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Government / Emmy Griffin / February 19, 2026

A Putrid Potomac Problem

The Potomac River is chock-full of sewage, and the Trump administration and Democrat officials are exchanging blame. Who’s actually at fault?

Government / Jack DeVine / February 17, 2026

The U.S. Presidency

It’s a brutal job. Sure, the perks are great, but the world is watching, the pressures are incessant, and the future of our nation rides on your every decision.

Government / John Stossel / February 11, 2026

Fraud Nation

Government agencies rarely check whether their handouts go to the right people. Minnesota is just the latest example.

Government / Brian Mark Weber / February 6, 2026

The President Pitches Trump Accounts

“Decades from now, I believe the Trump Accounts will be remembered as one of the most transformative policy innovations of all time.”

Government / Thomas Gallatin / February 5, 2026

Homeless Die Under Mamdani’s ‘Warmth of Collectivism’

The New York City mayor’s socialist policies are costing lives as homeless people die of exposure on freezing streets.

Government / Imprimis / January 26, 2026

Learning From Minnesota’s Somali Fraud Scandal

Public programs fraud on the scale we see today indicates a leadership class that has either forgotten or no longer takes seriously the idea that public office is a public trust.

Government / Brian Mark Weber / January 23, 2026

Virginia Runs Hard Left

Abigail Spanberger ran and was billed as a moderate, but she and the Democrat state legislative majority are pushing radical left-wing policies big time.

Government / Emmy Griffin / January 22, 2026

SCOTUS Skeptical in Fed Firing Case

Donald Trump is once again testing the limitations of his executive power as the president, and the justices seemed reticent to let it go unchecked.

Government / Nate Jackson / January 21, 2026

‘Thank You for Your Attention’ to Trump’s First Year

In the first year of his second term, the president has set a dizzying pace of action that aims to upend the status quo at home and abroad.

Government / John Stossel / January 21, 2026

Police Theft

How police abuse civil asset forfeiture laws to take things — money, cars, and sometimes even houses — from innocent people.

Government / Victor Joecks / January 20, 2026

‘Rugged Individualism’ Leads to Community

The voluntary associations formed by free individuals are far preferable to the coercion of communists.

Government / Nate Jackson / January 13, 2026

Fraud? Newsom Tells Walz to Hold His Beer

California has nearly seven times the population of Minnesota, so it’s not surprising that there’s more fraud, but still — $33 billion is a lot of money.

Government / Douglas Andrews / January 12, 2026

Powell Gets a Probing

Unelected and unaccountable Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is being investigated for colossal cost overruns to the Fed headquarters’ renovation, but he ought to be probed for monetary malpractice.

Government / Nate Jackson / January 9, 2026

Temporary ObamaCare Subsidies Forever

Good news — at least the House-passed legislation extending enhanced subsidies through 2028 isn’t yet the law of the land.

Government / Thomas Gallatin / January 9, 2026

Housing Policy, Trump vs. Mamdani Style

Both men look to use the heavy hand of government to “fix” America’s housing affordability problem, but they’re coming at it from very different sides.

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