Walter Olson As Eugene Volokh points out in a recent post, some progressives and gun control advocates blasted the American Civil Liberties Union when it sided with the National Rifle…

Romina Boccia As we predicted about three weeks ago on our Debt Dispatch Substack, the federal government shut down today at 12:01 a.m.  I had a chance to speak with…

The blame game over the first federal government shutdown in seven years is intensifying. With neither President Donald Trump and the Republican majority in Congress, nor congressional Democrats, willing to…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to review President Donald Trump‘s effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, and will allow her to remain in her spot on the…

Neither Republicans nor Democrats blinked less than 24 hours into a government shutdown as an attempt to pass a government funding extension failed again Wednesday.   Despite Republican leaders signaling…

German authorities arrested three alleged Hamas members on suspicion of plotting attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions in Germany, officials told The Associated Press. Two of the suspects arrested on…

A leading nonprofit dedicated to consumer information is launching a seven-figure ad campaign against what it is calling the ‘wokest insurance company’ in the country. In a letter to the…

Republicans and Democrats are trading barbs on Wednesday morning as the federal government settles into the first day of a shutdown. ‘Democrats made this choice, Democrats forced this crisis, and…

A federal judge disqualified Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada Sigal Chattah from involvement in several cases. ‘Given the Court’s conclusion that Ms. Chattah is not validly serving…

Jeffrey A. Singer Cato adjunct scholar and California State University-Northridge economics Professor Shirley Svorny (1951–2022) passed away nearly three years ago after a long battle with multiple myeloma. Shirley devoted much…