Colin Grabow, Scott Lincicome, and Kyle Handley For all of President Donald Trump’s talk about reciprocity, it turns out that he just wanted higher tariffs. After weeks of threatening “reciprocal”…

Tad DeHaven Where does one begin? Well, in no particular order, and certainly not a complete listing, here are five absurd aspects of President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tax hike on…

Jeremy Horpedahl and Phillip W. Magness While the Trump administration had already rolled out tariff increases against our largest trading partners—Canada, Mexico, and China—several weeks ago (and then delayed some…

The New York Times recently ran a detailed report on US involvement in the Ukraine-Russia war and—surprise!—the Biden administration regularly lied to American voters about the extent of the US…

Thomas A. Berry President Donald Trump has singled out several of the nation’s largest law firms for serious, potentially business-ending sanctions by executive fiat, citing the firms’ past representation of…

Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett On April 2, the Senate unveiled a new budget blueprint, a crucial step in using reconciliation to enact President Donald Trump’s agenda. This budget isn’t…

Michael F. Cannon As the United States government barrels toward a debt crisis, both House and Senate Republicans seem content to keep forcing taxpayers to overpay for low-quality health care. Senate…

Americans like to believe that the US is a wealthy, indestructible country, but as government debt piles up and inflation ravages the economy, perhaps they need to start worrying. Our…

Patrick G. Eddington A new book, The Triumph of Fear: Domestic Surveillance and Political Repression from McKinley to Eisenhower, by Cato’s Patrick G. Eddington, a senior fellow in homeland security…

We spend very little time and effort learning about what the hundreds of government agencies are doing. Agencies like the Fed exist to exercise monopoly power and enrich a few…