Violence
1 Year Later, Questions Remain Unanswered About Butler Gunman
A year removed from the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024, questions remain unanswered as to the motives of the gunman, who was fatally shot by a Secret Service…
Gun rights groups welcome demise of constitutionally dubious federal firearm taxes
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law last week, reduces the federal tax on transfers of firearm sound suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns from $200 to zero.…
Security Concerns on Rise Among Jews Amid Spike in Antisemitism
A top leader in the Jewish community is sounding the alarm about rising security concerns for Jews and supporters of Israel in the United States. “You cannot have one faith group, one community, that has to be behind…
Trump says the courts have no business questioning his definition of ‘alien enemies’
When President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) against alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in March, he implicitly asserted that they were "natives, citizens, denizens, or…
Zohran Mamdani repeatedly missed opportunities to condemn antisemitic violence
On October 8, 2023, the day after Hamas launched a barbaric attack on southern Israel that murdered more Jews than had been killed in a single day since the Holocaust, New York State Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani (D–Queens)…
Riots and assassinations are signs that government is too powerful
As should be obvious to anybody following news about riots, assassinations, and arson attacks, politics have become far too important in America. With government large, growing, and reaching into every nook and cranny of our…
Trump argues that he can take over a state’s National Guard whenever he wants
Federal courts have no role whatsoever in assessing President Donald Trump's decision to take control of the California National Guard, Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate argued at a hearing before the U.S. Court…
Israel strikes Iran. Is escalation inevitable?
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch are joined by Reason reporter Matthew Petti to break down the fallout from Israel's strike on Iran, the likelihood of escalation, and what role the…
The Insurrection Act is antiquated and dangerously broad
Last Thursday, a federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump's unilateral deployment of the California National Guard to facilitate immigration raids in the Los…
Masked ICE agents are a danger to both the public and themselves
Masked federal agents have repeatedly grabbed people in immigration raids over the past few weeks. Most seem to be members of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but in the moment there is often little to indicate who…
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