The past three administrations have tried to limit gain-of-function research. The second Trump administration might be the first one to be successful at doing so.
Remote work is a plus for many people and businesses, but that’s not necessarily true of D.C.
For all the excitement about the incoming administration and a return to the 2019 economy, market stability rests on the precarious assumption that the government will eventually put its fiscal house in order.
The problem is likely widespread across the country.
New research indicates that, particularly in math, girls' test scores plummeted when compared to boys.
With inflation risks persisting and entitlement spending surging, the situation cannot be ignored. But we never should have gotten to this point to begin with.
Trump’s pick for federal drug enforcement was ousted for not respecting personal freedom. Too bad that that’s a job requirement.
Researchers find that pandemic policies sparked a wave of violent crime.
Plus: More funding for the "disinformation" censors, more fines for cashless businesses, the link between pandemic shutdowns and murder rates, and more...
Mandates, school closures, and overreach defined an administration that doubled down on failed policies.
After overseeing the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was a bloated, wasteful mess, Michael Faulkender is failing up.
The Yakama Nation has won a temporary restraining order preventing the City of Toppenish, Washington, from closing its new cold weather shelter.
Plus: the search for COVID's origins, a Middle East ceasefire, and yet another cute, offensive turkey pardon.
The nominee for attorney general passes the Trump loyalty test, but he lacks relevant experience and has repeatedly demonstrated poor judgment.
Even before the pandemic spending increase, the budget deficit was approaching $1 trillion. The GOP has the chance to embrace fiscal sanity this time if they can find the political will.
If Musk is truly serious about fiscal discipline, he'll advise the president-elect to eschew many of the policies he promised on the campaign trail.
Voters say they want to "stop the madness." Expect the madness to continue.
The Trump campaign is all in on RFK Jr.'s debunked anti-vax crusade.
Even the poorest citizens of free countries fare better than the middle classes in economically repressive nations.
From 9/11 to the COVID-19 pandemic, crisis moments keep reshaping the political landscape.
When they entered the White House, the budget deficit was a pandemic-influenced $2.3 trillion, and it was set to fall to $905 billion by 2024. It's now twice what it was supposed to be.
Plus: Massachusetts NIMBYs get their day in court, Pittsburgh one-step forward, two-steps back approach to zoning reform, and a surprisingly housing-heavy VP debate.
On Call, Anthony Fauci's new memoir, can't disguise the damage caused by his COVID-19 policies.
If the former president wins the 2024 race, the circumstances he would inherit are far more challenging, and several of his policy ideas are destructive.
Reason's Nick Gillespie asked former President Donald Trump about how he plans to bring down the national debt.
America's COVID celebrity is facing scrutiny for funding risky research that may have sparked the pandemic—and for allegedly covering it up.
The Meta CEO says his platforms will not blindly obey the bureaucrats again.
Democrats campaigning both on their pandemic record and minding your own damn business: Pick one.
Plus: An appeals court sides with property owners seeking compensation for the CDC's eviction ban, a Michigan court backs the would-be builders of a "green cemetery," and Kamala Harris' spotty supply-side credentials.
The 2-1 decision overrules a trial court decision that went the other way, and could set an important property rights precedent.
Minnesota used federal taxpayer dollars to cover state workers' parking costs, fund the Minnesota Zoo, and teach minority-owned businesses how to apply for government contracts.
The Minnesota governor actually defended the state's disastrous nursing home policies.
Walz's track record as governor includes pushing for higher taxes, legalizing marijuana, and asking neighbors to spy on one another during the COVID-19 pandemic.
When those on parole or probation are included, one out of every 47 adults is under “some form of correctional supervision.”
It's good to hear a candidate actually talk about our spending problem. But his campaign promises would exacerbate it.
According to a new report, the average eighth-grader needs over nine months of extra school time to catch up with pre-COVID achievement levels.
Author Matt Ridley debates virologist Stephen Goldstein on the origins of SARS-CoV-2.
Even the mask mandators are done with once-ubiquitous pandemic precautions.
The Parent Revolution author on lockdowns, teachers unions, and voter rage.
Opening night of the Republican National Convention programmed a central issue with a Trumpian twist: "Make America Wealthy Again."
Even if EcoHealth's "basic research" in Wuhan didn't cause the pandemic, it certainly failed in its mission to stop it.
Most officer retirements happened in 2021, and there is no evidence showing cities with more intense protests saw a greater number of officer exits.
The U.S. has successfully navigated past debt challenges, notably in the 1990s. Policymakers can fix this if they find the will to do so.
Those three presidential candidates are making promises that would have bewildered and horrified the Founding Fathers.
"The past is there to teach us what can happen," the Hardcore History podcaster tells Reason's Nick Gillespie.
In between insanities, the erratic Republican was considerably more right about COVID-19 policy in September 2020 than the smug Democrat or the scoldy journalist.
The candidate who grasps the gravity of this situation and proposes concrete steps to address it will demonstrate the leadership our nation now desperately needs. The stakes couldn't be higher.
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