Come On Down: Puzzle #156
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California's Local Governments Want State Taxpayers To Pay More, More, More
California local governments of every size are crying poor as they struggle with budget shortfalls.
Europe Requires Cameras in Cars To Monitor Drivers
The E.U. pulls ahead of the U.S. in the creepy international automobile surveillance race.
Review: Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Is Celebrating America's Semiquincentennial
The Declaration author's historic home is hosting a "1776: Road to the Declaration" exhibition.
Illinois Will Finally Stop Stripping People of Their Home Equity—3 Years After the Supreme Court Outlawed It
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill that promises property owners will receive the surplus proceeds when the government seizes their home to satisfy a tax debt.
Congress Wants To Keep Funding a Pentagon That Won't Account for Its Spending
The only federal agency that has never passed an audit could soon get another $60 billion, even as it buries reports on the spiraling costs of its programs.
Todd Blanche Describes the Huge, Unprecedented Favors Granted by Trump's IRS 'Settlement' as 'Typical'
During his confirmation hearing, the attorney general nominee repeatedly misrepresented the nature and scope of the sweeping immunity deal he approved.
America Has a Huge Trade Surplus With Brazil. Trump Just Put 25 Percent Tariffs on Brazilian Goods Anyway.
It's almost like there is no real underlying principle guiding the Trump administration's tariff policies.
Drugs Keep Winning in the Global War on Drugs
The United Nations’ latest World Drug Report makes that very clear.
A 22 Percent Social Security Cut Is Coming. Will the Senate Act?
Once the trust fund is empty, Social Security can pay out only what it collects. Yet few candidates are talking about this in any serious way.
As the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Hits a 40-Year Low, It's Time To Scrap It
Presidents have repeatedly used the SPR to manipulate markets and shield consumers from the consequences of bad policies.
The U.K. Wants a Social Media Curfew for 16- and 17-Year-Olds
Tech companies may soon have to comply with yet another U.K. regulation.
Thomas Massie Sparks a Democratic Civil War Over Israel
His amendment to cut all military aid to Israel split the Democratic Party almost evenly.
Iran Used Ad Tracking To Hunt American Soldiers: Report
The U.S. government has used private ad data to get around the Fourth Amendment. Now foreign enemies are turning it into a weapon.
Existential War
Plus: fixing Rikers Island, the Democrats' Maine scramble, India's affirmative action, and more...
Baseball Is Being Watched More Than Ever. But Fewer People Are Falling in Love With It.
Is baseball’s new audience more interested in prop bets or pennant races?
No, Congress Can't Just Overrule the Supreme Court on Birthright Citizenship
Plus: An unconstitutional war is back on.
Why Foreign Tourism to the U.S. Is Declining Under Trump
A combination of travel restrictions and anti-American sentiment has led to a decrease in international tourism during Trump's second term.
A Texas Immigrant Detention Center Is a 'Human Rights Disaster,' Civil Rights Groups Say in Report
Camp East Montana is the largest immigration detention center in the nation. It's also plagued by brutality and neglect, according to a string of internal and external investigations.
ICE Keeps Shooting People. Here's a Way Congress Can Rein It In.
Giving people a pathway to sue federal immigration officials for violating constitutional rights is one way Congress can help hold the rogue agency accountable.
During His Confirmation Hearing, Todd Blanche Defends Trump's Blatantly Corrupt IRS 'Settlement'
Contradicting a federal judge, the acting attorney general, who blessed that cozy arrangement, insists it was not a product of collusion or self-dealing.
The 'Nuclear Nightmare' That Was Manufactured by the Media
Despite decades of panic, a new reactor has been approved for the first time in 10 years.
D.C. Wants To Charge Robotaxis $6 Million. Unions Still Say No.
A proposed bill would legalize commercial autonomous vehicles in D.C. under one of the country’s most expensive regulatory frameworks, but unions still want the brakes applied.
12 States Sue, Call Paramount–Warner Bros. Merger an Antitrust Violation
If successful, it could do more harm than good to the entertainment industry.
European Commission Moves Us One Step Closer to the End of the Open Internet
It's coming faster than you might think.
How Much Control Do You Have Over Your Mind?
Spencer Greenberg discusses the science of self-improvement, why our thoughts and emotions can mislead us, and what it really takes to change.
The Government Doesn't Know Whether You Need Antidepressants
Against the new war on SSRIs.
No, a New Study Does Not 'Lay To Rest' the Debate Over Drug 'Legalization'
The Manhattan Institute’s Charles Fain Lehman misstates the findings of a new paper to claim he was right all along.
The Fed's Tough Mission
Plus: More strikes on Iran, Nayib Bukele runs for a third consecutive term, private dinosaur-bone ownership, and more...
Lindsey Graham's Death Marks the End of an Era of Interventionist Foreign Policy
The late senator was one of the last advocates of hawkish policies out of step with public opinion.
By Blessing Corruption, Todd Blanche Has Disqualified Himself From the Job He Wants
Trump’s nominee for attorney general has repeatedly subverted justice to benefit his boss.
New York Becomes the First State To Ban New Data Centers
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s one-year moratorium buys time for the state to create a convoluted regulatory regime.
As U.S. Starts 'New' Iran War, Lawmakers Want Answers About Deadly Elementary School Strike
A Tomahawk missile struck an Iranian school and reportedly killed over 100 children in February.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ignores Trump's Order To Revise Radiation Exposure Limits
The agency pretends to loosen scientifically unjustified regulations but does nothing of the sort.
The Push for an Embargo on Israel Is Vague and Confused
Are critics talking about a government-to-government weapons embargo, or are they trying to shut down private trade? There's a big difference.
Ohio Cut Red Tape. Now Its Business Sector Is Thriving.
America's most business-friendly states are proof that permitting reform works. Still, they have a bad habit of handing out tax breaks to favored industries.
What Ben Sasse's Treatment Says About the Bright Future of Cancer Cures
New immunotherapies, cancer vaccines, and early diagnostics will bend the cancer mortality curve ever downward.
Taking the W
Developers rush to use California's new apartments-near-transit law, North Carolina eliminates parking requirements, and the federal housing bill finally becomes law.
FIFA Changed Soccer's Rules for Americans—and We Love It
Plus: a survey on fixing soccer, the Home Run Derby’s format changes again, and a goal you have to see to believe
Meet the New War
Plus: YIMBY high schoolers, Vance alienates Jewish donors, AI for homework help, and more...
4 Takeaways From the Supreme Court's 2025–2026 Term
From executive power to civil liberties, what to make of a momentous year at SCOTUS?
'Government Totally Annihilated': How Americans Governed Themselves as British Rule Crumbled
America in the mid-1770s was a jumble of spontaneous formations amid the ruins of an empire.
A Federal Judge Slams Trump's IRS Lawsuit As a Pretext for Delivering a Phony 'Settlement'
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams concludes that the case never presented a true "case or controversy" because both sides were controlled by the president.
