Economy Democrats Are Beating Trump on Affordability. Will He Keep Pretending Otherwise? Neither side, however, has a good plan to bring down prices. Veronique de Rugy | 11.13.2025 2:20 PM
Tariffs Tariffs Near 107 Percent Threaten to Pull Italian Pasta Brands From American Shelves The Commerce Department’s new antidumping duties could double the cost of imported Italian pasta—hurting consumers more than producers. Jacob R. Swartz | 11.12.2025 12:30 PM
Trump Administration Tariff Stimulus Checks Are an Unserious Idea Trump is living in a fiscal fantasy land. Eric Boehm | 11.11.2025 10:35 AM
Supreme Court This Foreign Policy Precedent Might Aid Trump's Tariffs at SCOTUS For the justices, the question is just how much deference the president deserves. Damon Root | 11.11.2025 7:00 AM
Inflation Trump Seems Very Confused About 'Affordability' The president says the affordability crisis is over, but he's also promising huge government checks. And he doesn't know how much gas costs. Eric Boehm | 11.10.2025 11:30 AM
Tariffs Trump's Lawyer at the Supreme Court Cites a Letter from James Madison That Says Tariffs Are Taxes During oral argument at the Supreme Court, Solicitor General D. John Sauer cited a letter by James Madison that completely undermines the administration’s case that its tariffs are legal. Jack Nicastro | 11.7.2025 12:45 PM
Supreme Court The Justices Are Skeptical of the Trump Tariffs, But Are They Skeptical Enough to Strike Them Down? Some observations from yesterday's argument in Learning Resources v. Trump. Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.6.2025 4:56 PM
Emergency Powers 'Emergency' Has Become Washington's Favorite Loophole. It's Cost Taxpayers $15 Trillion. Over the last decade, roughly one in every 10 dollars of budget authority has worn an emergency tag. Veronique de Rugy | 11.6.2025 2:20 PM
Supreme Court Justices Don't Buy Tariff Argument Plus: Outrage at Heritage, air traffic might get throttled, and more... Liz Wolfe | 11.6.2025 9:30 AM
Supreme Court On Tariffs, It Was Gorsuch vs. Trump at SCOTUS The legal challengers to Trump's tariffs had a good day in court. Damon Root | 11.6.2025 7:00 AM
Free Trade Trump's Attorney Concedes: His Legal Theory Would Let a President Tax Foreign Cars To Combat Climate Change Justice Neil Gorsuch got Solicitor General D. John Sauer to admit one "likely" outcome, if the Supreme Court upholds Trump's tariffs. Eric Boehm | 11.5.2025 3:40 PM
Tariffs Trump's Economic Fallacies Are Legally Relevant in His Tariff Case Trade deficits are not a "national emergency," and the president's import taxes won’t reduce them. Jacob Sullum | 11.5.2025 12:01 AM
Tariffs As Tariff Case Heads to the Supreme Court, Trump's Strongest Argument Has a Fatal Flaw The International Emergency Economic Powers Act doesn't grant the president the power to regulate imports with tariffs. Even if it did, these tariffs would still be unconstitutional. Jack Nicastro | 11.4.2025 3:40 PM
Reason Roundup Dick Cheney Dies Plus: Tariffs before the court, Mamdani on the ballot twice, and more... Liz Wolfe | 11.4.2025 9:30 AM
Supreme Court Trump's Tariffs and John Roberts' Credibility Learning Resources v. Trump will test both executive power and judicial fidelity. Damon Root | 11.4.2025 7:00 AM
Socialism Will a Mamdani Victory Push the Democrats Further Left? Plus: Virginia and New Jersey governor’s races, a court ruling extending SNAP funding during the shutdown, and Trump’s tariff fight reaches the Supreme Court Matt Welch | 11.3.2025 8:12 PM
Free Trade In Tariff Case, Trump's Attorneys Can't Decide if Foreign Investment Is Good or Bad for America The administration's legal brief reveals a critical contradiction in Trump's trade policies. Eric Boehm | 11.3.2025 12:20 PM
Free Trade Trump's Tariff Chaos Crushes Board Game Makers: 'The U.S. Is Our Least Trustworthy Trading Partner' The Supreme Court will hear a case next week challenging the legality of President Donald Trump's "emergency" tariffs. Eric Boehm | 10.31.2025 12:00 PM
Tariffs These Small Business Owners Explain How Trump's Tariffs Are More of an 'Existential Crisis' Than COVID President Donald Trump says his tariffs protect American businesses, but more than 700 small businesses represented by We Pay The Tariffs beg to differ. Jack Nicastro | 10.30.2025 11:55 AM
Federal Reserve A Divided Fed Plus: "Freeze the rent" hypocrisy, B-52s near Caracas, the Armani class votes Mamdani, and more... Liz Wolfe | 10.30.2025 9:30 AM
Tariffs "How Unprecedented Are Trump's 'Emergency Tariffs'"? Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 10.29.2025 12:41 PM
Free Trade 'We Proudly Make Things Here': California Distillery Owner Says SCOTUS Should Dump Trump's Tariffs Scenes from a trade war Eric Boehm | 10.28.2025 11:45 AM
Supreme Court Trump Hopes To Bully SCOTUS Into Upholding His Tariffs Will it work? Damon Root | 10.28.2025 7:00 AM
Javier Milei Javier Milei's Libertarian Policies Win Shock Election Plus: Trump’s new tariffs on Canada, more unauthorized military strikes in Venezuela, and what a Mamdani victory in NYC could mean for the country. Liz Wolfe | 10.27.2025 7:24 PM
Protectionism This Virginia Company Says Donald Trump's Tariffs Make 'Rational Business Planning Impossible' Crutchfield Corporation, a Charlottesville-based and family-owned electronics retailer, has submitted an amicus brief in support of challenges to the president’s reciprocal tariffs. Jack Nicastro | 10.27.2025 5:30 PM
