White House Makes It Official: It Wants to Keep Snooping on Americans
Trump and group of GOP senators don't want us to have greater privacy protections from unwarranted domestic surveillance.
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Senate Vote on Saudi Arms Deal Fails, But Momentum Against Saudi Alliance Growing
By a closer margin than the last time Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Chris Murphy (D-Ct.), and Al Franken (D-Minn.) tried to block a Saudi arms deal.
Republicans Are Keeping Their Health Care Bill Secret Because They Can't Defend It On the Merits
The Senate GOP is relying on the same opaque process they accused Democrats of using to pass Obamacare.
In Private Letter, Jeff Sessions Asks Congress for Permission to Go After Medical Marijuana
Sessions uses a straw man to justify a war on medical pot.
'Atomic Humanism' and the Eco-Modernist Campaign to Promote Nuclear Power
"Only nuclear can lift all humans out of poverty while saving the natural environment."
Colorado's Tough New Forfeiture Law Provides Real Police Oversight, Transparency
Governor signs bill requiring police to report seizures and making it harder for cops to bypass state rules.
Cook County, Illinois, Experiences Disastrous Rollout of Its Soda Tax
Budget chaos at the state level isn't helping.
More Immigration Does Not Mean Less Economic Freedom
Conservatives who claim that immigrants import anti-liberty attitudes are wrong.
By Trump's Logic, His Foot-Dragging on 'Extreme Vetting' Endangers Us All
An appeals court upholds an injunction against the president's travel ban but once again leaves him perfectly free to improve screening.
New Coalition Blames Tech Industry for City's Problems, Demands Uber Solve Them
Plan to open headquarters in Oakland, California, upsets locals who fear tech displaces minorities.
Poor Neighborhoods Hit Hardest by Asset Forfeiture in Chicago, Data Shows
Here's a map of 23,000 times over the past five years that police in Cook County seized property and cash.
British, French Elections Show Battle of Ideas Not Over Yet
Socialism and big government remain popular, particularly among young people.
A War on Teachers? Let's Hope So.
Betsy DeVos's modest insurgency against failing public schools should be applauded.
Was Comey Convincing, Is Trump Julius Caesar, Is Alex Jones a Libertarian? [Reason Podcast]
No, no, and no. Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch debate and discuss.
Pennsylvania's Pension Reforms Aren't Perfect, But They're Pretty Good
State still owes over $70 billion to current workers and retirees, but moving future hires to 401(k)-style retirement plans will save taxpayers in the long run.
The Power of the Prosecutor
Popehat's Ken White and author John Pfaff on the need for reform.
Trump Can Gut Obama-Era Labor Regs Because They Were Never Meant to Last
Unofficial regulations and "guidance documents" passed without any public comment are no way to go about regulating an economy.
5 Thoughts on the St. Louis 'Abortion Sanctuary City' Mess
Missouri's governor has called a special session to try to override the ordinance. Here's what libertarians need to know.
Bail Reformers Seek to Keep the Poor from Being Stuck Behind Bars
Legislation tries to end lack of money as an excuse for keeping non-dangerous people in cells until trial.
Puerto Ricans Choose Statehood, But They Need to Choose Capitalism, Too
Free market principles are more important to Puerto Rico than becoming the 51st state.
Trump Is Right: Regulation Is Massively Slowing Down and Boosting the Costs of Modernizing Infrastructure
'Red tape is not the price of good government; it is the enemy of good government.'
Cops Have Lost Control of Their Sex-Trafficking Panic, and It's Beautiful
Even the police can't control human-trafficking hysteria anymore, and it could backfire for them.
U.S. Customs Seizes Combination Locked Travel Bags as Drug Paraphernalia
The reason given was that too many people were finding them a useful means of keeping weed away from their kids.
Trump May Commit a Felony to Cover Up Nonexistent Crimes
The president's implausible and gratuitous contradiction of Comey could be a crime if he repeats it to federal investigators.
We Could Have Had Cellphones Four Decades Earlier
Thanks for nothing, Federal Communications Commission.
Immigration Raids Are Bad for Legal Americans [Small-Town Pennsylvania Edition]
"My corner of Pennsylvania was thriving again-until immigration agents began carting people away..."
To Reduce Food Waste, Government Must Get Out of the Way
Efforts to combat the problem continue to bump up against idiotic and outrageous laws.
Armless Droid Calls Cops After Being Assaulted by Drunken Man
The future of human-robot relations is silly and sensible, not sinister.
Trump Administration Wasting Immigration Enforcement Resources on the Harmless
In a reversal of Obama era policies, even immigrants who've committed no other serious crimes are having cases reopened for deportation.
Opana ER and the Failure of the Tamper-Proof Drug Model
The FDA pushed for tamper-proof opioids. Now it wants one of them off the market.
How the Government Created Housing Segregation [Reason Podcast]
Richard Rothstein's The Color of Law documents how federal housing policy forced blacks and whites apart.
Congress Wants to Let Cops Wiretap Sex Workers, the CDC Study Them, and Homeland Security Screen Them
A batch of frightening new bills take aim at all sorts of civil liberties under the guise of stopping sexual exploitation.
