Norbert Michel and Christian Kruse Regulatory compliance costs smaller community banks roughly double what it costs the largest institutions—the smallest banks spend 11–15.5% of...
Peter Van Doren On April 1, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments about President Trump’s executive order excluding from birthright citizenship the US-born children of...
Chris Edwards Funding for the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) has lapsed, and airport screeners across the country are not being paid. Some are staying...
Stephen Slivinski Certificate-of-need (CON) laws accomplish exactly what they were created to do. That’s actually a big problem, especially for rural areas. Under these...
Solveig Singleton and Ryan Chan-Wei Merchants pay swipe fees to credit card networks (also called “interchange fees”) each time a consumer uses a card....
Romina Boccia Each year, the Treasury Department quietly publishes the Financial Report of the United States Government, a comprehensive assessment of America’s long-term financial...
Patrick G. Eddington Earlier today on his personal social media platform, President Donald Trump called for reauthorization of Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence...
Romina Boccia and Tyler Turman The federal government spent roughly $100 billion on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in fiscal year 2024, but...