


President Donald Trump returned to the White House with a promise to slash spending by trillions of dollars and balance the federal budget. But, as the first fiscal year of his second term came to a close, progress had not been made on either of those goals. Despite the high-profile efforts of Trump’s Department of […]

Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature written by a bunch of people at the Institute for Justice. New case! In 2021, Maine voters approved a first-in-the-nation constitutional amendment that protects a robust, individual “right to food.” And yet! Officials in Calais, Maine (pop. ~3,000) recently made it illegal for most residents […]

This week, federal prosecutors brought charges against another one of President Donald Trump’s political enemies. After interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan secured a grand jury indictment against former FBI Director James Comey two weeks ago, Halligan obtained another indictment, this time against New York Attorney General Letitia James, on […]

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A surge of public school closures is hitting rural and urban America alike. Closures save little money but devastate communities.
