Sen. Chris Murphy Wants the Government To Help You Make Friends
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The reauthorization of Section 702 is one of the most important issues facing Congress in the second half of this year.
It's a familiar program. And it will result in higher prices, slower growth, and fewer jobs.
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Over 200,000 dependent visa holders are still waiting for relief.
Government bullying won’t fix censorship caused by government bullying.
The fight over the debt ceiling has foreshadowed how the policy debates of the presidential election cycle are likely to go.
The Court ruled the plan is illegal, and that at least one plaintiff (the state of Missouri) has standing.
At a minimum, the national debt should be smaller than the size of the economy. A committed president just might be able to deliver.
A new Congressional Budget Office report warns of "significant economic and financial consequences" caused by the federal government's reckless borrowing.
A Republican-sponsored resolution would authorize the president to "use all necessary and appropriate force" against foreigners involved in fentanyl trafficking.
We once ranked No. 4 in the world, according to the Heritage Foundation. Now we're 25th.
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If a proposal to let pilots do more of their training on flight simulators passes, supporters will have "blood on your hands," says Sen. Tammy Duckworth.
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The legislation—which was introduced in response to the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio—pushes pet projects and would worsen the status quo.
The FAIR Act would be a significant step forward. It just passed the House Judiciary Committee on a unanimous 26-0 vote.
A new bill from Sens. Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal would stifle the promise of artificial intelligence.
The bipartisan legislation would grant permanent residency and work rights to some 400,000 refugees from Venezuela's brutal socialist dictatorship.
The FAIR Act includes several substantial reforms that would make it harder to take property from innocent owners through civil forfeiture.
The White House insists it doesn't want to ban gas stoves but still needs the power to do so.
Projections of huge savings are making the rounds. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The Fiscal Responsibility Act falls well short of solving America's permitting crisis.
Legislators from both parties worry about unilateral power, but they use it when it’s convenient.
The bipartisan plan encourages greater involvement by the U.S. military than past policy.
New work requirements will target those over age 50, but the debt ceiling deal also loosens existing work requirements for those under age 50.
How online “child protection” measures could make child and adult internet users more vulnerable to hackers, identity thieves, and snoops.
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A more flexible model of oversight avoids hyper-cautious top-down regulation and enables swifter access to the substantial benefits of safe A.I.
But a lot of Republicans probably will.
Plus: A listener question cross-examines prior Reason Roundtable discussions surrounding immigration, economic growth, and birthrates.
DeSantis calls the bill a "jailbreak," a gross misrepresentation of the criminal justice reform bill.
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The deal will freeze non-military discretionary spending this year and allow a 1 percent increase in 2024.
Thanks to Sackett v. EPA, the feds can no longer treat a backyard puddle like it's a lake.
A House-approved bill that the president supports would expand the draconian penalties he supposedly wants to abolish.
The U.S. tax system is extremely progressive, even compared to European countries—whose governments rely on taxing the middle class.
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The debt ceiling isn’t the issue; excessive federal spending is the real problem.
"Since March 2020, we may have experienced the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country," Gorsuch wrote. That might be an exaggeration, but it isn't far off.
The former president reminds us that claiming unbridled executive power is a bipartisan tendency.
Plus: A listener question concerning the key to a libertarian future—should we reshape current systems or rely upon technological exits like bitcoin and encryption?
For better air travel in the U.S., it’s time for Congress to open the skies to international competition.
Just about everybody agrees the practice is legalized theft, but cops and prosecutors oppose change.
The longer we wait to address our debt, the more painful it will be.
"If you don't trust central authority, then you should see this immediately as something that is very problematic," says the Florida governor.
The partisan and constitutional dangers of letting the IRS police speech are simply too great.