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Ian Vásquez Maria Corina Machado has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve…

Colleen Hroncich When Jennifer Granberry found out during pregnancy that her youngest son would likely have Down syndrome, she and her husband immediately started thinking about what his future would…

Ryan Bourne and Nathan Miller President Trump first mused about a US Sovereign Wealth Fund during his 2024 presidential campaign. Shortly after taking office, he signed an executive order instructing his Treasury…

Matthew Cavedon In 2017, St. Louis police officer Christopher Tanner shot fellow officer Milton Green when both were in the line of duty. Tanner claimed that he shot Green, who…

Chris Edwards The federal government shutdown is damaging the nation’s air traffic control (ATC) operations. Thousands of flights have been delayed due to short staffing at ATC facilities. ATC employees…

Michael F. Cannon Grumpy economist John Cochrane, the Rose-Marie and Jack Anderson Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a Cato Institute adjunct scholar, has published a…

Matthew Cavedon On Monday, Senator Chuck Grassley (R‑IA) revealed that the FBI spied on nine Republican senators during the Biden administration. Politico responded by dismissively huffing that the agency did…

Romina Boccia and Ritvik Thakur Medicare1 isn’t just facing a trust fund shortfall—it’s threatening America’s entire fiscal future. While headlines warn that the Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund2 will run…

Neal McCluskey The Trump administration has proffered nine universities a deal: Take our rules, and we will give you special access to federal money and “partnerships.” It’s a deal that…

Adam N. Michel At the center of the government shutdown is a disagreement over whether to extend a temporary pandemic-era expansion of the Affordable Care Act’s premium tax credits. These…