Walter Olson One of the striking features of the present administration is the regularity with which its leaders, from President Donald Trump on down,...
Andrew Gillen While the Biden administration’s efforts to forgive student loans were persistent, most of their plans were prevented or at least paused by...
Scott Lincicome and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon Among President Trump’s many new (and unilateral) trade taxes—and by far the most sweeping—are his “reciprocal” tariffs, which...
Patrick G. Eddington Today, Trump’s Department of Energy (DoE) announced in the Federal Register a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) policy change that has...
Travis Fisher In January 2023, I was debating the energy provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on X (formerly Twitter). A prominent advocate...
Alex Nowrasteh The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed by President Trump in July 2025, allocates $45 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
David J. Bier On July 11, a federal district court in Los Angeles issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the Department of Homeland Security...
Jeffrey Miron On July 24, President Trump signed an executive order that, among other things, eliminates funding for harm reduction programs. Such programs (syringe services, naloxone...
Clark Packard and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon The authors thank Cato Institute intern Saamiya Laroia for her substantial contributions to the research and writing of...
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