Adam N. Michel Millions of Americans will lose money this month. Some will drop $20 in the office March Madness pool. Others will wager on the ever-expanding number of betting apps.…
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Reconciliation 2.0 Can Save Billions by Completing the Wall Around the Welfare State
Adam N. Michel and David J. Bier The next reconciliation package should finish what the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) started. It should finish construction on the wall around…
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Marcos Falcone This week, The Independent Review published my latest peer-reviewed research article, titled “Peronism: The Rise and Persistence of Fascism in Argentina.” The paper argues that Peronism is best…
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Scott Lincicome, Alfredo Carrillo Obregon, and Chad Smitson One year ago today, President Trump celebrated “Liberation Day,” unveiling his global “reciprocal” tariffs, heralding the “economic independence” of the United States,…
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Who Owns Digital Records—Tech Companies or Their Users? In Chatrie v. US, the Supreme Court Could Weigh In
Brent Skorup and Laura Bondank Our digital records contain some of our most private information—such as personal emails, messages with a spouse, bank records, GPS location history, Google and ChatGPT…
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Chris Edwards While Congress continues to battle over homeland security legislation, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers are finally getting paid through an executive order. That’s a relief, but the collateral…
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Stephen Richer Political pundits have long-expected a second executive order from President Trump on election administration. Yesterday, March 31, it happened. Titled, “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections,”…
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Thomas A. Berry, Dan Greenberg, and Kimberly Coleman On his first day in office last year, President Trump signed Executive Order 14,160. That Order attempted to end birthright citizenship for…
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Nicholas Anthony Central bankers have promised everything when it comes to central bank digital currency (CBDC). One would hope they would realize just how outlandish it is to say a…
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Patrick G. Eddington Earlier this week, a federal judge blocked—at least for now—Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempt to blacklist artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic as being a “supply chain risk.”…
