Senators should demand accountability for federal agents who hurt Americans—and demand the removal of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino.
The Senate failed to pass a three-year extension on tax credits for the Affordable Care Act. But the only thing keeping it at all "affordable" was a flood of taxpayer money to conceal its true expense.
Trump respects outreach from opponents more than submissive flattery from friends.
Democrats keep trying to out-hawk Republicans, even though the mood in America has shifted toward diplomacy.
As young adults swap cigarettes and vapes for oral nicotine products, policymakers should recognize this shift as harm reduction instead of cracking down on personal choice.
The Senate minority leader mocked anti-tax, anti-government views held by most Americans.
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The Social Security Fairness Act will boost payouts to public sector workers who receive pensions and did not pay taxes to support Social Security.
Federal Aviation Administration
Congestion and slowdowns in the airspace around New York City account for up to 75 percent of all airline delays, yet efforts to depoliticize its management remain stalled.
Which is not the same as party politics at all.
The Kids Online Safety Act would have cataclysmic effects on free speech and privacy online.
Sens. Dick Durbin and J.D. Vance want to put the Federal Reserve in charge of credit card reward programs.
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Zyn pouches are a dramatically safer alternative to smoking.
"Duty of care has worked in other areas," the senator said, "and it seems to fit decently well here in the AI model."
The Senate is an incompetent laughingstock regardless of what its members wear.
DeSantis talks a lot about freedom but increasingly only applies it to those who agree with him.
The new energy drink has about as much caffeine as a large Starbucks coffee.
Federal A.I. regulation now will hinder progress, consumer choice, and market competition.
Video footage and arrest data indicate that most of the Trump supporters who invaded the building did not commit violent crimes.
If you look closely, you'll find a lot of contradictions.
The senator bemoans the "cannabis crisis" he helped maintain by blocking the SAFE Banking Act.
The warning signs are flashing "don't be like China."
The prospects in the next session, when Republicans will control the House, are iffy.
The year’s highlights in buck passing feature petulant politicians, brazen bureaucrats, careless cops, loony lawyers, and junky journalists.
Although both bills have broad bipartisan support, they never got a vote in the Senate and were excluded from the omnibus spending bill.
The Senate majority leader is suddenly keen to pass legislation that he portrayed as a threat to broader reform.
The president has touted a factory jobs boom. In practice, that means forcing people out of their homes to benefit corporate projects that rely on billions of dollars of subsidies.
People with money on the line try harder than pundits to be right, and they adjust quickly when they've made a mistake.
Editor at Large Matt Welch gives a reality check on the new IRS measures inside the Inflation Reduction Act.
Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey surveys the provisions within the recent Inflation Reduction Act aimed at curbing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
A 40 percent cut in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 is possibly achievable.
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But it will hike taxes, including on Americans earning less than $200,000 annually.
And it also won't help us recover from the recession we're definitely not in.
The Senate majority leader has repeatedly blocked a bill that would address the robbery threat to state-licensed pot shops.
The proposal reportedly hikes taxes by over $730 billion, with $300 billion of that money to be used for reducing the federal budget deficit.
The Senate majority leader’s marijuana bill would pile on more taxes and regulations, despite years of complaints about the barriers they create.
The Senate majority leader's 296-page bill would compound the barriers to successful legalization.
Chuck Schumer seems less interested in achieving cannabis reform than in making political hay from his inevitable failure.
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Instead of building on Republican support for federalism, they seem determined to alienate potential allies.
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer worries that approving the SAFE Banking Act would make broader changes less likely.
Lawmakers packed $8 billion of pork into the omnibus bill that passed Congress last night.
An old strategy that’s worked for Democrats before may work again.
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