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Trump Wants To 'Take Over' State Elections

It's a bad idea, just like it was a bad idea five years ago when Democrats proposed something similar.

Reason

"James L. Buckley: The Man and His Principles," by Roger Pilon

A friend profiles Buckley himself, a public servant who spent his life defending constitutional first principles.

Reason

Cato Institute Looking to Hire an Executive Power Scholar

An opportunity to work at the nation's leading libertarian think tank.

Reason

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He Started a Business Legally. Now Trump's Mass Deportations Threaten Him and Other Immigrant Entrepreneurs.

Immigrants start businesses at a higher rate than native-born Americans, benefitting not only themselves but also their American workers and customers.

Reason

The Trump Administration Is Abusing a Law To Threaten ICE Protesters. The Cases Are Falling Apart.

The administration doesn't want to win these cases. It wants to intimidate Americans who oppose its immigration policies.

Reason

Our Amicus Brief in the Pung v. Isabella County Home Equity Theft Takings Case

I wrote it (with help from others) on behalf of the Cato Institute and a group of takings and property scholars.

Reason

Non-Paywalled Version of My Washington Examiner Article on "Foot Voting, Housing, and Affordability"

The Cato Institute has posted one on its website.

Reason

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'Trump Accounts' for Kids Promise $1,000 (£760) Gift: How to Claim and Get Qualified

New legislation grants US newborns £760 in seed money. Learn how 'Trump Accounts' function, investment rules, and Michael Dell's multi-billion dollar contribution to the programme.

International Business Times UK

Guns seized and federal drug arrests drop dramatically as Trump team turns agents attention to deportations

Homeland Security hails record high numbers of civil immigration arrests while certain criminal arrests plummet

The Independent UK

Don't Extend Obamacare Subsidies To End the Government Shutdown

Government interference in health care should be reduced, not expanded.

Reason

Economic Freedom Begins Recovery From COVID-Era Government Meddling

Authoritarian pandemic policy made the world poorer and less free.

Reason

Americans Like Drugs. Killing Drug Traffickers Won't Change That.

Most U.S. drug traffickers are Americans, but the president is ordering extrajudicial maritime killings while ignoring the domestic demand that drives the market.

Reason

Trump is demanding a crackdown on the ‘radical left’. But a new study shows more political violence comes from right-wing extremism

President Donald Trump has promised retribution to left-wing groups in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing. However, the data does not back up his claims

The Independent UK

Social Security Could Run Out Of Funds By 2030, Costing Young Americans $110,000 In Lifetime Earnings: Report

In a recent report, the Cato Institute has warned that the Social Security program’s funding shortfalls could result in significant financial sacrifices for young American workers.

Benzinga

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Cato Institute, NCLA Urge Appeals Court To Reject Trump Tariffs Citing Unauthorized Use Of Statute: Report

The Cato Institute and the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) have called on the Federal Circuit to strike down President Donald Trump‘s tariffs, arguing they rely on a statute that does not grant any authority to impose such tariffs.

Reason

Appeals Court Briefs Say Trump's Tariffs Are Based on a Statute That Does Not Authorize Tariffs at All

The Cato Institute and the New Civil Liberties Alliance urge the Federal Circuit to extend the logic of a decision against the president's far-reaching import taxes.

Reason

The Department of Education Is in Limbo. Let's Kill It.

Congress should now turn its attention to abolishing the unnecessary federal education bureaucracy.

Reason

Our Fifth Circuit Alien Enemies Act Amicus Brief

The brief was filed on behalf of the Brennan Center, the Cato Institute, law-of-war scholar Prof. John Dehn, and myself.

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How Does the National Debt Affect You? A Budget Expert Explains.

Higher debt means lower wages, higher interest rates, and fewer opportunities, says Romina Boccia of the Cato Institute.

Reason

Congress Is Giving Energy Lobbyists a 3-Year Window to Keep Up to $2 Trillion in Subsidies

The "one big, beautiful bill" keeps the corporate welfare that Republicans claim to hate.

Reason

Report: 50 Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Entered the U.S. Legally, Contrary to White House Claims

"It's not just one or two administrative errors," says the Cato Institute's David Bier.

Reason

Our Supreme Court Amicus Brief Opposing Termination of CHNV Immigration Parole, Which Would Subject Some 500,000 Legal Immigrants to the Risk of Deportation to Oppressive Regimes

The brief is on behalf of the Cato Institute and myself.

Reason

Why DOGE Failed

Elon Musk promised $2 trillion in cuts but delivered only a tiny portion of that total. We asked seven policy experts to explain what he got wrong.

Fortune

Trump tariffs are ‘a recipe for making Americans worse off,’ Cato Institute says

No one will be economically better off if reciprocal tariffs are imposed and a trade war escalates, the libertarian think tank told Fortune.

Latin Times

Immigrants Consumed Less in Government Welfare than Native-Born Citizens Despite Trump Rhetoric: Study

A recent Cato Institute study found that immigrants claimed 54 percent less in benefits from the federal government than native-born citizens.

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