'All Hell Is Going To Break Out' in Israel
Plus: OpenAI vs. Musk, Eric Adams corruption charges dropped, and more...
Plus: OpenAI vs. Musk, Eric Adams corruption charges dropped, and more...
It's a good sign that the president is calling on critics of the federal government's lack of transparency to staff his administration.
Plus: A listener asks the editors if there are reasons to be optimistic about the future of freedom in the United States.
For a decade and a half, officers made DWI cases go away in exchange for bribes, relying on protection from senior officers implicated in the same racket.
"I happen to be a tax-and-spend liberal," says Richard Wexler, "but this bill provides not one iota of additional help."
Generative AI is a powerful tool for creativity and speech. Efforts to censor, regulate, and control it threaten America's tradition of open discourse.
Prosecutors claim the case is about coercion. So why isn’t that the charge they are bringing?
One CEO says the uncertainty created by Trump's chaotic trade policies is "reminiscent of the adjustments we had to make during Covid-19."
The E.U.'s Digital Markets Act is making it easier for iPhone users to watch porn.
The agency's low points, from working with child sex abusers to enabling drug trafficking
Plus: Steel and aluminum tariffs, Venezuelan sanctions and deportations, and more...
We could decentralize education, improve outcomes, and help reduce the size of the federal Leviathan.
The bill would permanently schedule fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs—and impede therapeutic research.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s record shows a troubling pattern of undermining workplace freedom and expanding federal control over state labor policies.
Many people depicted in a supposedly "groundbreaking" book on psychedelics and religion are now speaking out against it.
Researchers gave psilocybin to two dozen religious clergy. Was it guided by science, religion, or some awkward combination?
Antiwar.com's Scott Horton and The Free Press's Eli Lake debate U.S. foreign policy and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
"The effects were immediately seen by everyone and they were all beneficial," says the former vice president of Argentina's central bank.
Federal judges in Washington and Maryland say the president's attack on birthright citizenship flouts the 14th Amendment and 127 years of judicial precedent.
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.Â
"I know they are guilty," otherwise "they would not be in front of me," said town justice Richard Snyder, who resigned in December.
In the early 1990s, Bill Clinton's administration set out to "reinvent" government. What can the mercurial Tesla CEO learn from their efforts?
Some of California's architectural wonders were consumed by the flames.
Much cutting. Very waste. But the Department of Government Efficiency might not have the legal and budgetary chops to actually reduce spending.
Republicans are betting trillions on the hope that the economy will grow fast enough to cover their deficit spree.
A bill that purports to lower borrowing costs will instead drive many people to more expensive lenders.
Director Ridley Scott explores what happens when people from the fringes of society rise to power.
The movie musical fails to deliver on the more interesting antiauthoritarian themes of its source material.
Eliminating tariff exemptions will increase import delivery times and make direct-to-consumer goods more expensive.
A group of parents tried to resist the changes years ago but say they were smeared as racists.
Stanford economist John Cochrane discusses DOGE, tariffs, and what it will take to prevent a debt crisis.
The full transcript shows the president's complaints about the editing of the interview are not just wildly hyperbolic and legally groundless. They are demonstrably false.
One grant for $1.1 billion was supported by one sheet of paper and didn’t include itemized costs for the project.
There remains many open questions about whether the agency's funding played a role in the creation of COVID-19 in a Wuhan laboratory.
Donald Trump's complaints were always meritless, but CBS' capitulation sets a dangerous precedent for the future of the news media.
It’s hard to tell how serious his threats are—and maybe that’s by design.
There are many legitimate criticisms of both USAID and Politico; this is not one of them.
Plus: NYC trans medicine protest, airplane collision (again), and more...
In a post–2024 election conversation, Gurri discussed his vote for Donald Trump and why he is cautiously optimistic about the next four years.
"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.
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