Trump Tests the Limits of Executive Orders
Making policy and passing laws is supposed to be difficult and should be left to the messy channels established by the Constitution.
Making policy and passing laws is supposed to be difficult and should be left to the messy channels established by the Constitution.
Plus: A listener asks the editors how to best determine whether Trump’s second term is good or bad for individual freedom.
The federal government has no business being a bank.
One bright spot from Trump's shameful behavior in the Oval Office would be if it spurs European nations to shoulder more of the burden of supporting Ukraine.
As world leaders debate, Ukrainian defenders innovate, adapt, and wage defensive war on their own terms.
Anora has won five Oscars, ample praise, and some criticism.
Plus: Change in Russia policy, Matt Taibbi interview, Dems try gun shows, and more...
Means-test Social Security, raise the retirement age, and let us invest our own money.
If the Department of Government Efficiency goes about this the wrong way, we could be left with both a presidency on steroids and no meaningful reduction in government.
President Donald Trump's pardon of the Silk Road creator is a rare moment of reprieve in an era of relentless government expansion.
"Officially, it was a voluntary departure. But I sure felt like I'd been pushed out."
The GOP faces a choice about how to move forward.
"This is a gut punch," says Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen. "This is a kick to my balls and two black eyes, to be honest with you."
Carr advocates greater control over social media by federal regulators, despite a reputation for supporting free speech.
RFK, Jr.'s Health and Human Service has inexplicably cancelled two vaccine-related advisory meetings since he took the helm of the agency.
The five-year survival rate of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer is currently 13 percent.
Hackman's performance as "Little Bill" Daggett in Unforgiven is an unflinching portrayal of how far the state will go to protect its corrupt monopoly on violence.
If the Consumer Product Safety Commission doesn't have enough data to enact a rule, it shouldn't be making informal recommendations either.
And an increasingly unpopular one. Will Trump pay attention to the polls, if not the economists?
Elon Musk promised "maximum transparency," but that apparently doesn't include Freedom of Information requests to DOGE.
The Trump administration’s spectacle rehashed information that journalists, lawyers, and victims had already unveiled.
He also can't get a birth certificate or Social Security number for his daughter.
Trump's negotiations and German elections may augur the end of collective security as we've known it.
Regulations, taxes, bad energy policy, and a lack of entrepreneurial spirit hold the country back.
Did participants exhibit a natural inclination for cruelty, or were they just doing what they thought researchers wanted?
Most courts have ruled that vanity license plates are private speech and protected from viewpoint discrimination under the First Amendment.
The award-winning journalist discusses the collapse of a post–World War II consensus, online speech police, and the legacy media on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
Forget boots on the ground. Now we’ll have Americans “on the land.”
The cops tried to cover up their mistake after they "terrorized" the family, according to a lawsuit.
At the current rate of inflation, the dollar will lose 33 cents of purchasing power within a decade.
"I'm confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America," wrote Bezos.
“We’ve basically made an agreement with very little data,” warned one expert.
Cuts to government spending mean fewer bonds, lower borrowing costs, and potentially a break for borrowers.
Dietary supplement bans for minors may spread—but they’ll be costly, confusing, and ineffective.
The authors of a picture book about two male penguins raising a chick together argue excluding their book from school libraries violates their free speech rights.
Elon Musk's vague White House role is only controversial because he's trying to slash bureaucracy.
Socialism promises many things and claims to prioritize people over profits. But what people actually get is different.
After a lawsuit from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, the city backed down. But it's still part of a worrying trend.
Odd coincidence that RFK Jr. is now Secretary of Health and Human Services?
“I cannot ignore Congress’ detailed framework for refugee admissions and the limits it placed on the president’s ability to suspend the same,” said Judge Jamal Whitehead.
This isn't the first time Detroit cops have arrested the wrong person after using facial recognition software.
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