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1+ hour, 10+ min ago  (155+ words) To say that the U. S. federal government is "a little less than truthful" would be the understatement of the century. It"s expected that politicians bend the truth. When it comes to power and money, the incentive to lie is always…...

2+ hour, 40+ min ago  (449+ words) Anti-gunners aren't satisfied, though. They're already looking ahead to next session, and they're already making duplicitous arguments about their gun control agenda." Liz Witmer, a therapist in Loudon County, Virginia, recently penned a column promising that we can have both…...

1+ hour, 41+ min ago  (483+ words) Socialism is more properly defined as the people controlling all industry. In practice, though, it's the government running everything and handing everything to the people based on their needs, taking from others according to what they have. So, when a…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago  (704+ words) When President Trump signed his executive order on psychedelic medicines on April 18, the reaction split, predictably, along the usual lines. Skeptics called it a stunt. Advocates called it a breakthrough. What almost no one in the American debate seems to…...

4+ hour, 11+ min ago  (174+ words) A pistol ban passed by the Maryland House and Senate, and that is currently being considered by Democrat Gov. Wes Moore, has drawn the ire of the firearms industry trade association. According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the…...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago  (149+ words) You're reading Dispatch Markets, a weekly newsletter on economics featuring Scott Lincicome, Kyla Scanlon, Karl Smith, and Marian Tupy. To access more Dispatch reporting and analysis, become a member today. Get the U. S. Chamber's free newsletter for insights on the economic…...

2+ hour, 39+ min ago  (293+ words) The legal fight over Washington, D. C. s ban on so-called "large-capacity" magazines is not over. In a new order filed April 22, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals granted rehearing en banc in Benson v. United States, vacated the panels March 5 opinion…...

2+ hour, 26+ min ago  (283+ words) The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled that machine guns are not protected by the Second Amendment, citing the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller. The court held that…...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago  (1014+ words) Until our side invests the same amount of money and enthusiasm in [get-out-the-vote], in canvassing "as it does with consultants and media buyers, we're gonna continue to come up just short, and the country's gonna really be damaged as a…...

3+ hour, 43+ min ago  (181+ words) Those who don't like how the Supreme Court handles requests for interim relief might like solutions to the problem even less. Jonathan H. Adler | 4. 23. 2026 10: 28 AM It is much easier to complain about how the Supreme Court handles interim orders on the…...