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Jeffrey A. Singer News that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez, MD, due to disagreements over vaccine…

Romina Boccia, Dominik Lett, and Ivane Nachkebia As we close out our third year, we’re once again taking stock of what our team has been working on—and the impact we’re…

David Inserra President Trump took to Truth Social to “put all Countries with Digital Taxes, Legislation, Rules, or Regulations, on notice that unless these discriminatory actions are removed, I, as…

Jeffrey Miron A widely endorsed view of markets holds that “capitalism without bankruptcy is like religion without hell.” Thus, as new research notes, [B]arriers to firms exiting the market, such as…

Matthew Cavedon By all appearances, the death penalty is highly unpopular in the District of Columbia. The last person the city executed was Robert Carter in 1957—his jury actually recommended…

Neal McCluskey and Kayla Susalla In maybe a surprise move, President Donald Trump on August 25 said he would allow 600,000 Chinese students to enter the country to attend college. It…

David J. Bier Many people believe that immigrants increase crime, and they are extremely reluctant to accept the mountains of evidence that prove otherwise. In my latest policy analysis for…

Matthew Cavedon On August 25, President Trump issued an executive order regarding burnings of the American flag. Media criticism was swift. MSNBC declared, “In this country, a presidential executive order…

Matt Mittelsteadt In late July, the White House released its AI Action Plan. As I noted in part one of this series, policy has pivoted toward a much-needed emphasis on…

Walter Olson So far as I can see, Trump’s Executive Order today denouncing flag burning is a legal nothingburger. Under the Supreme Court’s 1989 decision in Texas v. Johnson, famously…