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President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden. | Illustration: Eddie Marshall | Midjourney

Government Spending

Trump To Cancel Biden-Era Green Energy Grants, but Only for Blue States

The president would be justified in wanting to rescind all state grants. Instead, he's apparently letting states that voted for him keep the cash.

Joe Lancaster | 10.2.2025 2:55 PM

4-18-25-v1 | lllustration: Eddie Marshall | Midjourney | Thekaikoro | Dreamstime.com

Artificial Intelligence

The Intelligence Community's AI Revolution

The feds are rapidly deploying artificial intelligence across spy agencies. What could go wrong?

Kevin Frazier | 4.21.2025 6:30 AM

The U.S. Capitol building on an orange background with papers in the air. | lllustration: Eddie Marshall | Moonb007 | Damian Gallego | Dreamstime.com

Bureaucracy

The Paperwork Reduction Act Created a Paperwork Explosion

A law meant to simplify government forms now blocks commonsense improvements, wastes taxpayer money, and slows life-saving services.

Marina Nitze | 4.16.2025 11:00 AM

Protestor holds a sign that reads "PRESERVE THE CONSTITUTION" | Robyn Stevens Brody/Sipa USA/Newscom

DOGE

DOGE Can't Slash Government Without Congress

The federal leviathan can’t be dismantled by executive action alone. To truly cut spending and rein in the bureaucracy, the administration needs buy-in from the branch that built it.

Gene Healy | 2.18.2025 3:35 PM

Donald Trump with dollar bills and a red line budget graph | Illustration: Lex Villena; CNP/AdMedia/SIPA/Newscom

Deficits

Washington's Debt Delusion: Economic Growth Cannot Fix the Deficit

Republicans are betting trillions on the hope that the economy will grow fast enough to cover their deficit spree.

Jessica Riedl | 2.7.2025 7:30 AM

An empty furnished office with cubicles. | Gill Thompson | Dreamstime.com

Government Waste

Federal Agencies Maintain Offices That Sit Mostly Empty

A new Government Accountability Office report notes that of 24 federal agencies, none of their headquarters are more than half-staffed on an average day.

Joe Lancaster | 10.27.2023 1:45 PM

Administrative Law

Is OMB Stacking the Deck for More Progressive Cost-Benefit Analysis?

The Biden Administration is revising the rules for how agencies conduct cost-benefit analyses, and some CBA experts have expressed concerns.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 8.29.2023 4:35 PM

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Reason Roundup

It's Neither Sexist Nor Racist To Oppose Neera Tanden for OMB

Plus: Another journalist fired after disagreeing with woke orthodoxy, U.S. COVID death toll passes 500,000 mark, and more...

Robby Soave | 2.23.2021 9:46 AM

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Regulation

Biden Tells Federal Bureaucrats To Approve Regulations With Benefits That Are 'Impossible To Quantify'

Biden has also moved quickly to remove some oversight that limited the growth of the regulatory state.

Eric Boehm | 2.1.2021 1:30 PM

sipaphotosnine502928 | Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA/Newscom

Soda Taxes

Joe Biden's Pick for Top Economic Adviser, Neera Tanden, Endorsed Bill Creating a National Soda Tax

The national soda tax may be a small but telling example of how Tanden views policy making.

Eric Boehm | 12.2.2020 11:50 AM

krtphotoslive879390 | K.C. Alfred/TNS/Newscom

Border wall

Trump Will Raid Pentagon's War on Terror Slush Fund To Build His Border Wall

The administration also plans to move $2.2 billion originally earmarked for purchasing vehicles, ships, and aircraft to cover wall construction costs.

Eric Boehm | 2.13.2020 4:00 PM

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Economic Growth

Trump Budget: The Return of Rosy Scenario?

Congressional Budget Office projections vs. Office of Management and Budget projections

Ronald Bailey | 5.23.2017 2:12 PM

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