Colin Grabow As President Donald Trump threatens so-called “reciprocal tariffs” on US trading partners, some countries are offering lower duties to avoid the US...
Andrew Gillen As momentum for closing the US Department of Education gains steam, questions about the transition are starting to surface, with the biggest...
Chris Edwards President Trump is moving to shut down the federal Department of Education. Congress will need to make any cuts permanent, but downsizing...
Patrick G. Eddington Fulfilling a 2024 election campaign promise, on January 20, President Trump commuted the sentences of key Oath Keepers and other January...
David J. Bier President-elect Donald Trump campaigned against President Biden’s border policies, falsely portraying Biden as too lenient on border crossers. Regardless, Trump will...
Tad DeHaven The horrific wildfires in the Los Angeles area have spawned concerns about government responsibility for the severe destruction. While it’s premature to...
Jon Hoffman In 2025, the Cato Institute will host its eighth annual Junior Scholars Symposium (JSS), a paper workshop for graduate students on policy-relevant...
Scott Lincicome When the Washington Post recently asked House Representative Jared Golden (D‑ME) about the economic harms that would arise from the universal tariffs...
Ryan Bourne Inaugural addresses have historically been used by incoming or returning presidents to outline the broad principles by which they intend to govern....
Walter Olson Number six in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy: The New York Times showcases proposals to introduce proportional...
Neal McCluskey Last year at about this time, I reported something alarming: 2023 had set a record for values and identity-based conflicts—culture war—in public...