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Neal McCluskey and Kayla Susalla In maybe a surprise move, President Donald Trump on August 25 said he would allow 600,000 Chinese students to enter the country to attend college. It…

David J. Bier Many people believe that immigrants increase crime, and they are extremely reluctant to accept the mountains of evidence that prove otherwise. In my latest policy analysis for…

Matthew Cavedon On August 25, President Trump issued an executive order regarding burnings of the American flag. Media criticism was swift. MSNBC declared, “In this country, a presidential executive order…

Matt Mittelsteadt In late July, the White House released its AI Action Plan. As I noted in part one of this series, policy has pivoted toward a much-needed emphasis on…

Walter Olson So far as I can see, Trump’s Executive Order today denouncing flag burning is a legal nothingburger. Under the Supreme Court’s 1989 decision in Texas v. Johnson, famously…

Mike Fox As a former public defender, I represented hundreds of poor individuals relegated to cages, having never been convicted of a crime, not because they were dangerous but rather…

Jeffrey A. Singer Patients taking popular GLP‑1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy could face higher costs as new tariffs hit European-made branded medicines under the free trade agreement between the…

Scott Lincicome and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon At 4:00 p.m. on Friday, August 15, the Trump administration quietly announced that imports of more than 400 additional products—valued at almost $210 billion in…

Colleen Hroncich When her daughter turned five, Chris Hauer thought, “Well, we could do one year of homeschool. We’re doing okay at preschool, we could probably handle kindergarten.” But she…

David Inserra Americans generally don’t have to worry about online platforms removing speech because one person complains. We get into Facebook arguments, engage in debates on Reddit, criticize a podcaster…