Rep. Massie Hasn't Heard From Trump Transition About Any Possible Administration Role
Massie hasn't met with anyone from the Trump transition team.
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Conservative Criminal Justice Groups Hope They Can Sway a Skeptical Trump Administration
"The very worst thing reform advocates can do is take their ball and go home."
If Charter Schools Are 'Unregulated,' Why Is This Successful California School Facing a Shutdown?
Trump's choice of education secretary will prompt a fight over who has control.
National Police Union is Not Happy With Donald Trump's Proposed Crackdown on Sanctuary Cities
The union may have loved Trump's law-and-order rhetoric, but they don't want to lose funding over cities' refusal to comply with immigration crackdown.
Why It's a Mistake to Describe the Alt-Right as 'Neo-Nazis'
Backwards-looking attitudes about race, religion, and sex have been a hallmark of the Republican coalition for decades, and are hardly grounds for Hitler Youth comparisons.
The Trouble With Trump SCOTUS Contender William H. Pryor
There are reasons to worry about the 11th Circuit judge on Trump's Supreme Court shortlist.
Trump Picks Tom Price For HHS Secretary. Does This Really Mean He Wants to Repeal Obamacare?
Ultimately, legislation to repeal and replace the health care law will have to be driven by Congress.
On Flag Burning, Trump Differs With Scalia but Agrees With Clinton
The justice Trump admires twice voted to overturn criminal penalties for flag burning, which Clinton later tried to reinstate.
Donald Trump Suggests Flag-Burners Should Lose Their Citizenship
Or maybe spend a year in jail.
Trump Says Millions Voted Illegally but Any Recount Would Be Pointless
The president-elect claims he would have won the popular vote if Clinton had not benefited from widespread fraud.
Donald Trump Seems Likely to Throw Cold Water on the Thaw in U.S.-Cuba Relations
Following Fidel Castro's death, Republicans want to revert to a policy that failed for half a century.
Putin's Biggest Fan
The GOP nominee can't stop praising the Russian leader's authoritarianism.
A Republican Ban on Internet Gambling Would Repeat a Costly Democratic Mistake
Obvious cronyism vs. the 10th Amendment
Eminent Domain Critic, Ayn Rand Superfan, Former Cato CEO John Allison Could Run Trump's Treasury
Allison wants to repeal all Dodd-Frank regulations, which didn't fix the problem of banks being "too big to fail."
Evan McMullin's Troop-less War Against Donald Trump's GOP
Independent candidate says Republican Party 'can no longer be considered the home for conservatives,' despite all voting evidence to the contrary. Meanwhile, did his ballot exclusion tip Florida away from Hillary Clinton?
Does Nikki Haley Have Any Clear Foreign Policy Views?
The likely next ambassador to the United Nations might be a rising GOP star, but she hasn't been very vocal on international affairs.
Trump Says He's Not Sure Torture Works but Might Use It Anyway
The president-elect reserves the right to torture terrorism suspects for revenge.
Is Trump's Pot Tolerance Fading?
By choosing a diehard prohibitionist for attorney general, the president-elect casts doubt on his commitment to marijuana federalism.
Happy Broadway-Boycott Thanksgiving From The Fifth Column!
Three-headed podcast takes on New York bubble-politics, the objectionable Jeff Sessions, Kanye's breakdown, and more
Trump Will 'Keep an Open Mind' About the Paris Climate Change Agreement
So says the president-elect in an interview this afternoon with the New York Times.
How Much Do We Still Need to Care if a Potential Cabinet Member Is Anti-Gay?
Possible new health secretary not a fan of LGBT rights. Does it matter?
6 Secretary of State Appointments Trump Could Make That Wouldn't Suck
These names would be better than most of the ones being floated.
University Bullied Students to Change 'America' Theme Party Because Trump Won
America party 'provides an opportunity for students to dress or behave in a way that offends or oppresses others.'
Will Trump Make Infrastructure Great Again?
Reason's Bob Poole discusses why he's encouraged by Trump's early moves on transportation policy.
Donald Trump and the End of Free Trade
The 1930 Smoot-Hawley Act was a policy disaster never to be repeated, says Dan Griswold of the Mercatus Center. Until now.
President Trump + Military Drones = What, Exactly?
The president-elect has said he wants to continue with strikes against terrorists, but to what degree?
Gigi Hadid, Melania Trump, the American Music Awards, and the Promise of a Humor-Free America
When a supermodel makes fun of FLOTUS-Elect (?) at a useless awards show, Twitter loses its shit.
Trump's Pick for Attorney General Is a 'Drug War Dinosaur'
Jeff Sessions opposes sentencing reform, defends civil forfeiture, and criticizes the Obama administration for letting states legalize marijuana.
10 Things Libertarians Need to Know About Trump and Pence, Hamilton, and Political Correctness
It's absolutely fine for actors to use their platform to criticize the president or vice president after a performance.
Scenes From Inside and Outside the Alt-Right's First Major Post-Election Gathering
As progressive protesters and "antifa" activists marched outside, white nationalists & "Trumpservatives" plotted within.
Fashion Designers Are Boycotting Melania Trump. Shouldn't Bakers and Florists Have the Same Right?
Free association should not be for powerful liberals only.
What Trump's Win Means for Food and Agricultural Policy
Should we expect a scaling back of regulations or even repeals?
Is Donald Trump the Golem We Assume or Will He Usher in Some Good Policies?
He's a reality-show weirdo with terrible hair and many awful ideas. Libertarians should be cautiously optimistic - and subscribe to the Reason Podcast!
Trump Could Resurrect a Failed Bush-Era Screening Program for Muslim Immigrants
The NSEERS program screened more than 93,000 immigrants over nine years but failed to catch a single potential terrorist.
Kanye West Would've Voted for Trump; Admired 'Futuristic' Style of Campaign
Says the country and world are racist so people need to stop focusing on it.
Donald Trump and the Coming Battle Over Legal and Illegal Immigration
The billionaire president-elect may even seek to keep high-skilled foreigners out of the country.
Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie Talking Trump on Kennedy Tonight at 8 P.M.
Who are the the biggest threats to freedom in the next president's cabinet? And in the Democratic legislative minority?
5 Reasons America Should be Happy to See James Clapper Leave His Post
The departing director of national intelligence had no respect for our rights, no problem lying about it, and no apparent ability to do the basics of his job right.
FDR's Wartime Violations of Civil Liberties Are Not a Good Precedent for Anything
And you don't get points for not being as bad.
Will New Bosses Be the Same as the Old Bosses?
Republican control of the White House and Congress doesn't necessarily mean limited government.
Why Minorities Will Save American Constitutional Traditions in the Age of Trump
Don't count on resistance from the white establishment
