Vance cast the tie-breaking vote for a bill that will add $4 trillion to the debt. Meanwhile, immigrants are helping to keep the federal government's fiscal house of cards propped up.
A more effective reform is to let the market curb waste and reward innovation.
Republicans are creating a budgetary loophole that will allow Democrats to pass Medicare for All and pretend it costs almost nothing.
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From minimum wage hikes to bans on cellphones in public schools, here are some of the most ridiculous ways state governments are interfering with Americans’ lives.
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Zohran Mamdani’s proposal for state-run supermarkets exposes the inefficiencies of state-run education.
The House-passed version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was fiscally irresponsible. The Senate has made the bill worse.
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New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wants to open city-owned grocery stores. The U.S. already has a few, and they're a cautionary tale.
The Supreme Court may have reached the wrong result in FCC v. Consumers Research. But ruling emphasizes there are significant constitutional limits to legislative delegation to the executive.
The trade deficit is getting bigger, the deals aren't coming, and foreign investment has declined.
Mamdani's socialism is unacceptable, but the former governor is himself unacceptable.
It explains how these much-maligned doctrines can be valuable tools for constraining power grabs by presidents of both parties.
The democratic socialist's proposed "public option" reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of the market.
First-place finishes include a piece on the Dutch "dropping" rite of passage, a documentary exploring citizen journalism and free speech, and a long-form interview with exoneree Amanda Knox.
The Federal Reserve is unwilling to lower interest rates because "there will be some inflation from tariffs coming," Jerome Powell told a Senate committee.
They are prominent legal scholars and Supreme Court litigators from opposite sides of the political spectrum.
Partly from coercion and partly by choice, many banks and social media businesses impose severe gun controls
Publicly funded homes in some cities are costing taxpayers more than $1 million per unit, but Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” would increase funding for these inefficient projects.
How the Colorado Supreme Court has nullified Colorado constitutional limits on taxes, debt, and corporate privilege.
From California to Florida, farmers face a shrinking domestic workforce, burdensome labor regulations, and a bureaucratic mess that makes hiring legally very difficult.
An outdated supply management system—designed to protect Quebec’s small dairy farms—is undermining Canada's global trade ambitions and hurting its own consumers.
"I would love an intellectual ecosystem in economics that was more ideologically balanced than what we have now," the Harvard professor tells Reason.
Why Sen. Mike Lee's plan to sell public land doesn't go far enough
The law that was supposed to boost their wealth has left most of them poorer instead.
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A Biden-era rule mandates two-person freight crews. But the government admits it lacks evidence that is necessary—and is instead relying on "common sense."
After accounting for the dynamic effects of the Trump-backed tax bill, the CBO concludes it will add $2.8 trillion to the deficit over 10 years.
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Refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, washing machines, and dryers are among the products subject to the president’s 50 percent tariff on imports derived from aluminum and steel.
It’s not the only way the Republican senator is closer to democratic socialism than to traditional conservatism.
Like King Charles, he is abusing emergency powers to impose taxes without legislative authorization.
Most Americans, it turns out, do not think it is a good use of taxpayer money, according to a recent poll.
Triple-digit bilateral tariffs have been brought down to double digits. Negotiations on semiconductors and rare earth elements will continue.
A spiritual successor to the Drug Wars game that proliferated on high school graphing calculators
Two business owners are suing the city of Perth Amboy for using eminent domain to seize their property based on unsubstantiated allegations of blight.
The budget legislation is full of other expensive provisions that will add trillions to our sky-high national debt.
And the stuff you get is of the government’s choosing—not yours.
Even if the president was joking in both cases, he already has used his powers to punish people whose views offend him.
It's disappointing. But the court will hear the case on the merits on an expedited basis, and we have a strong case.
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