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As the FOMC prepared to announce its rate decision on Wednesday, the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF), which had been steadily climbing since the end of 2023, was approaching…

Walter Olson One of the central aims of President Trump’s executive order of January 21 is to declare a many-sided legal war on “illegal DEI” at private employers. But what…

Colleen Hroncich If you don’t “click” with a doctor, you switch doctors. If you don’t like the products or atmosphere at a store, you switch stores. If you don’t like…

Jeffrey A. Singer On January 30, the Food and Drug Administration announced it approved the first of a new class of pain reliever drugs as an alternative to opioids. Journavx…

Jeffrey Miron In September 2024, the Biden administration implemented a 100 percent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), citing concerns over China’s subsidies of its EV industry. These subsidies, the…

Gold stocks have risen, even after the Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates unchanged. So it wasn’t surprising to find a few gold mining stocks filtered in my StockCharts…

Neal McCluskey President Trump and many of his supporters are worried about indoctrination in public schools, especially on matters of race and gender, and their concerns are not without justification.…

Patrick G. Eddington FBI director nominee Kash Patel’s confirmation hearing today has already produced news. Under friendly questioning from Sen. John Cornyn (R‑TX), Patel was asked whether he viewed a…

Adam N. Michel Last week, the Cato Congressional Fellows discussed the history of radical tax reforms and examples of such reforms in practice. This overview begins with a brief history…

Clark Neily Among the most challenging and important questions in constitutional law is whether the constitutions of the United States and various individual states protect unenumerated rights—and if so, which…