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Neal McCluskey “But even if they can, should they?” I asked that question last week in response to President Trump’s executive order on “indoctrination” in public schools. The question asked…

Tad DeHaven President Trump issued an executive order planning the establishment of a US sovereign wealth fund. A sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is a state-owned investment fund that manages public…

Scott Lincicome and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon Buried in yesterday’s Census Bureau release of the latest US international trade data for full-year 2024 was a nice reminder that, for all the…

Walter Olson In a remark that might seem to sum up Congress’s current approach to its oversight role, Sen. Thom Tillis (R‑NC) acknowledged the other day that the Trump administration’s…

Chris Edwards With today’s massive budget deficits, the Trump administration and Congress should look for savings in every federal department. That includes the massive $859 billion Department of Defense (DOD)…

Justin Logan President Donald Trump rarely bores. At a much-awaited press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 4, Trump was expected to discuss the prospects for the…

Alex Nowrasteh The Trump administration issued an executive order (EO) on January 20, 2025, to create a process to designate some international criminal organizations and drug cartels as foreign terrorist…

Jeffrey Miron Since at least Aristotle, new technologies have raised fears of major job losses as businesses substitute machines for people. The industrial revolution led to the Luddite movement in…

Chris Edwards The federal government is hurtling toward a fiscal crisis. Accumulated debt is reaching historic highs, borrowing rates are rising, and spiking inflation is a major risk. President Trump…

Brandan P. Buck President Trump was elected in 2024 partly on his promise of ending “America’s endless wars.” The Trump administration says it doesn’t want new wars, boldly declaring that…