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Reconnecting with voters is going to be extremely difficult for the Brahmin Left. Read More

The Declaration of Independence was not written to attain liberty. It was written because the founders concluded that England was eroding the... Read More

In sharing his past as a way to understand the nation’s history, he gave a civics lesson on how to become an American. Read More

Does academic freedom have a greater enemy than the American Association of University Professors? Read More

From jobs and government spending to antitrust and AI, policy choices shape affordability. Read More

The Democratic establishment has made some huge mistakes—but progressives are running savvier campaigns than they used to. Read More

Unlike the GOP, the party lacks a power center to discipline bad actors. Read More

By any measure, California is a failed state—and a national embarrassment. Taxes? It has the highest income and gas taxes in the nation.... Read More

What's going on in Virginia is worth watching, and not just for Second Amendment enthusiasts. It's a delicious "chickens coming home to... Read More

During my 18 years serving in the United States Senate, I was honored to represent the people and communities of Louisiana, while advocating... Read More

State governments are using off-budget enterprises to increase spending and avoid fiscal accountability. Read More

The U.S. and Iran have moved to the next stage of the peace process. Hawks on all sides are terrified that it will succeed. Read More

The United States is rewiring supply chains, and the new map is being drawn right now. Over the past year Washington has moved from policy... Read More

But this consensus has been too hastily formed. Looking at the bigger global picture, Trump’s foreign policy has been a spectacular... 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

Donald Trump’s decision to host a UFC fight at the White House is a sign of far-reaching changes in American culture and politics. Read More

More democracy will not solve America’s political woes. We must revitalize the counter-majoritarian elements of the Constitution. Read More

What accounts for this disconnect between perception and reality? Read More

When Nicolás Maduro’s regime froze Venezuela’s banking system in 2020, doctors and nurses kept showing up anyway. They... Read More

President Trump has reached an agreement with Iran, but Iran is only part of the overall regional conflict. The struggle between Jews and... Read More

A House Appropriations Committee bill would direct funding traditionally used for school safety to grants for school-based mental-health... Read More

George Santayana famously said that those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. The same is true for judicial overreach. Those judges... Read More

Growing economies benefit all people, not just the uberwealthy. Read More

Hasan Piker is the latest in a long line of socialist figures—from Marx and Lenin to Castro and Chávez—who denounce... Read More

Faith, Family, Freedom: Protect kids from real harm without building a digital ID system. Read More

One’s a narcissist, the other’s a socialist, but there’s room for all in this improbable coming together. Read More

Electrification and automation may have started the next automotive transformation, but software and AI will determine who leads it. 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