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Solveig Singleton and Ryan Chan-Wei Merchants pay swipe fees to credit card networks (also called “interchange fees”) each time a consumer uses a card. The Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA),…

Jai Kedia The Federal Reserve held rates steady at its March meeting, keeping the target for the federal funds rate at 3.5 to 3.75 percent. It was an unsurprising decision, but…

Norbert Michel In Washington, there’s no shortage of bad policy ideas that just won’t die. The latest example is the “Deadpool-esque” quest to lift the cap for Federal Deposit Insurance…

Romina Boccia Each year, the Treasury Department quietly publishes the Financial Report of the United States Government, a comprehensive assessment of America’s long-term financial trajectory. Unlike the Congressional Budget Office,…

Patrick G. Eddington Earlier today on his personal social media platform, President Donald Trump called for reauthorization of Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) as is: It…

Marcos Falcone On Friday, March 20, in light of the Iran war, which has pushed up energy and other prices, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced measures to lower the…

Romina Boccia and Tyler Turman The federal government spent roughly $100 billion on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in fiscal year 2024, but at least $10.5 billion of that…

Colin Grabow Last month, I had the chance to sit down with 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl for a piece on the moribund state of US commercial shipbuilding. That story,…

Matthew Cavedon The Bureau of Prisons has improperly interpreted the First Step Act of 2018 (“FSA”) to deny thousands of prisoners credits earned through rehabilitation programs, unlawfully extending their imprisonment,…

Jeffrey A. Singer As the US faces a projected shortage of 86,000 physicians by 2036, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, Axios reports that the Trump administration’s visa…