Rumors of an affair between Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Trump administration political adviser Corey Lewandowski have been flying for months. And all that flying, it turns…
Read more How much is Kristi Noem’s alleged adultery airplane costing you?This week, guest host Eric Boehm is joined by J.C. Bradbury, an economist at Kennesaw State University and one of the leading critics of taxpayer-funded sports stadiums. Bradbury…
Read more The real reason you pay for NFL stadiumsLate last year, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill that would have required two-person operating crews on New York City subways, despite heavy pressure from transit…
Read more Why can’t New York get rid of 2-person subway crews?Since August 11, President Donald Trump’s “Safe and Beautiful” plan has pulled more than 2,000 National Guard troops into Washington, D.C.—a visible show of force to deter crime…
Read more Photos: What is the National Guard doing in D.C.?The state of Florida has asked the federal government to reimburse it for the costs of its “Alligator Alcatraz” immigrant detention camp, despite a recent appeals court ruling…
Read more Florida applies for federal reimbursement for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ costs despite court warningIt’s been nearly two weeks since President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation’s capital. But while the crime crackdown has yielded somewhat underwhelming results—”nearly 2,000…
Read more $500 million to paint the border wall? 5 of Trump’s strangest, most expensive vanity projectsIn this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman scrutinize President Joe Biden’s executive order updating asylum restrictions at the U.S.-Mexico border…
Read more Partisan border warsIn this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman contextualize Iran’s retaliatory strike against Israel before bemoaning the recent vote in Congress…
Read more Congress does not come back with a warrantIt’s been a rough couple of years for government-controlled liquor systems. In 2022, news broke of an inside job at the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC), in…
Read more How Michigan lost $1 million of liquorAccording to a new inspector general report, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is having trouble keeping its assets safe. The USPS has over 235,000 vehicles. More than…
Read more Watchdog report: USPS still failing to secure facility that was robbed twice in 2023For nearly two decades, Georgia has lured big-time Hollywood movie studios with the promise of lucrative tax breaks for filming in the state. And here’s a predictable plot…
Read more Georgia taxpayers lose $160,000 for every job created by film tax creditsPhiladelphia recently installed two Portland Loos: modular, stand-alone public restrooms first commissioned by Portland, Oregon. The single-stall metal structures are easy to keep clean and feature rounded walls…
Read more Cities are spending absurd sums on modular bathrooms
