Clark Packard In early February, the ever-protectionist Trump administration announced it would immediately eliminate the “de minimis exemption” for low-value shipments arriving from China, effectively...
Colin Grabow Citing alleged unfairness in the current trading system, President Donald Trump appears to be laying the groundwork for the adoption of a...
Chris Edwards and Yasmeen Kallash-Kyler In a seeming reversal, the Trump administration is rumored to be considering ending the US Postal Service’s quasi-independence and...
Jeffrey Miron In September 2024, the Biden administration implemented a 100 percent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), citing concerns over China’s subsidies of...
Neal McCluskey President Trump and many of his supporters are worried about indoctrination in public schools, especially on matters of race and gender, and...
Patrick G. Eddington FBI director nominee Kash Patel’s confirmation hearing today has already produced news. Under friendly questioning from Sen. John Cornyn (R‑TX), Patel...
Adam N. Michel Last week, the Cato Congressional Fellows discussed the history of radical tax reforms and examples of such reforms in practice. This...
Clark Neily Among the most challenging and important questions in constitutional law is whether the constitutions of the United States and various individual states...
Alex Nowrasteh The evidence is overwhelming that immigrants in the United States have had a lower crime rate than native-born Americans since at least...
Scott Lincicome and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on all goods imported into the United...
Jeffrey Miron On January 12, California Governor Gavin Newson signed an executive order waving permitting requirements for homeowners and businesses affected by the fires...
Colleen Hroncich Standardized testing isn’t the be-all and end-all of education. Still, the results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as...