The Supreme Court will not have to weigh in on removal limitations at the Office of Special Counsel, but it could still have to consider those for the National Labor Relations Board.
Vanity Fair's James Pogue dives into the dissident right, his personal experiences with MAGA, and how Ukraine policy is unfolding.
Trump's nominee for NIH director once stirred major controversy for criticizing lockdowns, mask mandates, and school closures. Yesterday, Senate Democrats didn't even raise the issue.
Entitlements are a much bigger expense, but that doesn't mean the waste doesn't matter.
HHS, like all government programs, has plenty of silly and wasteful line items in its budget; there's no need to just make things up.
Plus: Columbia's Hamas apologists, Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, and more...
For now, President Trump has removed Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel.
An exploration of some of the thorny issues that divided the Court.
Hawks from both major parties lashed out at the confirmation hearing for Trump’s nominee for top military strategist.
The president's assertion is divorced from reality, and so are the "estimated savings" touted by Elon Musk.
If the government wants to encourage cryptocurrency innovation, "buying coins is actually a pretty lousy way of doing that," says one economist.
It's great to have presidents talking about the need for a balanced budget, but Republicans are backing a plan that will increase borrowing.
The president said a Florida school "secretly socially transitioned" a 13-year-old. Emails suggest otherwise.
A pre-opinion release order divides the justices 5-4, but this may not preview the split on the merits.
Plus: Democrat disruptions, Columbia University scrutinized by the feds, and more...
If only they were as big as the list of new spending.
The tariffs Trump has already imposed on Canada, Mexico, and China will cost an estimated $142 billion this year—and he says more are on the way.
The department insists its directive will not suppress First Amendment rights.
If tariffs are a poor method of collecting revenue or strengthening trade, they're even less effective at stopping the flow of illegal drugs.
The Trump administration’s trade war leaves everyone worse off.
A smaller government with a more powerful set of unaccountable executive officials is unlikely to be much of a win for liberty.
Plus: Tariffs go into effect, inside the fact-checker industrial complex, and more...
Making policy and passing laws is supposed to be difficult and should be left to the messy channels established by the Constitution.
Plus: A listener asks the editors how to best determine whether Trump’s second term is good or bad for individual freedom.
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.
As world leaders debate, Ukrainian defenders innovate, adapt, and wage defensive war on their own terms.
Plus: Change in Russia policy, Matt Taibbi interview, Dems try gun shows, and more...
Means-test Social Security, raise the retirement age, and let us invest our own money.
If the Department of Government Efficiency goes about this the wrong way, we could be left with both a presidency on steroids and no meaningful reduction in government.
President Donald Trump's pardon of the Silk Road creator is a rare moment of reprieve in an era of relentless government expansion.
A district court judge has concluded that President Trump cannot remove the head of the Office of Special Counsel without cause. Supreme Court review is inevitable.
The GOP faces a choice about how to move forward.
RFK, Jr.'s Health and Human Service has inexplicably cancelled two vaccine-related advisory meetings since he took the helm of the agency.
If nationwide injunctions were okay against other administrations, the Fourth Circuit see no reason they are not okay now.
And an increasingly unpopular one. Will Trump pay attention to the polls, if not the economists?
Elon Musk promised "maximum transparency," but that apparently doesn't include Freedom of Information requests to DOGE.
The Trump administration’s spectacle rehashed information that journalists, lawyers, and victims had already unveiled.
Trump's negotiations and German elections may augur the end of collective security as we've known it.
The award-winning journalist discusses the collapse of a post–World War II consensus, online speech police, and the legacy media on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
At the current rate of inflation, the dollar will lose 33 cents of purchasing power within a decade.
"I'm confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America," wrote Bezos.
“We’ve basically made an agreement with very little data,” warned one expert.
“I cannot ignore Congress’ detailed framework for refugee admissions and the limits it placed on the president’s ability to suspend the same,” said Judge Jamal Whitehead.
Plus: The House spending bill passes, Elon Musk's intelligence, Aella in The Atlantic, and more...
The ATF, charged with regulating firearms, has a history of abuse and incompetence.
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