Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Instead of isolating the CFPB from Congress' budget-making authority, Warren and former President Barack Obama made it easier for a president to effectively shut it down.
Even if the Department of Government Efficiency eliminates all improper payments and fraud, we'll still be facing a debt explosion—which requires structural reform.
Entrepreneurial greed is why we have iPhones, refrigerators, cars that usually work, supermarkets that stay open all night, and many of the things that make our lives better.
The DOGE director wildly exaggerates what can be accomplished by tackling "waste, fraud, and abuse" in government spending without new legislation.
Historian Sean McMeekin dissects how communism has enduring and resurgent appeal in the West despite its history of violence and economic disaster.
The pretend department’s downgraded mission reflects the gap between Trump’s promise of "smaller government" and the reality of what can be achieved without new legislation.
"This really is one of the dumbest things we could be doing."
And it's not about "fairness." Quite the opposite, actually.
Plus: A listener asks the editors if there are reasons to be optimistic about the future of freedom in the United States.
One CEO says the uncertainty created by Trump's chaotic trade policies is "reminiscent of the adjustments we had to make during Covid-19."
Plus: Steel and aluminum tariffs, Venezuelan sanctions and deportations, and more...
Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s record shows a troubling pattern of undermining workplace freedom and expanding federal control over state labor policies.
"The effects were immediately seen by everyone and they were all beneficial," says the former vice president of Argentina's central bank.
Nearly 40 percent of Americans have at least one ancestor who entered the U.S. through Ellis Island. However, today's migrants may be shut out and deported, a humanitarian tragedy that would profoundly damage the U.S. economy.
Republicans are betting trillions on the hope that the economy will grow fast enough to cover their deficit spree.
Eliminating tariff exemptions will increase import delivery times and make direct-to-consumer goods more expensive.
"Personnel is policy" has shaped past administrations. Kevin Hassett, who has been tapped to lead the National Economic Council, will have a hand in tax reform, debt reduction, and more.
Eliminating the deficit requires cutting the biggest spending—defense, Medicare, Social Security. So far, Trump says he won't touch those.
After promising to stop the flow of drugs during his first term, the president blames foreign officials for his failure.
The president can cite meaningless "adequate steps," ambiguous drug seizure numbers, and a decline in drug deaths that began before he took office.
Yesterday's deals with Canada and Mexico stopped the trade war for now. But Trump may yet return to asserting sweeping authority to impose whatever tariffs he wants.
From gasoline to nuclear power, tariffs will hurt America's energy sector.
Canada and Mexico agreed to keep doing things they were already doing, and Trump revealed that he cannot be trusted with unilateral tariff power.
The European Union doesn’t need a five-year plan—it needs free markets.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about the implications of Trump personally suing CBS to obtain transcripts from an interview with Kamala Harris.
We can tax our way to prosperity, Trump claims, but we'll just…not do that, I guess?
Recent Supreme Court precedent suggests such challenges might prevail, though success is not guaranteed.
Almost exactly one year after Congress swore off self-inflicted fiscal crises, we're back to the same tired theatrics.
Trump's second trade war has apparently arrived. There remains much uncertainty, but expect it to be costly.
Reviving the Monroe Doctrine and 19th century Republican adventurism is not a shortcut to peace.
In a jaw-dropping argument, the Department of Justice claims seizing $50,000 from a small business doesn’t violate property rights because money isn’t property.
The public worries about corruption and bureaucracy, but many want more of the same.
The stark disconnect not only runs the risk of choking off much of the global commerce the president claims to welcome but threatens to stick U.S. consumers and businesses with higher costs.
Drug warriors deserve blame rather than credit for their role in recent overdose trends.
Howard Lutnick told senators that CHIPS Act subsidies were "an excellent down payment."
Inflation and rent prices are down, and the country has a budget surplus.
Immigration experts Alex Nowrasteh and Bryan Caplan make the case for significantly more and easier immigration to the U.S.
Politicians in both major parties see the People's Republic as an economic and military threat. But the real threat is an isolated China.
DeepSeek made a more efficient product that the rules wouldn't hinder.
Though he promised to lower costs on Day 1, Trump remains just as beholden to the laws of supply and demand as his predecessor.
The owner of a famous cocktail bar in Dallas warns that tariffs on Mexican imports will mean higher menu prices and reduced availability of specialty tequila.
Allowing duplexes and triplexes in single-family neighborhoods doesn't increase housing supply much. But it does give people more choices.
President Donald Trump doubled down on both domestic deregulation and protectionism in his speech to the World Economic Forum.
The Bank Secrecy Act regime forces banks to report customers to the government for an ever-growing list of “red flags.”
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