Donald Trump
Regulations at 'Lowest Count Since Records Began Being Kept in the Mid-1970s'
Economy advances while administrative state recedes; lefty commentators hardest hit.
Trump Didn't Demand to Watch the Gorilla Channel, but He Did Fast-Forward Through the Exposition in Bloodsport
Sorting out truth from gossip and rumor in Michael Wolff's new book.
Trump's Plan to Strip Work Visas from Talented Immigrant Wives Won't Make America Great Again
No immigrant of any kind is safe from this administration's assaults.
Trump's Slam Against Wives of Foreign Techies
He thinks scrapping their work authorization will Make America Great Again.
Trump Seeks to Open Up Most U.S. Coastal Waters to Oil Drilling
Activists decry plan as a "shameful giveaway" to Big Oil.
'The War on Pot…Has Affected Millions of Lives in This Country Negatively'
Sticking up for pharmacological freedom on Fox Business Network
Rand Paul Won Because "Voters…Wanted to Give the Finger to Washington"
An establishment GOP candidate looks back at why Paul beat him
No Obamacare Repeal, but Trump's New Rules Could Allow Cheaper Plans
Draft regulations would expand access to association health plans.
Trump Kills Incompetent 'Election Integrity' Commission, But His Voter Fraud Conspiracy Theory Lives On
Even while euthanizing the bureaucratic expression of his electoral fantasies, the president continues to play vote-counting politics with the Department of Homeland Security and Census.
Facts Matter After All
Studies debunk the claim that we live in post-fact, post-truth world.
Mitt Romney Is Nobody's Wise Man on Sanctuary Cities and Proto-Trumpian Immigration Politics
The #NeverTrump favorite, poised to be a Senate thorn in the president's side, has more in common with Trump's jail-'em-all ICE director than many Republicans care to admit
Trump's 2020 Odds, and the Libertarian Party's
Win or lose, libertarians will remind Americans about basic principles we have in common.
Is Lucia Still Cert-Worthy?
While the Trump Administration supports Supreme Court review, it's not clear there's enough in the case to interest the justices.
The Incredible Shrinking Trump Administration
More than 16,000 jobs have been cut from the federal leviathan. Only 1.9 million to go!
New York's Subway Boondoggles Illustrate How Governments Bungle Infrastructure
Why don't "we" build anything anymore? Because corrupt unions and politicians recognize a guaranteed payday when they see it
Roy Moore's Claim of 'Systematic Voter Fraud' Is at Least As Plausible As Trump's
The defeated Senate candidate's refusal to concede is no more preposterous than the claim that the president actually won the popular vote.
Why Greg Gutfeld Is a Better Standard-Bearer for Conservatives than Roy Moore: Podcast
Novelist Lisa De Pasquale sees "politics as entertainment" and worries that Millennials are lost forever to the left.
Ron Paul: A Popular Libertarian Candidate in 2020 Is 'Very Possible'
The former 1988 Libertarian nominee and 2008 and 2012 Republican candidate for president says Trump is just a temporary setback for the libertarian moment.
Universities Are Raising a Generation of Trumplets
Free speech is increasingly triggering.
The Buck Stops Over There
In his first year, Donald Trump took presidential blame shifting to new heights.
Tax Reform Was Easy, Spending Cuts Are Un-possible
President Trump and the GOP leadership has already reneged on promises to tackle entitlements.
This White House Chart About Chain Migration Is Misleading
The U.S. immigration system makes bringing family members into this country very difficult and time consuming.
A Special Reason Festivus Airing of the Grievances: Podcast
How has the fight for freedom changed from January 2017 to December, whether vis-a-vis Trump, Congress, or music? Well for one thing, Star Wars-spoiler norms have gone out the window in the Suderman household....
Federal Court Dismisses First Emoluments Clause Case Against President Trump
A federal district court in New York concludes none of the plaintiffs could demonstrate standing in CREW v. Trump
Trump Commutes His First Prison Sentence
Kosher meatpacking magnate Sholom Rubashkin's prosecution and sentence had long generated cross-partisan outrage.
Trump Is Offering the Country a Sophie's Choice on Dreamers
Lawmakers should be prepared to shutdown the government to escape it
The Senate's Rejection of Export-Import Bank Critic Shows How Entrenched Crony Capitalism Is in Washington
Several Republicans broke ranks to kill the nomination of Rep. Scott Garrett to head the Export-Import Bank.
Trump's Phony Postcard Tax Return
The tax bill does not deliver the simplification that the president promised.
Would More Infrastructure Spending Have Stopped Yesterday's Derailment?
President Trump seems to think so.
Donald Trump's National Security Speech Won't Change U.S. Foreign Policy
Rhetoric on international relations rarely matches actual U.S. actions.
Trump's Record on Judges
Recent focus on a few failed trial court nominations obscures impressive record of stellar nominees for appellate courts.
Trump Used an FBI Graduation Ceremony to Call for Greater Police Militarization
"We are allowing our local police to access surplus military equipment, something the previous administration for some reason refused to do," Trump says. Wrong!
Trump and Associates Can't Stop Scapegoating Immigrants
The concern about radicalization by Muslims in the U.S. is a red herring intended to make Americans distrust foreigners and immigration in general.
Donald Trump, Lying, and Eroding Social Trust
Are presidential lies pushing us toward a low-trust society?
What the GOP Tax Bill Means for Libertarians
"It's basically reassembling deck chairs on a really messy and horribly complex system": Q&A with Chris Edwards, CATO's Director of Tax Policy
Roy Moore's Trumpian Conspiracy Theorizing About Voter Fraud
The president wants the Alabama loser to concede. But using Trump's own (fake) voter-fraud math, he shouldn't.
Political Journalists Have Themselves to Blame for Sinking Credibility
Sloppy work creates self-inflicted wounds.
Good and Bad Critiques of the Mueller Investigation
Robert Mueller's handling of his investigation is not above criticism, but many critiques miss the mark.
Grover Norquist: GOP Tax Bill Is Good Enough For Now (He's Planning to 'Whine Later')
Q&A with the president of Americans for Tax Reform.
Butterflies, Border Walls, and Property Rights
The North American Butterfly Association says Border Patrol agents have harassed employees and damaged property at the National Butterfly Center.
What Roy Moore's Near-Miss Tells us About America's Great Media Divide
As partisan skepticism degenerates into media illiteracy, in-house media criticism devolves into pompous wagon-circling.
Everything You Wanted To Know About The Volokh Conspiracy: Podcast
Eugene Volokh runs the most important legal blog in the country. Here's his take on gay wedding cakes, free speech, and President Trump's judicial appointments.
Trump's New National Security Strategy Not Likely to Alter the Pattern of 'Promiscuous Intervention'
His policy decisions have so far belied his understanding of the public's foreign policy frustration.
Private Investment Back in Trump's Infrastructure Plan
A full infrastructure plan is due to be released this January, and will make use of $800 billion in private investment.
