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While a public debate rages over how aggressively the federal government should enforce deportations, the Department of Justice recently took... Read More

A different — but equally effective — form of ‘briefcase enforcement’, especially for the aliens under $1... Read More

On May 14, the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement held a hearing titled... Read More

All around the country, residents are fighting data centers. When will Democratic politicians realize the potential here? Read More

The institutions that make markets work—and the power of people in free markets. Read More

Consider this another public service announcement reminding readers that climate “science” is filled with crackpots. Read More

Turner was a fervent neo-Malthusian who donated vast sums to the UN and family planning organizations to curb “overpopulation.” Read More

What other cases belong on the list of the worst SCOTUS decisions of all time? Read More

Disney Adults are an example of the new festivals, games, and liturgies invented to give life meaning without God. Read More

If the American founding was radical, it was in the literal sense of the word: proceeding from the root. Read More

In his speech, he offered something increasingly rare: a coherent defense of the American constitutional order rooted in first principles. Read More

America's flagship universities are producing graduates who cannot comprehend their own civilization. Read More

Everyone committed to democracy, intellectual freedom, and the rule of law should be alarmed at what is happening—and prepared to act. Read More

One American view of China—now increasingly popular on the Left and the Right alike, especially among the hate-Trump crowd—is that the... 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

Citizens should be represented in their government as individuals, rather than as members of pre-selected groups based on race or ethnicity.... Read More

Last-minute redistricting and Trump's mail-voting executive order cause confusion. Read More

Ever since Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign, people have been trying to explain the American left’s... Read More

Antisemitism is so resurgent in U.S. politics that some of the worst hate speech you've ever heard has become a part of day-to-day life for... Read More

In this world, there are many, many things I don’t know. I don’t know New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, for example.... Read More

John Eastman’s only hope for keeping his law license in California is a “Hail Mary” pass to the U.S. Supreme Court. We... Read More

He's got an Airstream trailer and a microphone. Read More

. “I respect President Trump, but if he brings 500,000 Chinese students to Florida colleges, I will raise tuition on them to... Read More

President Trump deserves credit for stating that preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons is more important than avoiding bad economic... Read More

California’s tech oligarchs are portraying themselves as victims, as the left clamors to tax their wealth away. Perhaps they should take... Read More

Congress should fix the ROAD to Housing Act before it reduces supply. Read More

Overcoming the zero-sum politics of housing reform. Read More

Bad economic policy is demoralizing the young. Read More

Everybody knows about the decline in birthrates. Fewer people understand why—or just how significantly it could transform society in 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