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Nearly 60% of housing markets in the United States have been characterized as “unaffordable.” Cato’s @MrRBourne talks with Howard Husock of the @AEI about why rent freezes, vouchers, and government-run housing are bad solutions, using New York City as a cautionary case
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US munitions stockpiles were already strained before the Iran war. Ukraine drawdowns, industrial bottlenecks, and years of avoiding tough decisions and confronting trade-offs led to vulnerability. Cato's @katherinet57 explains that more money won't fix what is fundamentally a
The US Munitions Crisis Goes Back Further than Iran
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The new Canada tariffs are troubling not just for their economic costs. Section 338 lets the president impose tariffs of up to 50% based on a vague claim of “discrimination,” with no investigation or congressional approval. That’s dangerous, warns Cato's @scottlincicome.
In the US-Canada Trade Spat, Tariffs Are Not the Only Problem
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Under President Trump, ICE has cut releases of noncriminal immigrants from custody, but it is actually releasing more people with criminal convictions and criminal charges, Cato’s @David_J_Bier reports. 🔹On a daily basis, releases of convicts have increased from 22 in December
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SCOTUS did not uphold Trump’s election order. It only ruled that 23 states sued too soon, before the order caused concrete harm. The key legal question remains: Does the president have the power to change how states run elections? Cato's @stephen_richer explains.
Relax. The Supreme Court’s Election Order Isn’t What the Internet Says It Is.
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