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Romina Boccia and Tyler Turman (Getty Images) Congress is gearing up for another potential reconciliation bill. If it moves forward, Congress should pursue reforms that curb waste, fraud, and abuse…

Tad DeHaven (Getty Images) Last week, the Commerce Department announced a $500 million CHIPS Research and Development award to SandboxAQ, an artificial intelligence and quantum-related software company spun out of…

Walter Olson (Getty Images) In today’s ruling in Cisco Systems Inc. v. Doe, the Supreme Court has written what may be a final chapter in the modern saga of the…

Scott Lincicome and Chad Smitson (Wikimedia Commons) This Thursday (6/25), Cato will host a panel discussion of the six-year anniversary and upcoming joint review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA),…

David Inserra (Getty Images) The United Kingdom announced its intention to pass a social media ban for users under 16. Many details are not yet finalized, but the country plans to ban…

Jeffrey Miron (Getty Images) Industrial policy — government efforts to favor certain sectors, technologies, or firms — has a long history. Far from a fringe idea, politicians across the spectrum…

Matthew Cavedon (Getty Images) Decades ago, the Supreme Court held in a case called Monell v. Department of Social Services that you can sue a local government for violating your…

Adam N. Michel (Getty Images) The Wall Street Journal recently published my op-ed on how Congress could fix Trump Accounts so they’d actually be a useful investment vehicle. My reform…

Mike Fox In a stunning and highly critical ruling, US District Judge Patrick Schiltz quashed a series of Justice Department grand jury subpoenas aimed at Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and…

Ryan Bourne and Chris Edwards Supporters of federal spending make it sound simple: the government designs expert programs, raises money from taxes, and steers it to individuals, businesses, and nonprofit…