Benjamin Giltner Last week, the Department of Defense released President Trump’s requested defense budget for fiscal year 2027. It’s a staggering $1.5 trillion and...
Thomas A. Berry There are currently two vacancies in the cabinet and two deputy secretaries acting as secretaries: Todd Blanche as acting attorney general...
Tad DeHaven Last week, I argued that a federal rescue of Spirit Airlines would be a disturbing escalation from government mistake to government ownership—a...
Matthew Cavedon ALPR cameras in Pensacola, FL. (Photo: Tony Webster) Norfolk, Virginia, has deployed nearly 200 automated license plate readers (ALPRs) across the city,...
Jeffrey A. Singer When the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) placed psychedelics in Schedule I (“no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for...
Michael Chapman President Donald Trump has suggested that the United States should leave NATO, pointing to allies’ refusal to help patrol the Strait of...
Scott Lincicome and Chad Smitson In a scramble to replace “emergency” tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court, the Trump administration imposed temporary 10 percent...
Matthew Cavedon Keith Pharms was arrested and charged with five counts involving a gunfight between, among others, Mr. Pharms and a police officer. The...
Walter Olson On April 13, Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a bill making Virginia the eighteenth state to adopt the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact...
Thomas A. Berry, Brent Skorup, and Alexander Xenos The Supreme Court has long recognized a “nondelegation doctrine,” which holds that Congress must provide executive...
Patrick G. Eddington On April 15, the National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) came out in opposition to the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence...
Ryan Bourne and Nathan Miller Affordability has become the defining issue of the 2026 election cycle, and state governments have churned out bills and...