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Patrick G. Eddington (Getty Images) For over 120 years, semi-automatic rifles have been for sale to the public. Americans have been able to walk into a store and buy one since March…

Solveig Singleton (Getty Images) A new Supreme Court decision suggests that those seeking reform of the troubled Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should adjust their priorities.  On June 29, the Supreme…

David J. Bier In Trump v. Barbara, the Supreme Court invalidated President Trump’s executive order that banned birthright citizenship for illegal or temporary residents of the United States.  Courts keep…

Jeffrey Miron The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. (Getty Images) Since starting his second term, President Trump has attempted to control the Kennedy Center, including its name, board, and programming.…

Thomas A. Berry (Getty Images) Over the course of the twentieth century, “independent” federal agencies accumulated vast executive power, including the power to investigate, adjudicate, and impose severe financial penalties…

Michael Chapman Thomas Sowell, who turns 96 on June 30, is the embodiment of the self-made American. He was born in the segregated South, dropped out of high school, served…

Walter Olson On May 29, the Office of Management and Budget published a new proposal that would revamp and centralize control of all federal grantmaking, including scientific and health research.…

Jeffrey Miron Brazil has struggled historically to prevent its cattle industry from contributing to deforestation. One study, however, considers a new approach: Conduct Adjustment Agreements (TACs), under which cattle-buying plants…

Jeffrey A. Singer (Getty Images) On June 26, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released its 2026 World Drug Report. Drug-war hardliners who (wrongly) credit recent overdose…

Dominik Lett (Getty Images) On June 24, the White House requested $87.6 billion in emergency supplemental funding. Most of the request—some $72 billion—is ostensibly related to the war in Iran.…