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France's Welfare State Is Finally Imploding
Plus: Trump's tariffs lose support among his own voters, a five-day White House press secretary, and Elizabeth Warren's crusade against corporate mergers
A Texas Lawsuit Dubiously Accuses Students for Life of Violating the State's Abortion Pill Restrictions
The case, styled as a critique of the state's "vigilante" statute, aims to punish anti-abortion activists for constitutionally protected advocacy.
Justice Department Will Investigate Conditions at D.C. Jail After Years of Reports of Filth and Neglect
The Justice Department is investigating years of complaints of wretched living conditions, neglect, and brutality inside the D.C. Jail.
Britain Wants To Punish Microsoft for Being Too Successful
Britain's regulator says Microsoft's products are “useful,” “secure,” and “good value for money.” Apparently, that’s a problem.
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Trump Slashing Deportation Protections Shows Why Temporary Status Shouldn't Depend on Who's President
President Donald Trump revoked temporary protected status for about 1 million people living in the U.S.
Meta Is Gifting AI Glasses to Blind Veterans: 'I Got My Independence Back'
Meta's AI glasses carry privacy risks, but for blind veterans, they fill a gap that the government has failed to address.
He Campaigned for the East Cleveland Mayor's Opponent. Then Police Came for His Truck.
A federal court recently revived William Fambrough's lawsuit, which alleges city officials—including then-Mayor Brandon King—retaliated against him for his speech.
Trump's War With Iran Pushed Him To Waive a Century-Old Shipping Law. Commerce Boomed.
The Jones Act requires all goods moved between American ports to be carried on American-built, American-crewed ships.
Some Progressives Tried To Abolish the Tipped Minimum Wage. Now They're Backtracking.
Policymakers across the country are confronting the unfortunate—and predictable—economic results of prohibiting restaurants from paying servers a lower base wage supplemented by tips.
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France's Welfare State Is Finally Imploding
Plus: Trump's tariffs lose support among his own voters, a five-day White House press secretary, and Elizabeth Warren's crusade against corporate mergers
Ohio Court Strikes Down a Scholarship Program That Supports More Than 100,000 Families
The court called school choice a "misnomer." The Ohio Supreme Court may get the last word.
Nobody Wants To Be the Pro-Tech Candidate in This New York Race That Could Flip the House
Republican incumbent Mike Lawler and Democratic challenger Cait Conley are trying to tie each other to the AI industry and data centers.
Georgia Cop Who Shot a Miniature Donkey Says Body Camera Footage Shows an 'Imminent Threat'
HeeHaw's owner argues that “no reasonable officer…would have believed that such force was necessary or justified.”
America Abandoned Public Executions for a Good Reason
The Trump administration's plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan ran afoul of a deep-rooted aversion to bloody displays of state power going back to the colonial era.
DOGE Worked? Only If You Grade on a Curve.
Cutting the number of federal employees wasn't the disaster that many critics fretted about, but that wasn't the metric for success.
Presumptive D.C. Mayor Janeese Lewis George Demands Halt to Waymo Legalization To Protect Drivers' Jobs
The socialist D.C. council member is wrong to assume that autonomous vehicles will reduce employment.
Landowners in Texas' Big Bend Region Fight Trump Administration's Attempts To Seize Land for Border Wall
A federal judge temporarily halted border wall construction in Texas' Big Bend region in response to one of several lawsuits by landowners and conservationists.
Bitcoin Is a Threat to Government-Controlled Money
Brazilian economist Fernando Ulrich discusses Bitcoin's challenge to state-controlled money, the AI boom's impact on crypto, and Javier Milei's economic reforms.
The Elizabeth Holmes Documentary You Can See Everything Is an Act of Radical Empathy
The high-concept documentary from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim offers surprising generosity to a Big Tech villain without fully excusing her crimes.
Musk's Meddling
Plus: Hochul's race, shooting in Oregon, Taiwanese export controls for chips, and more...
Why Are California's Governments So Lousy at Fighting Wildfires?
Bigger agencies, higher spending, and expanded workforces don't always make government more effective.
As D.C. Embraces State Economic Control, a Hopeful Project Seeks to Restore Free Enterprise
Government ownership of private companies threatens American prosperity.
Review: The Political Cronyism of the Dutton Universe
Dutton Ranch, the new Yellowstone spinoff, reminds us that corruption isn't limited to Washington, D.C.
Why Some Americans Living Abroad Would Rather Renounce Their Citizenship Than File Taxes
Most Americans who reside overseas owe the IRS nothing, but complying with U.S. financial regulations can cost them their foreign bank accounts.
Ilhan Omar vs. DHS, Russia vs. Ukraine, Shane Gillis vs. Women
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi somehow manage to cover domestic politics, foreign policy, culture wars, and the latest movies in this jam-packed episode of Freed Up.
To Avoid Criticizing Trump's Tariffs and War, Vivek Ramaswamy Takes on Data Centers
Republicans who want to speak to voters' anger over higher prices without criticizing the president who's caused them are in a bind.
November 2026
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J.D. Vance and the Politics of Victimhood
The postliberal right’s frenzy for exaggerating and fabricating transgressions
