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“Any American should be terrified by…such an egregious violation of the Fourth Amendment,” said the arrestee’s attorney.
Federal agents used a battering ram to enter a Minneapolis home without valid warrant, video shows
“Any American should be terrified by…such an egregious violation of the Fourth Amendment,” said the arrestee’s attorney.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:11 AM
“Any American should be terrified by…such an egregious violation of the Fourth Amendment,” said the arrestee’s attorney.
From defense contracting and mortgage finance to credit, housing, and monetary policy, Donald Trump is leaning heavily on command-and-control economics.
The 6 ways Trump tried to control the economy last week
Many of the president's actions are explicitly designed to direct private investment, in stark opposition to free market principles.
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January 14, 2026 at 7:01 PM
From defense contracting and mortgage finance to credit, housing, and monetary policy, Donald Trump is leaning heavily on command-and-control economics.
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Big year for stater home bills.
Florida’s bill caps min. lot sizes at 1,200 square feet (!) and apply strict scrutiny to zoning laws (!!).
Mass. has a starter home ballot initiative that would cap lot sizes at 5k square feet. Internal polling shows 65% support!
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Florida’s bill caps min. lot sizes at 1,200 square feet (!) and apply strict scrutiny to zoning laws (!!).
Mass. has a starter home ballot initiative that would cap lot sizes at 5k square feet. Internal polling shows 65% support!
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The year of the starter home
Lawmakers across the country are introducing bills that would make it easier to build smaller single-family homes on small lots.
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January 13, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Big year for stater home bills.
Florida’s bill caps min. lot sizes at 1,200 square feet (!) and apply strict scrutiny to zoning laws (!!).
Mass. has a starter home ballot initiative that would cap lot sizes at 5k square feet. Internal polling shows 65% support!
reason.com/2026/01/13/t...
Florida’s bill caps min. lot sizes at 1,200 square feet (!) and apply strict scrutiny to zoning laws (!!).
Mass. has a starter home ballot initiative that would cap lot sizes at 5k square feet. Internal polling shows 65% support!
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Donald Trump's second presidential term lurches forward, powered by monarchical authoritarianism.
Trump 2.0, year 1: A libertarian nightmare
Trump's specific, documented exertions of state power over the past year should be enough to declare him a dangerous foe of American liberty.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Donald Trump's second presidential term lurches forward, powered by monarchical authoritarianism.
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ICYMI: A Border Patrol officer threatened to arrest a legal observer in Key Largo, Florida for following him in an exchange caught on video. I interviewed the observer reason.com/2026/01/12/v...
Video shows border patrol threaten legal observer in Key Largo for following him
Every federal circuit court that has considered the issue has upheld a First Amendment right to monitor and record the police.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:56 PM
ICYMI: A Border Patrol officer threatened to arrest a legal observer in Key Largo, Florida for following him in an exchange caught on video. I interviewed the observer reason.com/2026/01/12/v...
The ICE agent who killed Renee Good disregarded traffic stop guidelines by placing himself in front of her car and continuing to fire even after he was out of its path.
The ICE agent who killed Renee Good disregarded traffic stop guidelines
Jonathan Ross positioned himself in front of Good's car and continued firing even after he was no longer in its path.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:44 AM
The ICE agent who killed Renee Good disregarded traffic stop guidelines by placing himself in front of her car and continuing to fire even after he was out of its path.
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Latest: A Border Patrol officer threatened a legal observer in Key Largo, Florida with arrest today for following him. Exchange captured on video.
I interviewed the observer, too. reason.com/2026/01/12/v...
I interviewed the observer, too. reason.com/2026/01/12/v...
Video shows border patrol threaten legal observer in Key Largo for following him
Every federal circuit court that has considered the issue has upheld a First Amendment right to monitor and record the police.
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January 12, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Latest: A Border Patrol officer threatened a legal observer in Key Largo, Florida with arrest today for following him. Exchange captured on video.
I interviewed the observer, too. reason.com/2026/01/12/v...
I interviewed the observer, too. reason.com/2026/01/12/v...
