House and Senate lawmakers are returning to Washington from their home turfs to face a litany of critical battles in the coming weeks. Tuesday marked the end of Congress’ annual…

Mike Fox The plight of Jay Carey, a 54-year-old North Carolina Army veteran, began not with a roar, but with a flicker—a flame held to an American flag in Lafayette Park.…

Chris Edwards A recent US Postal Service (USPS) forecast shows that the relentless decline in paper mail over two decades will continue in coming years. Personal letters, invites, bills, bank…

Jai Kedia and Norbert Michel We and our Cato colleagues have written extensively about the flawed logic behind many of the current administration’s economic policies, especially regarding trade. Those flaws include, for instance,…

Walter Olson Number fourteen in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy: No, President Trump still can’t use an executive order or unilateral presidential power to ban…

Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso is ready to go nuclear on Senate Democrats and their blockade of President Donald Trump’s nominees. Before leaving Washington, D.C., for their respective home states,…

. – Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont says if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doesn’t step down as Health and Human Services secretary in President Donald Trump’s administration, Americans will need…

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, his family revealed to the New York Times. Mueller is the former special counsel who led the Russia investigation into…

President Donald Trump says he plans to sign an executive order aimed at requiring voter ID in elections across the country. Trump made the statement on social media late Saturday…

President Donald Trump has attacked the Senate for blocking his preferred nominees from being confirmed to key positions, but lawmakers and people familiar with the process say the Senate is…