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Public Corruption in New Jersey
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Oklahoma Spared Tremane Wood’s Life. His Case Highlights Everything Wrong with Criminal Trials in America.
New Ban Bars 1 in 5 Legal Immigrants, Even Citizens’ Spouses & Kids
DOGE Produced the Largest Peacetime Workforce Cut on Record, but Spending Kept Rising
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Public Corruption in New Jersey
Fast Facts About SNAP
Oklahoma Spared Tremane Wood’s Life. His Case Highlights Everything Wrong with Criminal Trials in America.
New Ban Bars 1 in 5 Legal Immigrants, Even Citizens’ Spouses & Kids
DOGE Produced the Largest Peacetime Workforce Cut on Record, but Spending Kept Rising
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Chris Edwards and Yasmeen Kallash-Kyler When you ask people which are the most corrupt states, New Jersey is often mentioned along with perhaps Illinois...
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Romina Boccia and Tyler Turman The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) served 41.7 million Americans on average each month at a cost of roughly...
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Matthew Cavedon Oklahoma prisoner Tremane Wood was set to be executed on November 13. Instead, last-minute clemency from Governor Kevin Stitt saved his life....
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If employment reports continue to show growing economic stagnation, calls for more monetary inflation and government spending will only grow.
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David J. Bier President Trump signed a new proclamation that bans nearly all legal immigration from about 40 countries, covering about one in five...
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Alex Nowrasteh and Krit Chanwong The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) first set a goal to balance the budget by cutting $2 trillion in...
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Adam N. Michel Over the last few weeks, a wave of headlines has painted a similar story: the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)...
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Tad DeHaven In an interview with the Wall Street Journal over the weekend, the president confirmed that he’s considering taking equity stakes in defense...
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Trump’s position on this reminds us of Madeleine Albright’s famous complaint: “What’s the point of having this superb military that you’re always talking about...
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David J. Bier Last week, I published data leaked from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) showing that 73 percent of individuals booked into...
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Michael Chapman Among its best books of 2025, The Economist selected Peak Human, What We Can Learn from the Rise and Fall of Golden...
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Romina Boccia Ending the government shutdown restored benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), but it also highlighted a broader issue in welfare...