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Adam N. Michel The House Ways and Means Committee Republicans recently released legislation to retaliate against individuals and businesses based in countries that impose extraterritorial taxes on American companies. The…

Jay Schweikert and Isaiah McKinney This week, in Sackett v. EPA, the Supreme Court closed the book on Mike and Chantell Sackett’s 19 year saga of trying to build on their…

Thomas A. Berry and Nicholas DeBenedetto In the Fall of 2020, public schools in Springfield, Missouri implemented mandatory “equity” training. All employees of the school district were required to attend…

Colleen Hroncich The late Barbara Baker left behind quite a legacy. She was a first grade teacher in 1960 when she realized her incoming students were unprepared because her school district had…

Jeffrey A. Singer Yesterday the House of Representatives voted 289–133 to pass the HALT Fentanyl Act.* The act permanently classifies fentanyl‐​related substances (FRS)—analogs of fentanyl that differ chemically from analogs…

Nicholas Anthony Late last year, the Federal Reserve caught attention for its central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot projects. Going beyond traditional research, the Federal Reserve contracted with the private…

Thomas A. Berry and Isaiah McKinney Today, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court held that local governments cannot take surplus home equity after liquidating delinquent taxpayers’ property to pay their…

Scott Lincicome and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon It’s a well‐​known fact in the nation’s capital that politicians’ rhetoric gets progressively detached from reality as a November election approaches. During a race’s final few months,…

Jeffrey Miron This article appeared on SubStack on May 25, 2023. Organ sales are illegal in the United States and most other countries (Iran is a partial exception). The National Organ…

Erec Smith On Friday, June 2nd at 3 PM, Cato will hold a book forum on the newly published Letters in Black and White: A New Correspondence of Race in America. This book…