venezuela in an operation to capture the loathsome President Nicolás Maduro and bring him...
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Romina Boccia Debates over Social Security reform in the United States are often framed around financing tweaks rather than first principles. Proposals to lift...
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Travis Fisher In the energy sector, 2025 was the year when we all realized we had outgrown our trousers. The flaws inherent in the systems...
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Mike Fox and Matthew Cavedon On January 7, 2025, heavily agricultural Kern County, California, fell into chaos as Border Patrol agents unconstitutionally targeted people...
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Jeffrey A. Singer It’s a tradition for people to make resolutions as the year ends and a new one begins. The New Year taps into...
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David J. Bier In 2025, President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) attempted and carried out so many unlawful, unconstitutional, immoral, and economically and...
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Clark Neily Looking back on a markedly tumultuous year in American politics—and a few months forward to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of...
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Romina Boccia and Ritvik Thakur Medicare spending is the largest driver of the US debt crisis. Medicare accounts for more than $53 trillion of...
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Mike Fox We’ve all been there. You get the notification: “Package Delivered.” You head to the door, heart full of anticipation, only to find...