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David J. Bier New nonpublic data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) indicate that the government is primarily detaining individuals with no criminal convictions of any kind. Also, among those…

Walter Olson Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has used presidential power, both lawfully and otherwise, to overawe many of the alternative power centers in American society, from…

Emily Ekins and Hunter Johnson As open military strikes erupt between Israel and Iran, Americans are not ready for another war in the Middle East. Put simply: Americans are exhausted.…

Jeffrey A. Singer The Food and Drug Administration approved a new injectable drug on June 18 that provides pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV, requiring individuals to take it only twice…

Michael Chapman Politicians who support tariffs and other forms of government intervention in the economy frequently emphasize reshoring, trade deficits, cheap imports, and national security, but they rarely talk about…

Alex Nowrasteh The Trump administration is considering American intervention on the side of Israel in its war against Iran. My colleagues have persuasively written that US intervention is unjustified. But…

Jeffrey Miron Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services, recently fired all seventeen members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), replacing them with…

Jai Kedia Politicians love to blame the Fed when the economy goes south, and recent weeks have been an exception only in the delivery of that blame. It’s much harsher…

Romina Boccia and Ivane Nachkebia The Social Security Trustees released their annual report today—and the outlook is bleak. The program is barreling toward insolvency—and fast. The trust fund is projected…

David Inserra I recently published a working paper that examines the effectiveness of Meta’s Oversight Board in driving pro-expression norms and principles by analyzing over 100 Board cases. Overall, I…