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A tassel with 2023 on it rests on a graduation cap as students walk in a procession for Howard University's commencement in Washington, Saturday, May 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Conservative groups sue to block Biden plan canceling $39 billion in student loans

By Collin Binkley - Associated Press

The FBI seal is pictured in Omaha, Neb., Aug. 10, 2022. A White House advisory board is calling for major changes in how the FBI uses a controversial foreign surveillance tool. The President’s Intelligence Advisory Board issued a report Monday, July 31, 2023, with new recommendations related to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Cato Institute sues FBI for records on work with police to surveil Americans in 2020

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

'Shelter From the Storm' by Mark Calabria (book cover)

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Shelter From the Storm’

By Eric Ueland

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington on March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Supreme Court weighs foreign account fines

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, June 8, 2021, photo, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, listens during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the IRS budget request on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Biden administration stonewalls Grassley on FBI’s 2016 probe of conservative group

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, June 8, 2021, photo, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, listens during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the IRS budget request on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Grassley presses FBI to explain its monitoring of conservative women’s group

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

President Trump is looking to shift responsibility for the air traffic control system from the government to a private, nonprofit corporation run by airlines and other aviation interests. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump has little federal infrastructure to privatize

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Cato Institute gives Maine governor highest mark on taxes

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Wanting Smaller Government Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

RICHARD RAHN: Economists for limited government must communicate founders’ message

By Richard W. Rahn

The 4 Percent Solution Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

RICHARD RAHN: A plan for strong economic growth will win White House

By Richard W. Rahn

Illustration on attacking ISIS's finances by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

RICHARD RAHN: Pushing back against Islamist aggression

By Richard W. Rahn

RICHARD RAHN: Michelle Bachelet socialist economy reverses Chile success

By Richard W. Rahn

In this Sept. 10, 2014, file photo, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory speaks to members of the media in Raleigh, N.C. In a letter dated Oct. 6 to French officials, McCrory said the plain packaging proposal may detract from more effective ways of curbing cigarette use. The French bill requiring neutral cigarette packs by 2016 is slated for debate in French Parliament next year. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)FILE-

EDITORIAL: Races for the statehouse

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence answers questions on Sept. 9, 2014, about the new Management & Performance Hub, a new management office, that was unveiled at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Indiana Gov. Pence tops 2016 GOP field on fiscal scorecard

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, took his final crack at a budget last week when the House cleared his 2015 plan, which again calls for holding revenue steady while making deep cuts to both annual discretionary spending and to entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security. Those cuts would bring the budget into balance in 2024. (Associated Press)

CBO shows it’s Paul Ryan 4, Obama 0 on budget targeting

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

BANDOW: It’s time to shut down the Transportation Safety Administration

By Doug Bandow

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

RAHN: The failed Fed

By Richard W. Rahn

**FILE** Kathy Hansen, a family practice doctor in Houston, protests President Obama's health care law outside the Supreme Court on March 27, 2012. The justices were listening to arguments on the law's individual mandate. (The Washington Times)

Lawsuit over health care tax could kill ‘Obamacare’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Illustration by: Tom Trouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

RAHN: Where will the next financial crisis begin?

By Richard W. Rahn - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama takes the podium after being introduced by Vice President Joe Biden at a joint campaign rally, at Triangle Park in Dayton, Ohio.

Report gives Obama failing marks on transparency

By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times