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The U.S. military captured the Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, during an operation carried out early…

Nicolas Maduro. (Rayner Pena/EPA/Newscom)   Last night, US forces launched strikes on Venezuela and seized that country’s dictator Nicolas Maduro, bringing…

Yesterday, Civitas Outlook published my column on the lawfulness of the Trump Administration’s drug boat strikes. Depending on your view, that…

Since August 11, President Donald Trump’s “Safe and Beautiful” plan has pulled more than 2,000 National Guard troops into Washington,…

Sanderson v. Hanaway, decided today by Eighth Circuit Judge Jane Kelly, joined by Judges James Loken and Ralph Erickson, struck…

Thanks to Oleg Volk for permission to use this image.   A short excerpt from today’s very long opinion in…

From Haro v. Bryant, decided today by Judge J.P. Boulee (N.D. Ga.): On June 4, 2020, Plaintiff was allegedly protesting…

Reed v. Reed, an appeal decided Wednesday by the Pennsylvania Superior Court (Judge Mary Jane Bowes, joined by Judges Mary…

From Judge Terry Doughty (W.D. La.) Tuesday in Lozano v. Ladwig: Petitioner is a Mexican national, who lives in Knoxville,…

The Republican Party that I joined in the 1980s (and later left) espoused a straightforward set of principles. It believed…

There is something emotionally satisfying about watching a wealthy person call for higher taxes on people like himself. It feels…

In the February/March 2026 issue of Reason, we explore Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s policy goals and what they mean for New…