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Energy Department Not Interested In Government Transparency
Patrick G. Eddington Today, Trump’s Department of Energy (DoE) announced in the Federal Register a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)…
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A Bet on X, a Bottle of Scotch, and Why the IRA Was Bound to Break
Travis Fisher In January 2023, I was debating the energy provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on X (formerly…
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ICE Could Prevent Some of the Coming Corruption, Criminal, and Misconduct Scandals That Will Plague the Agency
Alex Nowrasteh The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed by President Trump in July 2025, allocates $45 billion to…
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Anti-Profiling Court Order Cuts LA ICE Arrests by 66 Percent
David J. Bier On July 11, a federal district court in Los Angeles issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the…
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Freedom of Silence? England Investigating a Woman for a Wordless Vigil
Matthew Cavedon There’s no such thing as fish and chips without fish, and also chips. Likewise, there’s no such thing…
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The Federal Government and Harm Reduction
Jeffrey Miron On July 24, President Trump signed an executive order that, among other things, eliminates funding for harm reduction programs. Such…
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The Nvidia/AMD-Trump Deal: Legal Questions, Crony Capitalism, and National Security for Sale
Clark Packard and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon The authors thank Cato Institute intern Saamiya Laroia for her substantial contributions to the…
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Justice Delayed: Federal Indigent Defense Funding Crisis Continues
Matthew Cavedon Back in July, money to pay the private attorneys who represent 40 percent of federal criminal defendants ran…
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The Path to a Safer DC: A Focus on Certainty, Not Showmanship
Mike Fox As a DC resident and former public defender in a crime-plagued city, I’ve witnessed the devastating effects of…
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States Should Recognize Other States’ Physician Licenses
Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter Health care costs in the United States are among the highest in the world, and…
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