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Congress Is AWOL in America's Iran War
Episode 85
The War Powers Resolution allows the president up to 60 days of defensive latitude in introducing U.S. forces into hostilities; it is not a blank che…
5 months ago
Subsidize a Diagnosis, Get More Diagnoses
Episode 84
Medicaid spending on autism therapy jumped from $300 million to $2 billion in just eight states over seven years. Cato's Ryan Bourne, Jeff Singer, an…
5 months ago
The Surveillance Program Congress Can't Quit
Episode 83
For 18 years, the NSA has collected Americans' communications under FISA Section 702 with no probable cause warrant required. Cato's Patrick Eddingto…
5 months, 1 week ago
How to Fix Washington's Affordability Crisis
Episode 82
Consumer prices are up 28% in six years and inflation is accelerating again. Cato's Ryan Bourne, Jai Kedia, Colin Grabow, and Stephen Slivinski unpac…
5 months, 1 week ago
Who Actually Pays Federal Taxes?
Episode 81
The top 10% pays 60% of all federal taxes, the bottom 20% pays effectively nothing, and last year's tax cuts added new complexity. Cato's Chris Edwar…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Orbán's Hungary: Model or Cautionary Tale?
Episode 80
Vice President JD Vance traveled to Hungary this week to campaign for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, hailing him as a defender of Western civilization.…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Birthright Citizenship on Trial
Episode 79
Trump's executive order challenges 150 years of birthright citizenship law, hinging on four words in the 14th Amendment. The Cato Institute's Tommy B…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Great Political Realignment
Episode 78
Steve Davies’s new book, The Great Realignment, argues that the key political divide of the past century — markets versus state control — is being di…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Congressional Feuding and Airport Chaos
Episode 77
TSA agents are staying home; airport lines are hours long, and Congress still cannot agree on a DHS funding bill. The Cato Institute's Pat Eddington …
5 months, 4 weeks ago
The Flaws of Rent Ceilings
Episode 76
Massachusetts is weighing a ballot initiative that would cap rent increases at the rate of inflation with no vacancy decontrol, one of the most strin…
6 months ago