David J. Bier and Sahana Krishnamurthy On September 2, the US military conducted a strike on a small boat near Venezuela believed to be carrying illegal drugs, resulting in the…

The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released a roughly 120-page transcript of former Attorney General Bill Barr’s deposition, and it appears to affirm Republicans’ claims that the former Department of…

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, revealed Tuesday that the FBI’s election-related investigation into President Donald Trump, launched in 2022, swept in dozens of Republican entities, including the late…

The Trump administration said Tuesday it would appeal a lower court’s decision blocking the president’s effort to fire Fed’s Lisa Cook to the Supreme Court, an eleventh-hour effort to remove…

Dominik Lett Read the new paper here. The Cato Institute has just released an updated version of the emergency spending paper I co-authored with Romina Boccia last year. The key takeaway:…

Jeffrey A. Singer and Bautista Vivanco As promised, the White House released the recommendations of the MAHA Commission—the “Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy Report”—on September 9 as part of…

Alex Nowrasteh Many of you read my Cato blog post from September 11 about the frequency of deadly, politically motivated terrorist attacks in the United States. People are apprehensive about…

An X account belonging to a conservative activist with over 1 million followers has been posting numerous examples of individuals celebrating or downplaying the political assassination of Charlie Kirk, racking…

As the deadline to fund the government and avoid a partial government shutdown approaches, President Donald Trump has pressured Republican lawmakers to pass a continuing resolution. ‘Congressional Republicans, including Leader…

The federal trial of Ryan Routh, accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump as he played golf in September 2024, resumes Tuesday with more FBI forensic experts scheduled to…