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Neal McCluskey Arguably the biggest thing happening in American K–12 education over the past several years has been culture war: Battles over whose values, views of history, and more will…

Solveig Singleton Morning Money’s piece, “How gutting the CFPB clashes with affordability concerns,” suggests that the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau contradicts the administration’s affordability…

Walter Olson In a major setback for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court, in an unsigned opinion on December 23, declined to stay a lower court order barring the federal…

Nicholas Anthony Today marks the publication of my latest report: Understanding Debanking. The report reviews the growing phenomenon of debanking—the sudden and often unexplained closure of financial accounts. While media…

Michael F. Cannon Democrats and Republicans agree: consumers need relief from rising Obamacare premiums. Help may be on the way, thanks to Kentucky Rep. Vanessa Grossl (R‑Georgetown). On January 1,…

Chris Edwards The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) costs federal taxpayers more than $110 billion a year and is vulnerable to at least 10 types of fraud. Some types of…

Michael F. Cannon Democrats and Republicans agree: consumers need relief from rising Obamacare premiums. Help may be on the way, thanks to Kentucky Rep. Vanessa Grossl (R‑Georgetown). On January 1,…

Benjamin Giltner Over the holidays, President Trump announced that the US Navy would begin building a new class of battleship, unsurprisingly called the “Trump class.” The United States faces a delay…

Adam N. Michel The United States places an unusually heavy share of the tax burden on higher earners. You wouldn’t know this from hearing some politicians claim that the rich…

Colleen Hroncich Last year, Congress created a federal tax credit for donations to scholarship-granting organizations (SGOs) that help families choose the best educational options for their children. This tax credit…