Alex Nowrasteh The Trump administration’s executive order of January 21, 2025, destroyed federal affirmative action in hiring and contracting and other race-based/DEI programs in...
David J. Bier After President Trump nearly eliminated admissions during his first term in office, President Biden rebuilt the US refugee process, admitting the...
Jeffrey A. Singer On January 24, the press reported that the Trump Food and Drug Administration has withdrawn its proposed ban on menthol cigarettes...
Travis Fisher and Dominik Lett On January 20, his first day back in office, President Trump declared a national energy emergency through an executive...
Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett The California wildfires have been devastating—not only in their human and environmental toll but in their mounting economic costs....
Alex Nowrasteh Shortly after being inaugurated, President Trump issued an executive order that purports to restrict birthright citizenship. The only authority he invoked for...
Jeffrey Miron A long-standing concern about immigration is that it might reduce job opportunities for native workers: In 1882, the US government passed the...
Walter Olson On January 21, President Trump issued an executive order that will transform federal anti-discrimination law. It revokes Executive Order 11246, which since...
Patrick G. Eddington Sometimes when “secret law” is involved—and that is always the case with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)—it takes some time...
Jeffrey A. Singer On January 20, President Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). This sets...