Yulia Tymoshenko Warned Us About Paul Manafort Years Ago
Why didn't the Obama administration do anything?
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Trump's EPA Feeds the Ethanol Swamp Dwellers, Just As He Promised
The biofuels mandate is crony capitalism as usual.
What Manafort's Indictment Means for Trump: Podcast
This week's show covers Robert Mueller's Russia probe, Jeff Flake's decision not to run, and the opioid crisis.
Did 15 Years of War Win the Presidency for Donald Trump?
Or is partisanship such a strong indicator of voter choice that the specifics of a candidate's stances might not matter?
Trump Campaign Foreign Policy Adviser's Guilty Plea Could Be More Important Than Manafort's Indictment
George Papadopoulos lied about contact with people connected to the Russian government, the FBI says. He's been answering questions for the feds since July.
Trump's Assault on Legal High-Skilled Immigration
He even wants to chase out foreign STEM students.
Manafort Indicted for Hiding Financial Ties to Ukraine
This is not about Donald Trump, Russia, or the 2016 election.
A Week in the Life of Political News Commentary
Conversations with Morgan Spurlock, Al Sharpton, Bill Schulz, and more
Trump's Weak Response to Opioid Overdoses
More innovative remedies will be needed to actually turn back the relentless onslaught of overdose fatalities.
Can Donald Trump Actually Help his "Deplorables"? Probably Not [Podcast]
Nick Gillespie talks with Spiked Online about the president's empty promises.
Deploy the Taco Copters! Trump Administration Looks to Loosen Drone Regulations
The Department of Transportation will experiment with expanding what commercial uses are allowed.
No Forced Childbirth for Undocumented Immigrant Teen in Federal Custody
This was a simple choice: Compel the girl to give birth or let her get an abortion. The fact that she is undocumented doesn't change that reality.
Attn, London Reasonoids! Nick Gillespie Speaking at Battle of Ideas, 10/28-29
Debating Trump, Deplorables, and the future of libertarianism this weekend.
Jeff Flake Is a Casualty of Collectivist Conflict
Temperamentally more than ideologically, the Jeff Flakes of the world do not fit into a politics increasingly marked by collectivist reaction.
GOP Anti-Flake Anti-Trumpers Just Want Trumpism Without Trump
Trump is crass and abrasive and toxic? So are the policies he adopted for a base that establishment conservatives cultivated.
Rand Paul Worries Whether Surveillance Reform Will Even Be Debated in Senate
Will snooping reauthorizations just get quietly dumped into a spending bill?
Presidents Are Reckless With Soldiers' Lives
The controversy over Trump's condolence call should be a debate about promiscuous military intervention.
Libertarian Republican Sen. Jeff Flake Will Not Run for Re-Election (UPDATED)
"There may not be a place for a Republican like me in the current Republican climate or the current Republican Party."
Welcome to 'Extreme Vetting' of Refugees
Social media fact-checks, secondary scrutiny for 11 countries, and the lowest annual cap in modern U.S. history.
Ex-Presidents We Want to Drink With: Podcast
This week's show covers the John Kelly phone flap, former presidents against Trump, and why Republicans are only pretending to be worried about the budget.
Students Are Bringing Capitalism to Latin America
Q&A with economist Gabriel Calzada Alvarez on trade barriers, higher education, and bringing free markets to the region.
The 'Politics of Division' Is 'Who We Are as a Country'
Trying to minimize those divisions isn't very democratic.
Why the Lights Are Still Off in Puerto Rico
The government set the stage for a post-hurricane catastrophe.
Everything That's Wrong with Political Twitter in Two Tweets (Niger Edition)
Tribalism today, tribalism tomorrow, tribalism forever!
Trump Combines His Worst Ideas Into a Solar-Power Border Wall
The idea is sadly gaining steam.
Politicians—Unsurprisingly—Want to Regulate Political Ads on Facebook
Russian panic is the excuse to try to control online speech.
Trump Calls the Congressional GOP's Bluff
From Iran to Obamacare to DACA, the president is acting on what Republicans have long promised, in a way that rightly devolves power to the legislative branch.
Misdiagnosing Causes and Casualties in the Opioid War [Corrected]
Do the pain relief benefits of prescription opioids outweigh their addiction risks?
Republicans: We Have to Cut Taxes Because We're Too Cowardly to Cut Spending
Rand Paul squares off against John McCain yet again on military spending, in a fight that could derail both the budget and tax reform.
'I Believe in the First Amendment,' Says FCC Chair, Rejecting Trump's Censorious Tweets
Ajit Pai notes that his agency has no authority to consider journalistic content in making license decisions.
Nativists in the Trump Administration Are Demanding Ransom for Dreamers
Congress shouldn't hand it.
U.S. Foreign Policy Can't Be a Choice Between McCain and Trump
The ailing senator is right that "half-baked, spurious nationalism" is wrong. But so is his brand of hawkish intervention.
Stossel: Baby Salmon Threatened?
CNN reports that the Alaskan Pebble Mine will destroy the wilderness. Stossel exposed this as a lie two years ago.
Trump Kicks Iran Deal Decisions Over to Congress
The president wants to appear to be doing something about the Iran deal.
Even If Trump's Threat Against NBC Isn't Serious, It's Still Destructive
Our norms are being eroded by "both sides" of the partisan battle.
'Administrative State Is THE Leading Threat to Civil Liberties of Our Era.'
Columbia's Philip Hamburger says this "monarchical" system of government grew in power just as blacks and women saw an expansion of their voting rights.
Why Trump's Threats Against Media Licenses Might Actually Violate the First Amendment
No, the president actually doesn't have the right to say whatever he wants.
Anti-Trump Republicans Need to Re-Examine Their Own Reckless Foreign Policy
Yes, the president is erratic and incompetent. But prominent GOPers like John McCain have been saying crazy things about North Korea and elsewhere for a quarter century
FCC Chair Preemptively Rubbishes Trump's Dumb Tweet About Challenging Media Licenses (UPDATED)
"Setting aside the fact that the FCC doesn't license cable channels," Ajit Pai said last month, "these demands are fundamentally at odds with our legal and cultural traditions."
Judge Won't Let Feds Have Full Access to Names of People on Anti-Trump Site
The web host can redact user info unless the Justice Department provides evidence of criminal activity.
Trump Proposes Awful-Sounding 'Economic Development Bill' That Might Not Actually Exist
Is it just more bluster from the White House? Let's hope so.
"The War On Coal Is Over," Declares EPA Administrator Pruitt
But the war over coal regulation moves on to a new front
Should You Be Able to Buy Birth Control—or a Tank—Over the Counter? [Podcast]
Reason's Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch on why government-mandated birth control and the NRA both suck.
Puerto Rico's Hurricane Recovery Just Got Even More Expensive
DHS ends waiver of protectionist shipping law that drives up costs.
Corker Against World War III Now That Trump Is for It
Corker is a longtime defender of American intervention and war in the Middle East, and now wants to supply billions in weapons to the Saudis and Ukraine.
