Trump Administration Is Right: Open the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository
Some 70,000 metric tons to nuclear waste is still sitting at nuclear power plants
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Uber Leaving Denmark Over New Taxi Law—Nationalists, Socialists Rejoice
Company says it's not closing a development office in Denmark and says closing is "not necessarily a farewell."
Donald Trump's Opioid Commission Is Stacked With Prosecutors and 12-Steppers
Will any drug policy experts sit on Trump's drug policy commission?
Turns Out Congressional Republicans Don't Really Want to Cut Spending
GOP politicians admit that President Trump's draconian cuts to the regulatory state aren't going to happen.
Just What America Needs: A Government Truth Squad
A California lawmaker wants to make it illegal to publish or share a "false or deceptive statement" meant to influence voters.
TSA Punishes Boy Who Left a Laptop in His Backpack With a Prolonged Pat-Down
The agency says "all approved procedures were followed."
The Nativist Bias in the Welfare State
It is making even Canadians act more ruthlessly rather than benevolently
Anti-Abortion Activists Face Dubious Eavesdropping Charges in California
Attorney General Xavier Becerra uses privacy as a pretext for a political vendetta against critics of Planned Parenthood.
Partially Informed Juries Convict the Innocent
A Supreme Court case shows how prosecutors get away with hiding evidence that could help defendants.
Cop Who Shot and Killed Ramarley Graham Had More Complaints Against Him Than Usual Too
Richard Haste accumulated six complaints in a thirteen-month period, most cops don't have that many over their entire careers.
This Self-Taught Programmer Is Bringing Transparency to California Politics
A laid-off grocery bagger learned to code and is now shining a light on spending by politicians, their campaigns, and outside groups.
This Self-Taught Programmer Is Bringing Transparency to California Politics
A laid-off grocery bagger learned to code and is now shining a light on spending by politicians, their campaigns, and outside groups.
Trump Reversing Record Number of Regulations
President signs four more Congressional Review Act rollbacks, bringing total number to seven…or six more than all his predecessors combined
Cruz: Republicans Cannot Drop Health Care, Should Focus on Free Market Solutions
"Eighteen days does not a final product make."
An App to Track Drone Strikes Lasted Less Than a Day Before Apple Yanked It
Data journalist details five-year fight to make information more available.
President Trump Escalates Wars in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Maybe Afghanistan Too
A U.S. airstrike in Mosul could have caused the largest civilian casualties since the start of the Iraq War.
Donald Trump's Climate Change Executive Order Will Make Energy Cheaper
But it will not bring back a lot of coal mining jobs.
Sessions' Targeting of Sanctuary Cities Not Exactly What It Appears
The rule invoked is about communication and doesn't require cities detain or help deport immigrants.
Rollins College Allegedly Suspends Conservative After He Challenged Islamic Student Who Threatened Gays
A Muslim student defended shariah law in class, but the professor went after the conservative Christian.
Jeff Sessions Threatens Unconstitutional Action Against Sanctuary Cities
The Attorney General aims to dragoon state and local officials and leave them "no real option but to acquiesce."
Gun-Owning Expert on Logical Fallacies Deploys Them Against Gun Ownership
Psychologist Daniel Levitin describes his decision to keep firearms for self-defense as emotionally satisfying but irrational.
Johns Hopkins University Dropped Out of a Clinical Trial for Smoked Cannabis, and Veterans With PTSD Want to Know Why
A successful clinical trial could move whole-plant marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II
Human Conditions Improving at a Remarkable Speed
Over the last decade, GDP per person and life expectancy are up around the world while infant mortality and undernourished rates are down.
Occupational Licensing Reform Gains an Unlikely Boost from the FTC
In the fight for economic freedom, entrepreneurs and consumers get new support against self-serving interests.
Idaho Reforms Law to Require Criminal Connections Before Seizing People's Stuff
Police will also be required to track and report what they take.
Steve Bannon Hates Libertarians Because *We're* Not Living in the Real World?
"Economic nationalist" Trump adviser blasts people foolish enough to believe in "Free Minds and Free Markets."
Trump's Purported 300 Billion Euro NATO 'Bill' to Germany a Horrible Sign for Reform
White House denies the report but Trump's position that Germany "owes" the U.S. and the proposed massive increase in military spending don't bode well either.
Is the Quest to 'Solve Death' Selfishly Immoral?
Some bioethicists think that 75 years of life is enough for you.
