Citing Reddit posts and podcast interviews, pseudonymous government employees are arguing that DOGE violated federal privacy regulations when setting up a government-wide email system.
Much cutting. Very waste. But the Department of Government Efficiency might not have the legal and budgetary chops to actually reduce spending.
"Personnel is policy" has shaped past administrations. Kevin Hassett, who has been tapped to lead the National Economic Council, will have a hand in tax reform, debt reduction, and more.
Biden announced today that the Equal Rights Amendment is the "law of the land," but the Justice Department and the national archivist disagree.
Biden preserved the death sentences of three mass murderers but commuted the sentences of 37 other federal death row inmates to life in prison.
But that shouldn't detract from the many worthy people who received commutations after spending years on home confinement.
Biden commuted the sentences of roughly 1,500 federal offenders who had been serving the remainder of their sentences on home confinement after being released from prison during COVID-19.
Civil rights groups, law enforcement officials, and religious leaders say Biden needs to use his pardon power to fulfill his campaign promises, not just help his son.
Even before the pandemic spending increase, the budget deficit was approaching $1 trillion. The GOP has the chance to embrace fiscal sanity this time if they can find the political will.
When they entered the White House, the budget deficit was a pandemic-influenced $2.3 trillion, and it was set to fall to $905 billion by 2024. It's now twice what it was supposed to be.
The plot to kidnap the Michigan governor was in large part concocted and encouraged by paid FBI informants and their Bureau handlers.
The president has tried to shift blame for inflation, interest rate hikes, and an overall decimation of consumers' purchasing power.
No technology exists today to enable railroads to comply with the state's diktat, which villainizes a mode of transportation that is actually quite energy efficient.
The needless complexity of affordable housing programs are hurting people they're supposed to help.
The best time to repeal the Foreign Dredge Act was before the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed. The next best time to repeal it is right now.
The newspaper portrays the constitutional challenge to the government's social media meddling as a conspiracy by Donald Trump's supporters.
The Biden administration's interference with bookselling harks back to a 1963 Supreme Court case involving literature that Rhode Island deemed dangerous.
The pardons freed no prisoners, but the White House says they will ease the burden of a criminal record.
At nearly every turn, the infrastructure package opted for policies that limited supplies, hiked prices, added paperwork, and grew government.
The White House cited the extraordinarily low recidivism rates among those released and the savings to taxpayers in its veto threat.
Amtrak has historically received $2 billion in federal subsidies each year. Under Republicans' "draconian" cuts, they'd receive over $5 billion next year.
Years ago, when interest rates were low, calls for the federal government to exercise fiscal restraint were dismissed. That was unwise.
Congress is being asked to borrow more money to fund broadband access and other pet projects. Only about $9 billion would be spent on natural disaster recovery efforts.
The notion that COVID-19 came from a lab was once touted as misinformation. But now the FBI, the Energy Department, and others agree with Paul.
Presidential administrations from both parties keep trying to make "place-based" economic development work.
The justices agreed to consider whether the Biden administration's efforts to suppress online "misinformation" were unconstitutional.
Plus: A listener asks for the editors’ advice on how to spend his money.
When talking heads say “no evidence,” they mean “no smoking-gun proof.”
The appeals court narrowed a preliminary injunction against such meddling but confirmed the threat that it poses to freedom of speech.
Plus: A listener question concerning porn verification laws.
Multiple administrations have allowed senior officials to use alias email accounts. The practice undermines the Freedom of Information Act and encourages secrecy.
The lack of oversight and the general absence of a long-term vision is creating inefficiency, waste, and red ink as far as the eye can see.
A new national emergency declaration will allow for the creation of an outbound investment screening system targeting Americans' investments in China.
A White House panel says the FBI's internal control over Section 702 databases are "insufficient to ensure compliance and earn the public's trust."
The federal budget deficit has exploded under Biden's watch, and he can no longer pretend otherwise.
It may be a good idea in theory, but it's probably an impractical pipe dream.
At a minimum, the national debt should be smaller than the size of the economy. A committed president just might be able to deliver.
Plus: A listener question cross-examines prior Reason Roundtable discussions surrounding immigration, economic growth, and birthrates.
The deal will freeze non-military discretionary spending this year and allow a 1 percent increase in 2024.
The U.S. tax system is extremely progressive, even compared to European countries—whose governments rely on taxing the middle class.
In 2019, discretionary spending was $1.338 trillion—or some $320 billion less than what Republicans want that side of the budget to be.
An impasse created by years of politicized, myopic decision making in Washington is pushing the federal government ever closer to a dangerous cliff.
A responsible political class would significantly reform the organization. Instead, they will likely continue to give it more power.
The Constitution was intended to preserve state sovereignty, not create an all-powerful central government.
Throughout the pandemic, the CDC was in constant contact with Facebook, vetting what users were allowed to say on the social media site.
Researchers: Moscow’s social media meddling had little impact on the 2016 election.
Plus: Would Adam Smith be a libertarian if he were alive today?
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