Congressional Commission's Taiwan Plan Is a Mixed Bag for U.S. Interests
The bipartisan plan encourages greater involvement by the U.S. military than past policy.
The bipartisan plan encourages greater involvement by the U.S. military than past policy.
New work requirements will target those over age 50, but the debt ceiling deal also loosens existing work requirements for those under age 50.
How online “child protection” measures could make child and adult internet users more vulnerable to hackers, identity thieves, and snoops.
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A more flexible model of oversight avoids hyper-cautious top-down regulation and enables swifter access to the substantial benefits of safe A.I.
But a lot of Republicans probably will.
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DeSantis calls the bill a "jailbreak," a gross misrepresentation of the criminal justice reform bill.
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The deal will freeze non-military discretionary spending this year and allow a 1 percent increase in 2024.
Thanks to Sackett v. EPA, the feds can no longer treat a backyard puddle like it's a lake.
A House-approved bill that the president supports would expand the draconian penalties he supposedly wants to abolish.
The U.S. tax system is extremely progressive, even compared to European countries—whose governments rely on taxing the middle class.
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The debt ceiling isn’t the issue; excessive federal spending is the real problem.
"Since March 2020, we may have experienced the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country," Gorsuch wrote. That might be an exaggeration, but it isn't far off.
The former president reminds us that claiming unbridled executive power is a bipartisan tendency.
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For better air travel in the U.S., it’s time for Congress to open the skies to international competition.
Just about everybody agrees the practice is legalized theft, but cops and prosecutors oppose change.
The longer we wait to address our debt, the more painful it will be.
"If you don't trust central authority, then you should see this immediately as something that is very problematic," says the Florida governor.
The partisan and constitutional dangers of letting the IRS police speech are simply too great.
The serial fabulist is accused of wire fraud and lying to Congress.
Certain employment measures in the House GOP’s border bill that are meant to verify citizenship status would harm American workers and employers.
Last year, Biden was trying to take credit for "the largest drop ever" in the federal budget deficit. Now, the deficit is almost three times as large as it was a year ago.
Social Security will become insolvent in the early 2030s if Congress does nothing.
The legislation would give property owners "sole discretion" in deciding how many parking spaces they want to build.
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The loss of public key encryption service providers would make us all more vulnerable, both physically and financially.
Requiring users to verify their age to use social media will degrade their privacy and cybersecurity.
The Chinese app has become a magnet for every possible cultural concern.
It's time for President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to strike a deal that will avoid a default and cut spending.
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Cass says industrial policy will only work if the politicians can put aside political disagreements and partisan agendas. In other words, industrial policy will never work.
The legislation, whose authors say two-fifths of prisoners are locked up without a "compelling public safety justification," would reward states that take a more discriminating approach.
In 2019, discretionary spending was $1.338 trillion—or some $320 billion less than what Republicans want that side of the budget to be.
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It has been reprinted (with permission) by the Cato Institute.
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The most important part of the Limit, Grow, Save Act is the limits.
Weaponization of the federal government, indeed
The main driver behind the reduction is inflation—inflation that politicians created with their irresponsible spending.
A return to so-called normal order wouldn't fix all of Washington's many problems, but it would be a step in the right direction.
Financial institutions have been locked out of the cannabis industry because of a surveillance regime that appears to have done little to stop real criminals.
An impasse created by years of politicized, myopic decision making in Washington is pushing the federal government ever closer to a dangerous cliff.
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A responsible political class would significantly reform the organization. Instead, they will likely continue to give it more power.