Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Fight Over Boston Bomber's Death Sentence
President Joe Biden campaigned on ending the federal death penalty, but he’s been quiet about it since taking office.
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Biden, Democrats Are Locking in Trump's Tariffs
Rather than undoing Trump's disastrous trade policies, Democrats in the White House and Congress appear to be entrenching the tariffs as a key part of U.S. trade policy.
White House Sanctions Staffers Over Past Marijuana Use
Plus: FTC commissioner on antitrust action against Facebook, FIRE's Greg Lukianoff on the "marketplace of ideas" metaphor, and more...
Biden's Planned Corporate Tax Hike Will Cost Jobs and Reduce Economic Growth. Because That's What Taxes Do.
The White House is reportedly considering hiking the corporate income tax to 28 percent and raising individual income taxes on high earners to pay for more federal spending.
Let's Talk About Our Relationship with the State
The Reason Roundtable tackles COVID, Cuomo, and more.
Biden Aims To Fund Future Spending Sprees With New Tax Hikes
Plus: Two dozen Texas bills seek to restrict voting, media companies seek special exemption from antitrust rules, and more...
The U.S. Is Hoarding Vaccines It Won't Let Americans Take
"Vaccine nationalism" is going to make the pandemic last longer than it otherwise would.
Biden's Coronavirus Relief Plan Will Probably Cost a Lot More Than $1.9 Trillion
The pandemic relief bill isn't just a one-time splurge. It's the start of a new era of federal spending.
What Have We Done?
On the largest spending bill in U.S. history and the one year anniversary of life under coronavirus.
Elite Media Run Press Releases for Biden's COVID Bill
Plus: Virginia's vote for the ERA is too late, South Carolina moves to relax birth control prescription requirements, and more...
Biden Goes Big
Somehow, policy makers slid from "never waste a crisis" to "everything is a crisis," a development that is particularly irksome during an actual crisis.
Biden Says He Wants War Authorizations Repealed
Just keep an eye on the small print. The wars might officially end while still allowing inappropriate military meddling.
Science-Based Policy Means Decriminalizing Sex Work, Say Hundreds of Researchers
Plus: ACLU joins fight for donor privacy, Parler drops lawsuit against Amazon, and more...
Biden Should Nominate Judges Who Battled the Government in Court
More criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, and civil rights litigators may soon be appointed to the federal bench.
Dr. Seuss Is Canceled
President Biden did not mention the famed author in his Read Across America Day speech.
Punish Politicians for the Right Reasons
The Reason Roundtable takes on the FDA, Andrew Cuomo, and more.
How Congress Could Send Bigger Stimulus Checks, Fund School Reopening, and Save $1 Trillion
Rep. Peter Meijer has a plan to provide bigger stimulus checks to needy Americans while cutting extraneous elements from the Biden relief bill.
Democrats Can't Use Reconciliation To Pass a $15 Minimum Wage. Here's What They Might Do Next.
But the real reason why Democrats should abandon the effort to hike the federal minimum wage has nothing to do with arcane Senate rules or the filibuster.
From 9/11 to COVID, Every Emergency Means Bigger Government
We have to stop governing by emergency.
It's Neither Sexist Nor Racist To Oppose Neera Tanden for OMB
Plus: Another journalist fired after disagreeing with woke orthodoxy, U.S. COVID death toll passes 500,000 mark, and more...
Should Biden's Choice for Secretary of State Discourage Libertarians?
President Joe Biden's promised return to normality will unfortunately extend to his administration's foreign policy.
Here's How We Could Double the Number of Americans Vaccinated Against COVID-19
According to a new study, one dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is nearly as effective as two.
American Distillers Face a Double-Shot of Tariffs in June. Will Biden Save Them?
Biden's new trade representative should outline a plan to remove the economically nonsensical and politically pointless tariffs on European steel and aluminum in order to deescalate this costly conflict.
Joe Biden Offers Bold Talk, Timid Action on Immigration
He campaigned against Trump’s restrictionism, but has implemented mostly symbolic initiatives so far.
