Patrick G. Eddington The periodic fight over the fate of the scandal-ridden Section 702 mass electronic surveillance program of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) intensified this week.  Yesterday, House…

Dominik Lett This week, the House is set to vote on H.J. Res. 139, a balanced budget amendment introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs (R‑AZ) in January. It is not perfect,…

David J. Bier The US government is taking fees from immigrants and US sponsors for services that it has no plans to provide. The government took their money, and now…

Mike Fox Travelers hitting the airports for spring break are being met with a grim reality: security lines stretching out the terminal doors and wait times exceeding three hours. With…

Thomas A. Berry, Dan Greenberg, and Alexander Xenos Like all states, New York prohibits the unauthorized practice of law (UPL). But New York’s overzealous application of its UPL laws could…

Neal McCluskey I have received many news alerts and press releases over the last several weeks about the ever-growing number of applications to the new Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA)…

Tad DeHaven Within days of the Trump administration’s February 28 attack on Iran, shipping through the Strait of Hormuz was slowing to a halt. Insurance coverage for shippers was being…

Tad DeHaven Semafor reported last week that the Pentagon is recruiting from Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and other prominent Wall Street players to staff “investment teams” at its new Economic Defense…

David Inserra and Brent Skorup Over the weekend, President Donald Trump accused several news organizations of being “Fake News Media” for “terrible reporting” on the Iran conflict, which was causing…

Mustafa Akyol On March 15, Dawn, Pakistan’s oldest and most influential English-language newspaper, ran a review of the new Cato book, No Compulsion in Religion—No Exceptions: Islamic Arguments for Religious…