Sen. Rand Paul explains why he wants the Epstein files released, lays out his case against Trump’s tariffs and military strikes in Venezuela, and argues that he and Rep. Thomas Massie are the last voices in Congress still committed to libertarian ideals.
Democrats defend every entitlement and dream up new benefits. Republicans demand more defense spending and still more tax cuts.
As of mid-2025, there were roughly 50 simultaneous national emergencies in force.
For the fiscal year that ended on September 30, the federal government spent more than $7 trillion and ran a $1.8 trillion deficit.
Trump's deal with a lithium mine in Nevada follows similar "creative deals" with Intel and U.S. Steel.
This time, Democrats turned the most basic government housekeeping into hostage drama.
Reason's Peter Suderman and Eric Boehm discuss the government shutdown live at 3 p.m. Eastern time today.
One report found that forcing retiring coal plants to remain open could increase annual electricity costs by $3 billion through 2028.
Don't comfort yourself with wishful thinking that millionaires and billionaires could take the entire burden of the deficit off our hands.
The president's clear attempt to interfere in the Federal Reserve is not a one-off crisis.
Former Rep. Justin Amash and Fox News’ Kennedy join Nick Gillespie to examine how MAGA populism reshaped the Tea Party’s limited-government mission, why Congress no longer acts as a check on power, and what it will take to spark a new libertarian revival.
It's a drop in the bucket compared to the national debt, but any wasteful government spending should be eliminated.
Federal overspending is squeezing states and cities, forcing them to raise taxes, slash services, or pile on more debt.
It's time to ask what level of spending Americans truly want with the money we actually have.
The executive branch wants to use the Federal Reserve as a tool to accommodate the government's frenzy of reckless borrowing.
Yet another wasteful expense in the "big, beautiful bill."
This is what Washington calls compromise: The House proposes $1, the Senate proposes $2, and somehow, the government ends up spending $3.
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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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.
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.
Most Americans, it turns out, do not think it is a good use of taxpayer money, according to a recent poll.
The budget legislation is full of other expensive provisions that will add trillions to our sky-high national debt.
The White House is promising higher growth, but tariffs, borrowing, and rising interest rates will be a drag on those expectations.
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Fusionism holds that virtue and liberty are mutually reinforcing, and that neither is possible in any lasting or meaningful way without the other.
House members who discovered objectionable elements only after voting for the package nevertheless underline the unseemly haste of the legislative process.
Paul said he refuses to support "maintaining Biden spending levels," and Musk said the Trump-backed tax bill is "a disgusting abomination."
DOGE says regulatory changes will save $29.4 billion, but that does not amount to a reduction in government outlays, the initiative's ostensible target.
Reagan's budget chief warns that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could balloon the national debt to $60 trillion, risking a catastrophic bond market crisis.
Musk's opinion about the bill matters, since he is one of the few people in conservative politics who can get away with defying Trump.
Higher debt means lower wages, higher interest rates, and fewer opportunities, says Romina Boccia of the Cato Institute.
The lesson from the Moody's credit downgrade is that the U.S. cannot borrow its way to prosperity.
That total could double if temporary provisions in the bill become permanent, as is likely to happen.
Friday's announcement by Moody's and the House Budget Committee vote could have been a turning point.
We don't need more of the same. We need evidence of a serious turnaround.
As he shifts his focus away from DOGE, he acknowledges the need for hard choices and congressional action.
Impoundment, line-item vetoes, and the tricky problem of cutting spending through the executive branch
Former Obama administration economic adviser Jason Furman explains why both major parties have abandoned economic reality in favor of political fantasy.
That's the highest total outside of the COVID-19 pandemic, and now Congress wants to borrow even more.
The Nobel Prize-winning economist says the Iron Triangle of Politics must be defeated to cut down the government for good.
Taxes on imports cannot possibly deliver all the benefits the president is promising.
Despite efforts to rein in government debt, gold prices keep rising—suggesting investors aren’t buying the promises of fiscal responsibility.
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