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Report: California Continues To Spend a Lot of Money on Poor Quality Roads

North Carolina and Virginia have managed to keep quality up and costs down.

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Government Goons Destroy Tree House

The owner of a beloved neighborhood structure spent years—and thousands of dollars—trying to comply with L.A. bureaucrats’ demands.

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Is it Constitutional To Deport Immigrants for Political Speech?

President Donald Trump has begun kicking immigrant “Hamas sympathizers” out of the U.S.

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Who Is the Palestinian Columbia Student Detained For His Protest Activity?

Several months ago, Reason interviewed Mahmoud Khalil at a protest encampment. Now he’s sitting in ICE detention.

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By Ending Contract, Union Officials Claim, Trump Administration Violated 'Dignity and Rights' of TSA Agents

The Department of Homeland Security unilaterally tore up a collective bargaining agreement it had signed with unionized TSA screeners in May 2024.

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Trump's (Un)strategic Crypto Reserve

If the government wants to encourage cryptocurrency innovation, "buying coins is actually a pretty lousy way of doing that," says one economist.

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The 'Montana Miracle' Vindicated in Court

On Monday, a Montana judge roundly rejected homeowners' legal challenge to new laws allowing duplexes and accessory dwelling units in single-family areas.

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Jail Time for Cheap Rides?

D.C.'s bureaucracy violates independent drivers' economic liberty.

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The Case Against Ross Ulbricht Was About Government Power

President Donald Trump's pardon of the Silk Road creator is a rare moment of reprieve in an era of relentless government expansion.

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WaPo Embraces Free Minds and Free Markets

"I'm confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America," wrote Bezos.

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John McWhorter: Is 'Wokeness' Finally Dead?

New York Times columnist and linguist John McWhorter discusses the rise and fall of "woke," DEI and affirmative action, and his new book on the history of pronouns.

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This UVA Law Student Was Threatened With Expulsion for Sitting Outside With Protest Signs

Kirk Wolff set out to peacefully protest Trump's plan to take over Gaza. Then an administrator and a police officer drove by.

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Jim O'Shaughnessy: Don't Squander This Age of Innovation

Wall Street legend Jim O’Shaughnessy discusses how to live well and innovate boldly during the age of Trump, Musk, and AI.

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Bad To Worse

From insurance to affordable housing mandates, California's regulatory noose tightens over wildfire rebuilding efforts.

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Trump's Empty and Expensive Plan To Build 250 Statues of 'American Heroes'

The president's planned National Garden of American Heroes might be a nice idea, but it would be extremely costly—and unnecessary.

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Today's Migrants Are Just like Your Immigrant Great-Grandparents

Nearly 40 percent of Americans have at least one ancestor who entered the U.S. through Ellis Island. However, today's migrants may be shut out and deported, a humanitarian tragedy that would profoundly damage the U.S. economy.

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Libertarian Party Gets New National Chair After Angela McArdle's Surprise Resignation

The Mises Caucus hold over the party cracks as its founder Michael Heise loses in a 9-6 vote to Steven Nekhaila.

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Understaffed Air Traffic Control, DEI Are Unlikely Causes of D.C. Plane Crash

There's still a lot we don't know and initial speculation from the media and the president about the causes of Wednesday's disaster appear off-base.

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Missing Middle, What Is It Good For?

Allowing duplexes and triplexes in single-family neighborhoods doesn't increase housing supply much. But it does give people more choices.

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A Small Minnesota County Pumps Out 40 Percent of the State's Drug-Free Zone Sentences

Local news reports detail how Polk County, Minnesota, charges drivers and petty offenders with drug-free zone violations like no other county in the state.

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Rand Paul: Banning TikTok Is 'Group Hysteria'

"Every day I confront a bill that wants to ban another Chinese company," the Kentucky senator tells Reason.

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Angela McArdle: What Role Did the Libertarian Party Play in Freeing Ross Ulbricht?

The Libertarian Party national chair talks about the role the party played in securing a presidential pardon for Ulbricht on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.

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Michael Shermer: Conspiracy Thinking, Wokeness, and the Future of Free Thought

The founder of Skeptic magazine discusses whether conspiracy thinking is on the rise and whether it's coded right or left.

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