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Last week the Supreme Court heard oral argument in United States v. Barbara, the case challenging the lawfulness of President Trump’s…

In brief Crypto investment products attracted $224 million in inflows last week, with XRP leading at $119.6 million—its largest weekly…

Sallie James is an economist, former scholar, and director of development at the Cato Institute, longtime FIRE friend and donor…

To state the obvious, many people put a lot of weight (far too much weight, in my view) on the…

In brief Phone logs show seven calls between Milei and a backer of the LIBRA meme coin on its launch…

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression is pleased to announce that Casey Mattox has joined our Board of Directors,…

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. As interesting as zoning policy is, writing about it can…

In brief A proposed Ethereum standard aims to simplify complex DeFi transactions. ERC-8211 lets multiple blockchain actions execute in one…

Deadline day. President Donald Trump continues to threaten Iran’s energy and transportation infrastructure. At a press conference Monday afternoon, he…

Washington, D.C., April 7, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Egyptian authorities to immediately release political commentator…

In brief A developer discovered that forcing Claude to speak like a caveman slashes output tokens, and therefore costs, by…

from the America-last dept MAGA Republicans spent year swaddling themselves in phony “America first!” rhetoric (including suffering an embolism over…