Reason Roundup
There is nothing positive to say about Kristi Noem’s tenure at DHS
Faith Noem more. It was never quite clear what, exactly, Kristi Noem brought to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) when President Donald Trump appointed her. She was a self-promoter with a penchant for obvious lies.…
Trump’s trade war gets mixed up with his actual war in Iran
No Spain, no gain? It was probably inevitable that President Donald Trump's trade war would eventually get mixed up in his actual war. Earlier this week, Spanish officials said they would prohibit American forces from…
Trump weighs arming Kurdish rebels as Iran war goal shifts
Rebel fighters: Even before the strikes started, one of the biggest questions about the war in Iran has been: What's the endgame? The Trump administration has suggested a number of possibilities: Degrading and…
After launching Iran war, Trump says conflicts can be fought forever
Fighting forever: President Donald Trump has always pitched himself as the peace candidate. This was not only in contrast to Democratic opponents. It was also meant as a contrast with the Republican Party in the years before…
Some dedicated Trump defenders are expressing mixed feelings about Iran attack
Ayatollah Khamenei is dead. Airstrikes have killed the 86-year-old supreme leader of Iran, prompting a wide range of reactions both internationally and at home. No friend of freedom should weep for Khamenei, a wicked dictator…
Federal court orders Trump administration to respond to tariff refund motion
Tariff turmoil. Last week, the Supreme Court said President Donald Trump's tariffs were illegal. But it didn't say anything about the roughly $175 billion in tariffs that have already been collected—illegally—from…
Federal lawyer in Minnesota admits office overwhelmed by ICE legal challenges
"This job sucks": Those were the words of federal attorney Julie Le, who told U.S. District Judge Jerry Blackwell in a Tuesday hearing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) was overwhelmed with the…
Congress leaves DHS unfunded, opening a fight over ICE reforms
The mini shutdown is over, for now. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed a spending bill to end a brief, partial government shutdown and fund the federal government through the rest of this fiscal year—with one crucial…
Federal courts block Trump administration’s ICE rules
Some good news on immigration enforcement for the first time in what feels like a very long time comes in the form of two court orders restricting Trump administration policies and a body cam announcement from Department of…
The U.S. government is partially shut down until Congress gets back to work on Tuesday—and maybe longer
The federal government is partially shut down, at least until the U.S. House of Representatives gets back to work on Tuesday. The Senate did vote for a deal—one that President Donald Trump approves of—over the weekend, but…
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