Tariffs Trump's Tariff Tantrum Proves He Shouldn't Have That Power The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in November on whether Trump's use of tariffs is constitutional. Joe Lancaster | 10.27.2025 12:01 PM
Tariffs 'Fraudulent' Use of Reagan Plus: Argentine election results, whether Zohran's running mostly on economic issues, and more... Liz Wolfe | 10.27.2025 9:30 AM
Canada Canada's Antagonism Plus: Betting scandal in the NBA, inside the most worrisome porn subculture, and more... Liz Wolfe | 10.24.2025 9:30 AM
Tariffs Study Finds Tariffs Cost Consumers More Than the Government Takes In The new report examined prices of French wine after Trump imposed tariffs in 2019. Joe Lancaster | 10.23.2025 2:15 PM
Free Trade Trump Wants Higher Beef Prices and Also Lower Beef Prices The president somehow believes that tariffs can deliver wins for both producers and consumers. It is maddening and nonsensical. Eric Boehm | 10.23.2025 12:00 PM
Free Trade Donald Trump and Oren Cass Promised Tariffs Would Bring Prosperity. Both Are Now Confronting Reality. The Trump administration is reportedly looking to ease some tariffs on goods not produced in the U.S., as the consequences of a universal tariff scheme are becoming impossible to ignore. Eric Boehm | 10.21.2025 12:45 PM
Tariffs Coming Soon to the Supreme Court: Are Tariffs Taxes? The correct answer is: Yes, even when they are also regulations. Whether the Court agrees could determine the future of presidential power. Jack Nicastro | 10.20.2025 12:50 PM
Free Trade Trump's New Tariffs on Furniture Will Be Costly, and Americans Will Pay The evidence is clear that we are paying more, U.S. firms have lower margins, and exports are collapsing in flagship industries. Veronique de Rugy | 10.16.2025 2:30 PM
MAGA Even Marjorie Taylor Greene Thinks Trump's Immigration and Trade Policies Go Too Far “We have to do something about labor, and that needs to be a smarter plan than just rounding up every single person and deporting them,” the Georgia congresswoman said. Jacob R. Swartz | 10.15.2025 4:50 PM
Free Trade Trump Says Tariffs Are About National Security. Pentagon Officials Say They Need a Tariff Exemption. It turns out that free trade is essential for the military too. Eric Boehm | 10.15.2025 12:20 PM
Israel Trump's Art of the Deal for Peace in the Middle East Plus: new tariff threats escalate China trade war, federal layoffs begin amidst the government shutdown, and Democrats face a candidate-quality crisis Nick Gillespie | 10.13.2025 8:07 PM
Foreign Policy What Changed Over the Past Seven Months of War in the Middle East? The war in Gaza was already over in January. Trump let it reopen and expand. A ceasefire is good—but it should have happened much earlier. Matthew Petti | 10.9.2025 2:00 PM
Supreme Court Warrantless Searches, Tariffs, and the Unitary Executive: 3 SCOTUS Cases To Watch This Fall In a new Supreme Court term packed with big cases, these disputes stand out. Damon Root | 10.7.2025 7:00 AM
Free Trade Trump's Planned Farm Bailout Should Require Congressional Approval The Trump administration has already claimed the power to raise taxes without congressional approval. Now it is going to spend money that way too. Eric Boehm | 10.3.2025 12:35 PM
Government Spending The Government Shutdown Is a Distraction—From Our $37 Trillion Debt This time, Democrats turned the most basic government housekeeping into hostage drama. Veronique de Rugy | 10.2.2025 12:09 AM
Tariffs Here's Why Trump's Plan To Tax International Films Won't Work The president’s movie tariff proposal faces several legal and logistical challenges to implementation. Jacob R. Swartz | 10.1.2025 5:00 PM
Tariffs Tariffs Are Starting To Crush America's Small Liquor Businesses Trump’s trade war is hitting wineries, distillers, and distributors with product shortages and soaring costs—leaving customers to pick up the tab. C. Jarrett Dieterle | 9.27.2025 7:00 AM
Free Trade Agriculture Secretary Rollins Promised Tariffs Would Help American Farmers. Now She Says They Need a Bailout. The bailout would simply redistribute wealth from American businesses and consumers to farmers. Here's a better idea: end the tariffs. Eric Boehm | 9.26.2025 12:23 PM
Free Trade Canada Should Offer to Drop Its Terrible Agricultural Restrictions in Return for U.S. Tariff Reductions There’s an opportunity to abandon bad policies that raise consumer costs and move toward free trade. J.D. Tuccille | 9.26.2025 7:00 AM
Tariffs Trump's Tariffs Have Already Hurt the Economy—and the Pain Is Only Beginning The OECD just published its projections for American growth, and they're grim. Jack Nicastro | 9.24.2025 4:43 PM
Executive Power Trump's Latest Tariff Defense Asserts Uncheckable Executive Power The president’s attempt to evade the major questions doctrine deserves to be rejected. Damon Root | 9.23.2025 7:00 AM
Tariffs "Using History to Help Settle the Question of Presidential Tariff Powers" (Philip Zelikow) Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.18.2025 12:08 PM
Tariffs House Republicans Just Voted To Give Even More Tariff Power Away to Trump House Republicans passed a resolution that prevents Congress from ending the national emergency Trump is using to impose tariffs until March 31. Jack Nicastro | 9.17.2025 4:00 PM
