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Jeffrey Miron On June 3, Keith Johnson of Foreign Policy speculated that the Trump administration, after two bruising court defeats, was eyeing Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act—a clause that…

Peter Van Doren Automobile fuel mileage standards (also known as Corporate Average Fuel Economy or CAFE standards) are back in the news. The Senate budget reconciliation bill (also known as…

Matthew Cavedon In 1995, when petitioner Holsey Ellingburg, Jr., robbed a bank, federal criminal restitution was governed by the Victim and Witness Protection Act (VWPA). The VWPA provided that a…

Jeffrey A. Singer Over the past several years, different jurisdictions in the US, Canada, and Europe have allowed people who use illicit drugs to access harm reduction equipment through vending…

David J. Bier On June 26, the National Foundation for American Policy and the Cato Institute hosted a briefing for congressional staffers. I detailed how the Trump administration is carrying…

Adam N. Michel The Senate is rushing to vote on its version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” Republicans are using the budget reconciliation process to cut spending, extend…

Romina Boccia and Ivane Nachkebia With the Senate’s vote-a-rama now underway, here’s what you need to know about the reconciliation bill. Romina Boccia speaks to BBC News about the Senate…

Nicholas Anthony With 65 speakers packed into a single day, the third annual Bitcoin Policy Summit in Washington, DC, had no shortage of topics. Conversations spanned the legislative agenda in…

Walter Olson What follows is a statement I wrote on June 27 following the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA, the universal injunctions/​birthright citizenship case: Do courts have the…

Thomas A. Berry Today, in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, the Supreme Court upheld as constitutional a Texas law mandating that websites impose age verification if those websites feature one-third or…