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Molly Nixon Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers are receiving paychecks for the first time in over a month, after President Trump issued a March 27 memorandum directing the Department of Homeland Security…

Matthew Cavedon Prosecutors don’t discriminate against black jurors simply out of racial animus. They do it because black Americans are, on average, more skeptical of police and prosecutors—and that skepticism…

Kevin T. Frazier Only a handful of members of Congress have tech experience. When Nick Begich earned the support of his fellow Alaskans to represent them in DC, he brought…

Tad DeHaven Congressional Republicans have long posed as defenders of free markets. But for the past year, they’ve said little and done nothing about the Trump administration’s acquisition of ownership…

Norbert Michel Most members of Congress, understandably, want to ensure that even people living outside of the biggest US cities have access to banking services. They see the “big banks”…

Matthew Cavedon North Carolinians value their constitutional right to keep and bear arms. More than 40 percent of adult North Carolinians own guns. The right to keep and bear arms and…

Benjamin Giltner The war in Iran has exposed both the strengths and limits of the forces involved. Most notably, Iran has shown it can strain—and sometimes penetrate—Israel’s vaunted missile defenses,…

Jai Kedia It is never a good sign when government debt auctions make the news, as was the case this week when the Treasury tried to sell $69 billion in two-year…

Colleen Hroncich Hunt Davidson was teaching high school history when he noticed something that bothered him enough to quit his job and start over. He taught 9th and 11th grade,…

Romina Boccia, Adam N. Michel, and Dominik Lett Congress is reportedly weighing whether to use reconciliation—a special budget process that allows certain legislative changes to be enacted with a simple…