President Donald Trump called for defense spending to be raised to $1.5 trillion, a 50% increase over the current budget.  ‘After long and difficult negotiations with Senators, Congressmen, Secretaries, and…

Vice President JD Vance announced a new federal task force aimed at tackling fraud across the country on Thursday. Vance says the Justice Department will feature a new associate attorney…

Vice President JD Vance unleashed on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Thursday, and gave him a new nickname: ‘a joke.’  Vance’s comments come after Walz reminisced on Minnesota’s contribution to the…

Tad DeHaven The Trump administration says that it will sell Venezuelan oil at market prices and oversee the allocation of the proceeds. Trump framed it as a new presidential revenue…

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…

A cohort of Senate Republicans wants to ensure that both illegal immigrants and naturalized U.S. citizens who are convicted of fraud are booted from the country. The lawmakers, led by…

President Donald Trump predicted that U.S. involvement with Venezuela could be a years-long venture, rather than a short-term one. In the early hours of Saturday, U.S. forces arrested dictator Nicolás…