Dominik Lett The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its latest Budget and Economic Outlook for 2026 to 2035. Rising interest costs and unchecked entitlement spending are driving federal debt…
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Jeffrey Miron Recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minnesota, marked by large-scale raids and civilian harm, are less a local controversy than a predictable product of US immigration institutions.…
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Jon Hoffman The announcement today by CENTCOM that it is vacating its presence at the Al-Tanf military base in southeast Syria is welcome news. US troops at Al-Tanf served no strategic purpose…
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Pundits are claiming that the demise of the Washington Post will weaken democracy and provide a boost for government corruption. As usual, the pundits are badly mistaken.
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Walter Olson The Framers greatly feared that a president or ruling national faction might someday gain power over the administration of elections. The Constitution guards against this danger by placing…
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Solveig Singleton The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has just released its report on reorganization efforts at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In response, Democratic members of key committees issued a…
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Hargrove v. Healy Brief: Ensuring the First Step Act Shortens Time on Federal Supervision
Matthew Cavedon The First Step Act of 2018 has been called “the most significant criminal justice reform bill in a generation.” As part of the act’s reforms, Congress sought to…
If one man may legally own another, then he should likewise have the right to disown this property. To deny this right by law involves simultaneously affirming the right of…
Patrick G. Eddington Almost four years ago, and at Cato’s urging, Representatives Jamie Raskin (D‑MD) and Nancy Mace (R‑SC) asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate the FBI’s use…
Even as much of the political world is trying to direct us to socialism, the failures of that system are not hidden. There is a reason why economic freedom also…