Tad DeHaven The Trump administration’s government ownership spree has officially gone quantum. The Commerce Department announced today that it has signed letters of intent to provide roughly $2 billion in…
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Norbert J. Michel and Jai Kedia In the Washington Post this week, economist John Cochrane laid out the predicament facing Kevin Warsh as he takes over the Federal Reserve: institutional…
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David Inserra For a while now, experts and policymakers have been growing increasingly worried about the threat that generative AI might pose to elections. Deepfakes, critics have warned, could become…
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Tad DeHaven and Molly Nixon The settlement in Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, in which the president was effectively both plaintiff and defendant, creates a taxpayer-financed, nearly…
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Norbert J. Michel and Christian Kruse House Financial Services Chairman French Hill (R‑AR), Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D‑CA), and other members of the House leadership team deserve enormous credit for…
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Ian Vásquez and Marcos Falcone The US indictment of Raúl Castro today raises hope for an end to the Castro tyranny, something that ideally would happen in a bloodless way.…
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Krit Chanwong Gas prices have surged due to the war in Iran. In response, President Donald Trump and Senator Josh Hawley (R‑MO) have proposed suspending the federal gas tax for…
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Clark Neily Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission quietly repealed a self-servingly speech-suppressing policy it had maintained for more than 50 years: the so-called “no-deny” rule, which required settling defendants…
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Nicholas Anthony America is celebrating its 250th anniversary, but President Trump has forgotten the Constitution. The Bank Secrecy Act is one of the biggest attacks on the Fourth Amendment, and…
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Ryan Chan-Wei On May 14, the Senate Banking Committee voted 15 to 9 to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act), with two Democrats crossing party lines to…