Dominik Lett On February 2, Congress approved full-year appropriations for nearly every major federal agency, except the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is temporarily funded until February 13. Following the tragic…
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Emboldened congressional Democrats are once again expanding their battleground map for this year’s midterm elections, when Republicans will be defending their razor-thin majority in the House. The Democratic Congressional Campaign…
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Matthew Cavedon A couple of years ago, I published an academic paper predicting that the remaining laws criminalizing marijuana use were on the verge of falling. That’s proven wrong, and…
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Decentralizing Public Health: From Atlanta to Geneva, Institutional Monopolies Are Fraying
Jeffrey A. Singer I have recently written that the “healthy rebellion” by national, state, and local professional medical and public health organizations against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s…
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Neal McCluskey Last March, there was considerable excitement about eliminating the US Department of Education. As well there should have been. Since the department was born in 1980, it has…
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No Tax on Tips and Overtime: A Case Study in How the Tax Code Gets More Complicated
Adam N. Michel Last year, Congress passed a major tax and spending package that, among many other provisions, introduced new income tax deductions for tips and overtime pay. These changes…
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Alex Nowrasteh and Jerome Famularo An astute reader of our recent Cato policy brief on immigrant welfare use suggested stratifying it by income since many welfare programs are intended to…
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President Donald Trump’s administration is poised to walk back an Obama-era greenhouse gas finding that serves as a lynchpin for justifying climate regulations across the country on Wednesday. The 2009…
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Hawley targets Minnesota fraud, CCP-linked money at Senate hearing: ‘Taxpayers robbed blind’
A Tuesday Senate hearing is set to expose billions in fraud in Minnesota as well as foreign backing for anti-ICE agitators across the country, Sen. Josh Hawley’s office told Fox…
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What to know about Tuesday’s House hearing on foreign influence in American nonprofits: ‘Follow the money’
The Republican-led House Committee on Ways and Means is set to hold a hearing on Tuesday morning digging into foreign influence in American nonprofits, with several NGOs and far-left funding…
