Trump Endorses Criminal Justice Bill, Giving Momentum to Long-Delayed Reforms
"We're all better off when former inmates can reenter society as law-abiding, productive citizens."
"We're all better off when former inmates can reenter society as law-abiding, productive citizens."
Also, are people putting on disguises so they can vote more than once?
The legendary newsman calls for more reporting rather than more outrage or puffery.
Trump has slowed new regulations to a trickle, but has largely failed to cut back the regulatory state.
By 2020, interest on the debt will cost more than Medicaid. By 2025, it will cost more than defense spending. And that's just the start.
You have come to the right place for CBO death porn.
White House advisors are worried that "he could get impatient one day and force their hand like he did with the steel and aluminum tariffs."
Plus: menthol cigarettes may be banned, Big Tech warms to new regulation, and NYC building raided over illegal Airbnb listings.
"If any question why we died/Tell them, because our fathers lied," wrote Rudyard Kipling of the Great War. Think about that, not contemporary politics.
There will be no military parade today. There shouldn't be one any other day, either.
Chris Christie is a notorious pot prohibitionist.
Donald Trump's candidates didn't do particularly well on Tuesday, but he continues to succeed at making himself the center of attention.
"Training" is not a good enough justification for spending $200 million to send 8,000 troops to the border.
Before the news cycle spins forever into crazy-land, Reason editors pause to assess the deep meanings, and lack thereof, of this week's elections
The Trumpening of the Republican Party continues apace. What will principled conservatives do now that it's clear they have no home in the GOP?
Trump vs. the media-good for Trump, and good for the media.
In the space of a year, Graham went from Trump critic, warning about impeachment, to Trump backer, taking the president's side on Jeff Sessions.
Maybe Trump should nominate Kim Kardashian West.
He'll be replaced, at least for the time being, by his chief of staff.
But a few of Tuesday's big races indicate he did more harm than good.
If the Space Force goes down before it ever got up on its feet, that's probably for the best.
The biggest shock from yesterday's midterms was that everything went more or less as expected.
It's unorthodox, but it makes sense.
A perplexing billboard made their views on the matter unclear.
Polling uncertainty and a surge in voter enthusiasm could make tomorrow an embarrassing day for many in the political class.
Trump can probably find someone better to set up barbed wire fences on the border.
Trump is a uniquely awful president who has changed the entire political conversation and not for the better
Trump's comments are not the same as the Nigerian Army's actions. But regardless of the nation, shooting protesters is bad.
Why did the Trump ally let a future killer go? And what does that say about the president's inflammatory anti-immigration rhetoric?
John Bolton makes a pitch for American confrontations with Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.
Candidates used to let political operatives do the dirty work so they could appear above it all. Not Trump.
Trump's trade policy is leading to bad politics and terrible outcomes.
A Wisconsin town is spending billions, seizing homes, and breaking state law to lure a Taiwanese company.
Montana L.P. candidate Rick Breckenridge says he was misinterpreted by a reporter.
President Trump's hardline immigration stances have made for some polarizing debates.
American policy created it.
More signs that politics needs to be shrunk down to a smaller part of our lives.
Trump seems to prefer escalation. More tariffs could be coming in early December.
It will provide fresh applause lines for a series of campaign rallies planned in the next week. It might be good politics, but it's bad policy.
The president's executive order will violate the text and history of the 14th Amendment.
The Anti-Defamation League's report actually showed that attacks decreased in 2017 from 2016.
At least one Republican congressman agrees.
Plus: Southern border will see more troops than Iraq, Syria.
Even when Americans don't love their political allies, they hate their opponents.
Are we all just living through Elon Musk's dystopian simulation?
Nucor's stock price is down 16 percent since August. Executives say the fourth quarter will be even worse.
Killers are responsible for their actions and the leap from rhetoric to action, along with all the blood they shed, is on their hands alone.
Trump: "We must never allow political violence to take root in America."