The Israeli government is willing to phase out U.S. financial grants. But Mike Rogers and Tom Cotton want to lock in other forms of aid—without a debate in Congress.
The version of the NDAA passed by the House is larger than the administration’s budget request.
Shadi Hamid’s The Case for American Power implies that true interventionism hasn’t been tried.
Milei’s coalition secured 41 percent of the national vote and tripled its seats in Congress, positioning his party as the first political force nationwide.
The Argentine president needed a U.S. bailout, and his political adversaries are gaining ground.
Whether or not one accepts the report's characterization of Israel's actions, the report itself is an interesting read on the economics of war.
Plus: Columbia forced to release racial data, school choice battles, and more...
Amid reports of Palestinian starvation, a majority of the Democratic Caucus—but no Republicans—voted to block U.S. weapons shipments to Israel.
A Lancet study’s inflated numbers are being used to push a partisan narrative, not inform public policy.
The bill, which could pass the Senate on Wednesday, would trim 13 cents from every $100 of federal spending.
While the E.U. has fallen short on arms pledges, grassroots fundraisers and independent initiatives have delivered millions of dollars in munitions and supplies to Ukraine.
The president’s speech in Saudi Arabia promised a new course for U.S. policy in the Middle East. Can he deliver?
Sitting on the sidelines let America play neutral mediator and talk down both sides.
Threats to impeach federal judges who rule against the government are a naked attack on their constitutionally crucial function.
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One bright spot from Trump's shameful behavior in the Oval Office would be if it spurs European nations to shoulder more of the burden of supporting Ukraine.
Subsidizing American farmers is not a valid justification for the U.S. Agency for International Development.
The pretend department’s downgraded mission reflects the gap between Trump’s promise of "smaller government" and the reality of what can be achieved without new legislation.
The agency's low points, from working with child sex abusers to enabling drug trafficking
The Trump administration made an extreme claim about wasteful foreign aid that just wasn't true.
They are instead promised $300 billion, but the Trump administration will not likely pony any international climate finance.
The Republican senator wants to bring Biden and Trump together to commit American lives to Saudi Arabia in order to "change the region and change the world."
The co-founder of Ideas Beyond Borders argues that there is "no better independence than economic independence."
Israel is getting U.S. troops and Saudi Arabia is getting billions of dollars' worth of American weapons.
U.S. taxpayers are underwriting wars in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, and Iraq.
American taxpayers underwrite both the Israeli and Lebanese armies. Now they’re shooting at each other.
American firms are not responsible for how the taxes they pay are spent.
Both Israeli hostage families and Palestinian Americans want the war to end with a prisoner exchange. But that isn’t moving Democratic policy.
The president is reversing a ban on selling offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia and advancing taxpayer-funded military aid to Israel.
Bob Menendez’s bribery scandal was straight out of a mafia show.
War and peace are the most important decisions a country can make. No politician wants to level with Americans about it.
Ending U.S. aid would give Washington less leverage in the Middle East. That's why it's worth doing.
Ending U.S. aid would give Washington less leverage in the Middle East. That's why it's worth doing.
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Plus: A listener asks the editors about President Joe Biden holding up arms shipments to Israel.
President Biden is holding up a shipment of 3,500 bombs to Israel, after months of resisting any conditions on U.S. aid to Israel.
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Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of left-leaning thinkers who also hold libertarian ideas.
The U.S. is dispensing munitions to Ukraine and Israel faster than they can be replaced.
The U.S. is dispensing munitions to Ukraine and Israel faster than they can be replaced.
"We are poor because we don't let our entrepreneurs work," says the director of the Center for African Prosperity at the Atlas Network.
The airlift avoids the real problems causing starvation.
The Senate's $95 billion aid bill would only throw more good money after bad.
Plus: Aid for Ukraine, remote learning for 5-year-olds, intermittent fasting for Palestine, and more...
"I've never been in favor of that aid. I've always opposed it. I don't think it's good for Israel," the American-Israeli economist tells Reason.
Congressman Thomas Massie discusses his "no" votes on foreign aid, COVID-19 relief, and labeling anti-Zionism antisemitism on episode two of Just Asking Questions.
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