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Chris Edwards The $7 trillion federal budget includes 2,623 benefit and subsidy programs, according to a newly updated federal website. Most budget discussions focus on the huge size of federal…

Evan Sankey North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has named his price for engaging with the Trump administration. In a speech to his parliament on Sunday, he said, “If the US…

David J. Bier President Trump is imposing a $100,000 fee to obtain an H‑1B visa, the primary visa for skilled foreign workers. To be clear, this $100,000 fee is in…

Walter Olson Number fifteen in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy: “It sure looks like the Civil Rights Division is trying to do what the Pence-Kobach…

Michael F. Cannon Blue states are learning that it’s sometimes better if public health doesn’t come from the national government. The New York Times reports: New York and several other…

Patrick G. Eddington At the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) May 2024 convention, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump told those assembled, “No one will lay a finger on your firearms.” In the…

Travis Fisher The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a report on Wednesday declaring that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) most sweeping climate policy—dating back to 2009—is…

Patrick G. Eddington Mike German. (Brennan Center for Justice) This morning, I learned that my dear friend and colleague Mike German had retired from his position as a fellow in…

Mike Fox Last spring, in a unanimous decision that could have been a major victory for police accountability, the Supreme Court struck a decisive blow to a deeply flawed legal…

Brent Skorup On a recent podcast with Benny Johnson, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr urged broadcasters to “take action … on Kimmel or there’s going to be additional work for the…