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The fascists in this country are not going to have orange hair and Queens accents. They're going to look like Zohran Mamdani and Barack Obama. Read More

While living constitutionalists on the left remain deeply involved in the fight against originalism, some prominent figures on the right have... Read More

We must study again the things that can guide us—the speeches of Lincoln and the mighty Declaration of Independence itself. Read More

A look at our new preprint on population projections. Read More

Democrats in blue states are coordinating their response to the $1.8 billion Justice Department fund, but could face legislative and legal... Read More

Corrupt Democrats and deep staters who have twisted justice to target their political enemies can’t stand the idea of their victims... Read More

"It is unthinkable that we would desecrate this hallowed space to build a monument to Donald Trump’s ego," argued one lawmaker. Read More

Media coverage of illegal immigration serves primarily to obfuscate and distract from what should be the most important question:  Read More

If you had told me at the turn of this century that the two most hotly anticipated cultural events of summer 2026 would be a screen... Read More

AI is not destroying white-collar work. It is making entry-level jobs harder to get, especially for graduates without real work experience. Read More

Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman’s new paper in support of the measure raises concerns that could doom the proposal in the courts. Read More

If the government does not reduce the cost of public services, then a special tax break for one group merely forces everyone else to pick up... Read More

Dr. Jill Biden is back in the news with her forthcoming memoir of husband Joe Biden’s presidency. In it she recalls her husband’s... Read More

The economic and agricultural threat posed by Chinese-owned farmland is modest, but our fears may reflect broader anxieties about national... Read More

The United States is in its biggest infrastructure moment since the Interstate Highway System. This... 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

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

The United States is in its biggest infrastructure moment since the Interstate Highway System. This... 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