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The DEA's attempts to enforce the nation's drug laws have been a resounding failure by pretty much any measure.
Government agencies and officials can’t be trusted, so we should give them less to do.
Unions and other special interests seem to get what they want before many urban residents get basic services.
Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum star in a movie about government incompetence.
"We are living in pure chaos," an incarcerated woman at a federal prison in Minnesota tells Reason following a string of suspected overdoses.
Don't blame criminal justice reform or a lack of social spending for D.C.'s crime spike. Blame government mismanagement.
It often takes almost a year or more to get public records from the federal government. Here are some things you can do while you wait.
The new FAFSA form is like HealthCare.gov but for college students.
Don't blame criminal justice reform or a lack of social spending for D.C.'s crime spike. Blame government mismanagement.
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In practice, these programs have empowered local governments to use eminent domain to seize property to redistribute to developers.
Due to persistent glitches in the financial aid form, Gov. Jim Justice issued an executive order lifting the FAFSA requirement for several state grants.
Sadly, not by drinking it—the government just lost a fifth of the state’s inventory.
To fight the King of the Monsters, private citizens must band together.
Blame lingering pandemic-era restrictions that make it harder for people to find a dog or cat they'd like to adopt.
When everyone owns something, no one does.
A new GAO report details federal prosecutors' attempts to put the horse back in the barn.
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The folly of government-run grocery stores is sadly not a historical relic like the USSR.
But that decision seems to violate federal law.
The answer? Because special interests and government prevent the free market from working the way it should.
The only effective means of keeping tax collectors from misusing data is keeping it from them.
Look for these budgetary swindles at a failing K-12 system near you.
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A combination of "absurdly high" federal tariffs and excessive FDA regulations created the conditions for a crisis.
No one could have considered this possibility, except perhaps the many food-processing facilities that immediately did exactly that.
Phantom thunderstorms scotch thousands of flights, because the FAA sucks.
A new audit says one out of every $6 distributed by the Small Business Administration during the pandemic was stolen.
Staffing shortages and laughably out-of-date technology in the federal government's air traffic control system are leading to a lot more flight delays.
When the state won't shade you, buy a hat.
Maybe taxpayers would make fewer mistakes if the federal tax code weren't so hopelessly complex.
Three years after "15 days to slow the spread," things almost look like they're back to normal. But they're not.
An escalator in a subway station is considered a "component" but a fire suppression system in the same station is considered a "finished product." Why? Because the bureaucrats say so.
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Report author: “The COVID-19 pandemic was a catastrophe for human freedom.”
The lesson here: Public health messaging needs to be clear and specific. Oh, and federal bureaucracy sucks, as usual.
The CDC and FDA, when confronted with scarce vaccine supply, refuse to learn from their COVID-19 mistakes.
The feds botch another epidemic.
Foot-dragging and red tape by the CDC and the FDA have fueled an avoidable outbreak.
The government worsens the baby formula shortage, again.
Creating a TSA-like experience for every single New York City subway rider is one of the worst ideas floated in the wake of yesterday's tragic shooting.
Life is returning to "normal" after two years, but that normal includes even fewer limits on executive powers.
Last year may have been the year of the Cuomosexual, but 2021 rightly disabused people of the notion that New York's governor had their best interests at heart.
The postal service is trying to get its fiscal house in order. It's also alienating large shippers of first-class mail.
"There really is no overarching federal strategy to guide the government’s efforts to improve Americans’ diets," says a new government report, which indicates that overlap in initiatives is creating waste.
Still, Facebook should not have allowed its VIPs to flout the rules it claimed applied to everyone.
One government failure cascades into another.
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