How Trump's Tariffs and Immigration Policies Could Make Housing Even More Expensive
Out-of-control housing costs helped Trump win the 2024 election. Is he about to make the problem worse?
Out-of-control housing costs helped Trump win the 2024 election. Is he about to make the problem worse?
This question can be informed by more than anecdote and intuition.
DOGE says regulatory changes will save $29.4 billion, but that does not amount to a reduction in government outlays, the initiative's ostensible target.
A reminder that the Executive Branch retains substantial discretionary authority over immigration policy and will prevail in court when that authority is properly exercised.
In a legal filing this week, Trump argued that routine edits to a CBS News interview he did not participate in caused him "confusion and mental anguish."
Both are wins for free trade, but only one vindicates the separation of powers.
For both practical and constitutional reasons, this is the obvious way out of the chaos Trump's tariffs have created.
The federal courts are supposed to be a bulwark against presidential overreach, not a rubber stamp.
Marco Rubio has announced a plan to deny visas to foreigners who censor Americans.
Hawks in Washington often make it sound hard to end conflicts with other countries, but the United States and Syria are fixing relations overnight.
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President Trump is entitled to try to execute his immigration policy. He is not entitled, however, to violate the Constitution.
"New opportunities for innovation, economic growth, and global engagement," says one expert.
Reagan's budget chief warns that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could balloon the national debt to $60 trillion, risking a catastrophic bond market crisis.
No. One of the judges in Wednesday's unanimous ruling was a Trump appointee, and the ruling rested on important legal and constitutional principles.
John Moore and Tanner Mansell were convicted of theft after they freed sharks they erroneously thought had been caught illegally.
It's a reversal from his first term, when Trump himself ordered the creation of a database tracking excessive use of force.
If the Trump administration fails to implement real reform, Main Street taxpayers could once again be conscripted into subsidizing lucrative Wall Street deals.
The Court of International Trade ruled that Trump's emergency economic powers do not include the authority to impose tariffs on nearly all imports.
The Trump administration has cut billions in federal funding for medical research, as Kennedy singles out private funders for criticism.
Trump is wielding the state against a school whose politics he doesn't like.
The president's crusade against attorneys whose work offends him, which defies the First Amendment and undermines the right to counsel, has provoked several judicial rebukes.
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I spoke along with my Cato colleague Walter Olson.
Scott Jenkins was convicted of engaging in cartoonish levels of corruption. If the rule of law only applies to the little guy, then it isn't worth much.
The federal government will reportedly get a "golden share" in U.S. Steel, potentially allowing it to overrule shareholders on some decisions.
There's only one way to eliminate the scalping market: Charge more for tickets.
The good parts of his executive order could easily get mired in the swamp.
Giving the Defense Department even more taxpayer money is a recipe for waste, not security.
Diplomacy is better than war in Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran. But that doesn't mean it's easy.
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Marty Makary grossly exaggerates the prevalence of adolescent nicotine addiction, the concern underlying his agency's restrictions on e-cigarette flavors.
The debate over free trade should include more than the costs of Trump's tariffs versus the value of cheaper stuff.
Instead of making a headlong rush at the endangerment finding, the Administration is adopting a more targeted deregulatory strategy.
It's the best shield when the executive branch tries to strong-arm private universities.
A federal judge blocks the administration's "Student Criminal Alien Initiative," which targeted foreign students who had no criminal records.
A defense of the Supreme Court's decision to let President Trump remove members of the NLRB and MSPB.
Trump’s firing of a federal agency head may soon spell doom for a New Deal era precedent that limited presidential power.
Whether due to tariffs or because they are made in America, the result would be much higher prices.
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The more important the product—and food certainly ranks high on any list—the better it is to allow markets to work.
The "one big, beautiful bill" keeps the corporate welfare that Republicans claim to hate.
The Federal Trade Commission was established to protect consumers. Under Biden and Trump, its focus has shifted.
The lesson from the Moody's credit downgrade is that the U.S. cannot borrow its way to prosperity.
In the name of "restoring freedom of speech," FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson wants to override the editorial judgments of social media platforms.
"It's not just one or two administrative errors," says the Cato Institute's David Bier.