Biden's Coronavirus Relief Package Has Almost Nothing to Do With the Coronavirus
The president keeps insisting on the urgency of $1.9 trillion in spending. But much of it would be spent on non-urgent policies unrelated to the pandemic.
Biden's Immigration Plan: The Good, the Bad, and the Unclear
Plus: Legal cannabis workers now outnumber electrical engineers in the U.S., Portland cops defend dumpsters from hungry people, and more...
Biden Says Drug Users Shouldn't Be Jailed but Won't Do Anything To Stop It
Plus: "Cancel culture" confusion, Biden rejects student loan forgiveness, Stossel and Snowden on internet privacy, and more...
The Dark Underbelly of Equity Based Thinking
Also: What we learned from impeachment.
The Trade War Drove American Automaking Jobs to China as Tariffs Stalled U.S. Exports
Further evidence that tariffs simply don't make sense as trade policy. President Joe Biden should take note.
Why Does Janet Yellen Suddenly Sound Like Trump on Trade?
In comments to The New York Times Magazine published this week, the new treasury secretary says free trade has been "so negative" for "a large share of the population." That's just wrong.
Biden Is Still Separating Families at the Border. Where Is the Media Outrage?
While the administration symbolically ended Trump's "zero tolerance" approach, it has not put an end to family separations outright.
Have Kids? Mitt Romney and Joe Biden Want the Government To Pay You Thousands Every Year
In most circumstances, parents would be eligible to receive $3,000 per child annually, doled out in monthly checks. It could be a major overhaul of how the federal government handles welfare.
Biden Considers Forcing Domestic Airline Passengers to Get a Negative COVID Test
Could that end up costing more lives than it saves?
CBO Says Raising Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour Would Kill Jobs, Because Obviously It Would
A higher federal minimum would reduce employment and increase the deficit, according to a new nonpartisan government analysis.
Civil Liberties Groups Plead With Biden To Stop Persecuting Julian Assange
Plus: Oklahoma cosmetologists fight insane licensing requirement, Australia doesn't understand how search engines work, and more...
Calling Out the COVID-19 Relief Bill
After critiquing the COVID-19 relief bill and denouncing the latest Biden policies, the Roundtabler's find some reprieve in imagining legalized opioids for all.
Virginia Poised To Become 23rd State To End Death Penalty
The state that has executed the most prisoners may soon end the practice entirely.
Biden Signals Retreat From Nonsensical Minimum Wage Hike in COVID-19 Relief Bill
"I don't think it is going to survive," Biden said on Sunday, though he promised to push for a higher minimum wage as a stand-alone bill in the future.
America Will Welcome More Refugees as Biden Lifts Trump's Misguided Restrictions
The United States will accept 125,000 refugees in the fiscal year that begins on October 1, up from the current record low level of 15,000 set by the Trump administration.
Biden's Press Secretary Says Social Distancing and Masks Will Be 'Essential' Even After Vaccination
"We'll need to continue communicating about that," said Jen Psaki.
Joe Biden Wants His Stimulus To Help 'People Who are Hurting,' Like Families Making $120,000 a Year
Biden's recovery plan is a poorly targeted effort that would make the economy worse off in the long run.
Biden Says His Immigration Policy Will Be Better Than Obama's
President Barack Obama's government deported more people than any other administration in history.
My New USA Today op ed on Biden's Impressively Far-Reaching Pro-Immigration Agenda
It goes far beyond merely reversing awful Trump policies, but does still have some drawbacks.
Ramming a $15 Minimum Wage Bill Through the Senate Using Reconciliation Would Be a Norm-Busting Mistake
The reconciliation process exists for a reason. Discarding it for political expediency should be viewed with skepticism.
Let's Finally Get Out of Afghanistan
The Biden administration should take advantage of the opportunity to cut our losses instead of continuing the forever war.
Biden Restores a Barrier to Opioid Addiction Treatment
The new administration nixes a change that would have allowed more physicians to prescribe buprenorphine.
