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Stephen Slivinski and Norbert J. Michel Both of us have already explained why proposals from President Trump and Elizabeth Warren...

Nicholas Anthony The Bank Secrecy Act was enacted in 1970 to require banks and other financial institutions to monitor customers...

Stephen Richer At the beginning of Trump’s second term as president, Jonathan Rauch introduced readers of The Atlantic to the...

Jeffrey Miron The current national debt is almost $39 trillion—and rising.  The 2025 One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act has only...

Juan Londoño In early April, Anthropic announced the release of Claude Mythos, a powerful cybersecurity-focused model that promises to address...

Benjamin Giltner Last week, the Department of Defense released President Trump’s requested defense budget for fiscal year 2027. It’s a...

Thomas A. Berry There are currently two vacancies in the cabinet and two deputy secretaries acting as secretaries: Todd Blanche...

Tad DeHaven Last week, I argued that a federal rescue of Spirit Airlines would be a disturbing escalation from government...

Norbert J. Michel Last week’s confrimation hearing for Kevin Warsh, the nominee to be the next chair of the Federal...

Travis Fisher Congress has a terrific opportunity to get sober on energy policy. Today, the House Committee on Rules will...