Clark Packard Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins made headlines last week when she called rising fertilizer prices an “overarching economic pending disaster” before...
Jeffrey Miron New research uses regional per capita tax burdens in 1780s France to examine the relationship between tax burdens and rioting. It finds...
Andrew Gillen With federal deficits at high and unsustainable levels, there is an urgent need to find ways to cut federal spending. Fortunately, new...
Patrick G. Eddington In a long-running Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case currently before Judge James Boasberg, on April 15, 2026, the Federal Bureau...
Brent Skorup In 2029, a Democratic president declares a climate emergency. She doesn’t go to Congress. She doesn’t issue new regulations through the EPA....
Scott Lincicome, Alfredo Carrillo Obregon, and Chad Smitson With Monday’s launch of the Trump administration’s new tariff refund system, the process of returning more...
David J. Bier The Trump administration has drastically reduced legal immigration from abroad, but it has simultaneously slashed grants of legal permanent residence to...
Tad DeHaven Spirit Airlines, the beleaguered low-cost carrier, may be headed toward partial federal ownership. First reported by the Air Current, Spirit has apparently...
Dominik Lett and Chris Edwards Federal agencies house 72 inspectors general offices to audit government spending and root out waste, fraud, and abuse. These watchdogs...
Adam N. Michel The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) has released a report claiming that 88 large corporations paid zero federal income...
Evan Sankey Operation Epic Fury was yet another demonstration of America’s unmatched conventional military capabilities. US forces inflicted substantial losses on Iran’s military, rapidly...
Thomas A. Berry, Brent Skorup, and Alexander Xenos This morning the Supreme Court will hear arguments in consolidated cases challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s...
Nicholas Anthony European Central Bank officials pride themselves on championing democracy, but they seem to apply those values selectively. After submitting a public records...