Michael F. Cannon A growing measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas—24 cases so far in a county that voted 91 percent for Donald Trump—illustrates a grim irony. Senate Republicans plan to vote today on…
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Jeremy Horepdahl Over the past five years, the US labor market has added, on net, 5.4 million jobs, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics household survey. The establishment…
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Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett Today, the House Budget Committee, led by Chairman Jodey Arrington (R‑TX), is marking up a budget resolution for fiscal year 2025, released just yesterday. This…
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Jeffrey Miron President Donald Trump has reportedly shown a strong interest in privatizing the US Postal Service (USPS). Proponents of the USPS applaud its mandate to provide mail service to every…
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Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett Can the United States outgrow Social Security’s financing problem or inflate away the resulting debt? The answer is a resounding no. The program’s rising costs…
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Justin Logan Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a terrific, bracing speech today to the Ukraine Defense Contact Group that deserves praise. For more than two years, European capitals have been…
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Jeffrey A. Singer A doctor who intentionally performs cruel and medically unjustifiable procedures that cause pain and suffering could face criminal charges. If the patient dies, the doctor could face…
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Walter Olson The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched an investigation of all-news San Francisco radio station KCBS 740 AM over its coverage of a Jan. 26 federal immigration raid…
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Nicholas Anthony Both the House and Senate held hearings on the issue of debanking last week. Perhaps the most disappointing occurrence was the repeated claim by some members of Congress…
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Mike Fox As a former public defender, my clients often faced an impossible choice: plead guilty to a crime they knew they didn’t commit or one I believed the prosecution…