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Moving Fast, Breaking Things, and the Oath of Office
Walter Olson In a remark that might seem to sum up Congress’s current approach to its oversight role, Sen. Thom…
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Defense and Veterans Spending Tops $1.2 Trillion
Chris Edwards With today’s massive budget deficits, the Trump administration and Congress should look for savings in every federal department.…
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The Prospects for Mar-a-Gaza
Justin Logan President Donald Trump rarely bores. At a much-awaited press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February…
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Trump Administration Shouldn’t Designate Drug Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations
Alex Nowrasteh The Trump administration issued an executive order (EO) on January 20, 2025, to create a process to designate…
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Does New Technology Cause Unemployment?
Jeffrey Miron Since at least Aristotle, new technologies have raised fears of major job losses as businesses substitute machines for…
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Republicans Should Aim for Canada-Size Cuts
Chris Edwards The federal government is hurtling toward a fiscal crisis. Accumulated debt is reaching historic highs, borrowing rates are…
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From One Endless War to Another: Trump’s New Military Frontier in Mexico?
Brandan P. Buck President Trump was elected in 2024 partly on his promise of ending “America’s endless wars.” The Trump…
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Cato Tax Bootcamp: An International Tax Primer
Adam N. Michel The final installment in our tax bootcamp series covers the international tax system. It starts by describing…
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Two Types of Debanking: Operational and Governmental
Nicholas Anthony Debanking is generally characterized as the sudden closure of a financial account. The causes of debanking, however, are…
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Ayn Rand: Affirmative Action, Racial Quotas Are “Unfair, Un-American, Unjust”
Michael Chapman Ayn Rand was born on Feb. 2, 1905, one hundred twenty years ago this week, and died on…
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