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Romina Boccia and Ivane Nachkebia (Getty Images) The release of the annual Social Security Trustees report has once again focused attention on the program’s projected trust fund exhaustion date, now…

Jeffrey Miron Despite reports that they are less harmful than regular cigarettes, legislators have targeted e‑cigarettes and vapes via crackdowns and online sales bans, citing a desire to protect young…

Juan Londoño The Great American Artificial Intelligence Act (GAAIA), a draft bill announced by Representatives Jay Obernolte (R‑CA) and Lori Trahan (D‑MA), is the proposal for the first federal comprehensive…

Dominik Lett and Chris Edwards A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) study examines federal programs with the highest rates of improper payments. The rates are the estimated percentages of benefits…

Tad DeHaven (Getty Images) The Senate Armed Services Committee appears ready to do what the Republican-controlled Congress should have put a stop to: write the Trump administration’s equity stake power…

Michael Chapman (Getty Images) The good news about energy couldn’t be more clear: it is “massively abundant” and “always will be.” That’s according to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who told…

Scott Lincicome and Chad Smitson In my new Bloomberg column today, I discuss the travails of Whirlpool Corporation, a longtime advocate (and recipient) of government protection from import competition—and a…

Nicholas Anthony President Donald Trump issued an executive order to stop the creation or development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Yet rumors have begun to swirl that the…

David Inserra Senators Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden recently introduced the JAWBONE Act to stop government pressure on and coercion of companies, a pattern known as jawboning. Citing attacks on…

Andrew Gillen A new paper released today, Trends in Higher Education: State Funding and Tuition Revenue at Public Colleges from 1980 to 2025, documents state funding, tuition revenue, and total…