A weekend away from Washington did little to soften Senate Democrats’ resolve as they again blocked Republicans’ effort to reopen the government, ensuring the shutdown will last at least a…

Solveig Singleton and Jerome Famularo Financial service products and markets are complex, which is partly why some insist that consumers need the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Ironically, the CFPB…

The government shutdown entered its sixth day on Monday, and Senate Democrats are so firmly planted in their position that unless there is a deal on expiring Obamacare tax credits,…

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., dismissed the top House Democrat’s demand for a primetime debate on the government shutdown. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., wrote to Johnson on Monday morning…

This government shutdown isn’t President Donald Trump’s first rodeo navigating a lapse in government funding — but this time, the focus is less on the White House as all eyes…

Nicholas Anthony This year is the 55th anniversary of the Bank Secrecy Act. At the 50th anniversary, Michael J. Casey wrote in the Cato Journal about how “the system’s pervasive identifying,…

Jeffrey Miron In a recent Washington Post op-ed, tax policy expert Scott Hodge reminds us that many universities engage in numerous activities that are tax-exempt but have only an indirect…

A growing number of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have declared they’re forgoing their paychecks as the government shutdown drags on. The federal government has been shut down…

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, a staunch and unflinching Israel supporter, wants Hamas to accept the peace deal President Donald Trump is aiming to help broker, and is calling…

President Donald Trump made a social media post about Hamas on Sunday evening, minutes before the deadline for a peace proposal passed. The deadline was 6 p.m. ET Sunday. In…