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Norbert Michel and Christian Kruse Regulatory compliance costs smaller community banks roughly double what it costs the largest institutions—the smallest banks spend 11–15.5% of payroll and 16.5–22% of data processing…

Peter Van Doren On April 1, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments about President Trump’s executive order excluding from birthright citizenship the US-born children of temporary visitors and of persons not…

Nicholas Anthony I’m suing the government for covering up its plans to create a central bank digital currency (CBDC).  How I Got Here After President Joe Biden signed a 2022 executive…

Ryan Bourne and Nathan Miller “It’s basic supply and demand,” Elizabeth Warren said in a recent video as she and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez revived their latest push for government-subsidized childcare.  Her argument…

Dominik Lett Today, President Trump released his fiscal year (FY) 2027 budget blueprint, two months past the February statutory deadline. The administration proposes a 42 percent increase in defense spending…

Colleen Hroncich “People often tell me it wasn’t a good business decision to pick a name that people don’t know how to say,” admits Ashley Wagner, founder of Petrichor School…

Jennifer Huddleston and Christopher Gardner Maine is set to pass legislation that would make it the first state to ban the construction of new data centers in 2027. Unfortunately, they…

Michael F. Cannon President Trump has announced he will impose a 100 percent tax (tariff) on imports of both on-patent medicines and active ingredients for domestic production of such medicines.…

Mike Fox The departure of US Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2, 2026, marked the inevitable conclusion of a turbulent 14-month effort to reshape the Department of Justice into…

Adam Omary and Jeffrey A. Singer How Overdiagnosis, Perverse Incentives, and Absent Oversight Created Medicaid’s Fastest-Growing Spending Crisis Key Findings The rise in autism is largely driven by children with…