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The first president's farewell address warned us not to let our country get into the situation it is in today. Read More

Americans may have debated the meaning of the Declaration of Independence, but it has always been at the core of our political tradition. Read More

The ideas that transformed the world — free trade, limited government, and individual liberty — are now treated as relics rather... Read More

The rules for governance are meant to be steady. They were designed to outlast any one campaign, any one governor, any one majority. In a... Read More

One upcoming ballot measure would expand the state's taxing power. A lesser-known measure would limit it. Which will win? Read More

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is starting to dismantle the legal industrial complex pushing for mass migration by cracking down... Read More

What did the Democrats say in their autopsy of the 2024 election? What didn't they say? What should they have said? Read More

Beginning in 2028, the University of Nebraska will sponsor women’s flag football as a varsity. Read More

Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens and gas prices fall, many Americans will still believe that the economy is terrible. Do the Democrats... Read More

Imagine you founded a company with a stop-smoking product that actually works — no nicotine, better than anything on the market. You... Read More

We face potential unemployment on par with the Great Depression. We need a mass employment program to get through it. AI can pay for it. Read More

Trump’s abandoned AI order emerged from weeks of NDA-bound talks with OpenAI, Anthropic and Google. Read More

Andrew Walworth hosts RCP president and co-founder Tom Bevan and Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon to break down what the president... Read More

This episode examines the claim that billionaires pay little or nothing in federal taxes while ordinary workers carry the burden. Read More

Is America trading excellence for ideology? In this episode, Rafael Mangual sits down with Heather Mac Donald—author of When Race... Read More

We discuss tackling fraud, including visa fraudsters, why Marty Makary stepped down as FDA chief, and how he is working to upend the prior... Read More

A comprehensive resource that ranks the economic competitiveness of states using fifteen equally weighted policy variables Read More

Following Tax Day, Open the Books is releasing a set of deep dives into data released by the Internal Revenue Service, synthesized with... Read More

Unleash Prosperity is a non-profit, so this is an admission against our own interests, but non-profit tax status is one of the largest and... Read More

On Tax Day, Americans should consider not just how much they pay in federal income taxes, but where that money is going. Read More

Last summer, after George Floyd died under Derek Chauvin’s knee, protesters in Pensacola, Florida, held a week’s worth of rallies... Read More

In a statement issued last week, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman once again called for an end to Governor Sisolak’s indefinite... Read More

While New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered the closing of certain grocery stores over COVID-19 concerns, she spent $16,248 in... Read More

Officials from Petaluma, California have decided their city has enough places to fill up gas-powered cars. Last week, the local city council... Read More

Imagine you founded a company with a stop-smoking product that actually works — no nicotine, better than anything on the market. You... Read More

He famously said the Founders had created "a republic, if you can keep it." How have we kept it? And can we continue? Read More

America exists for 1.2 million reasons. That being the number of Americans killed fighting for our freedom and survival. Read More

Civic courage is essential to renewing democracy today, writes Trygve Throntveit. Read More

Memorial Day 2026 should have centered on flags at graves and the quiet dignity of remembering Americans who died in uniform.  Read More

The collapse of public manners is not merely about rudeness—it is a warning sign that Americans are forgetting the obligations of... Read More

Affluent activists increasingly treat property rights as morally negotiable, attacking the system that enabled their (and their parents')... Read More

While the future of the GOP as a pro-Israel party may be in doubt, right now, the Democrats are mainstreaming anti-Zionism and Jew-hatred. Read More

Just in time for the Rent Guidelines Board to consider, the city’s Independent Budget Office has released, “The Current State of... Read More

Ocean “acidification” is a somewhat unique branch of the overarching climate scare. It differs from other branches of the big... Read More

His new encyclical pulls no punches in attacking tech billionaires—and the politicians who enable them. Read More

The state’s cap-and-trade program is a slush fund for ideological programs, including $49 million for farmworker... Read More

Gas prices are extraordinarily high—and rising. The price at the pump per gallon is now nearly $4.50 according to the... Read More

President Trump extends Iran ceasefire amid fractured regime and ongoing US blockade. Read More

Senior officials knew election systems had meaningful vulnerabilities... Read More

Donald Trump’s labor secretary, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, is leaving the administration under a cloud of misconduct allegations. These... Read More

Real medical freedom will require something greater than replacing the public health establishment: ending the FDA's monopoly. Read More

Revisiting Tax Changes in New York and Massachusetts. Read More

The SNAP program has suffered from a lack of national oversight for decades. Read More