In some states, authorities hostile to abortion and free speech cite the overturning of "Roe" as justification for new censorship schemes. If abortion is illegal in a certain locale, they argue, then promoting it there—even if the acts in question would take place out of state—should be illegal too.
‘Pregnant? Don't want to be?’ ads at South Dakota gas stations spark First Amendment battle
Mayday.Health ads that direct people to an informational website about abortion access are deceptive advertising and must be banned, the state argues. That’s unconstitutional, counters Mayday.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:02 PM
In some states, authorities hostile to abortion and free speech cite the overturning of "Roe" as justification for new censorship schemes. If abortion is illegal in a certain locale, they argue, then promoting it there—even if the acts in question would take place out of state—should be illegal too.
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If you're interested in the history of policing in Minneapolis, @michellesphelps.bsky.social wrote a really good book on it a couple years ago, and it looks like time has only proven her more right: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
I reviewed it here: reason.com/2024/05/26/i...
I reviewed it here: reason.com/2024/05/26/i...
Is Minneapolis a 'secret bellwether' for understanding policing and race in America?
"The Minneapolis Reckoning" shows why calls to defund the police gained momentum after George Floyd's death and why voters with no love for the cops still rejected an abolitionist ballot measure.
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January 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
If you're interested in the history of policing in Minneapolis, @michellesphelps.bsky.social wrote a really good book on it a couple years ago, and it looks like time has only proven her more right: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
I reviewed it here: reason.com/2024/05/26/i...
I reviewed it here: reason.com/2024/05/26/i...
Every initiative to document, monitor, track, or otherwise spy on Americans starts with a mandate to ensure that people are obeying some rule or law.
Agencies inevitably turn enforcement responsibilities into opportunities to extend the security state.
Agencies inevitably turn enforcement responsibilities into opportunities to extend the security state.
DHS invokes immigration enforcement to justify gathering Americans' DNA
A proposed rule change would allow the government to routinely gather people's biometric data without a warrant.
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January 12, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Every initiative to document, monitor, track, or otherwise spy on Americans starts with a mandate to ensure that people are obeying some rule or law.
Agencies inevitably turn enforcement responsibilities into opportunities to extend the security state.
Agencies inevitably turn enforcement responsibilities into opportunities to extend the security state.
Venezuelan nationals interviewed by Reason say they don’t feel safe returning to the country while Maduro’s regime is still in power.
DHS says Venezuela is safe for migrants to ‘go home’ to after Maduro’s capture. These Venezuelans disagree.
Venezuelan nationals interviewed by Reason say they don’t feel safe returning to the country while Maduro’s regime is still in power. “It’s like taking the hood off, but the engine is still running.”
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January 11, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Venezuelan nationals interviewed by Reason say they don’t feel safe returning to the country while Maduro’s regime is still in power.
Was Jonathan Ross' purported perception of Renee Good as a potentially deadly threat reasonable at the point when he fired his weapon?
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Video of the Minneapolis ICE shooting does not resolve the issue of whether it was legally justified
The crucial question is whether the agent reasonably believed the driver he killed posed a threat, even if she was not actually trying to run him over.
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January 10, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Was Jonathan Ross' purported perception of Renee Good as a potentially deadly threat reasonable at the point when he fired his weapon?
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Days ago, Trump sent troops into another country to oust its leader. Now, he's claiming the authority to sell that country's resources and distribute the proceeds however he pleases, and in the meantime, he may keep the funds offshore, away from the prying eyes of oversight.
Trump's plan for 30 million barrels of Venezuelan oil doesn't add up
The plan is both light on specifics and full of contradictions.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Days ago, Trump sent troops into another country to oust its leader. Now, he's claiming the authority to sell that country's resources and distribute the proceeds however he pleases, and in the meantime, he may keep the funds offshore, away from the prying eyes of oversight.
"Recording government agents is one of the few tools citizens have to hold state power accountable. Any attempt to redefine observation as "violence" is not only unconstitutional—it's authoritarian gaslighting."
The Trump administration says it's illegal to record videos of ICE. Here's what the law says.
"Violence is anything that threatens them and their safety, so it is doxing them, it's videotaping them where they're at when they're out on operations," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.
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January 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
"Recording government agents is one of the few tools citizens have to hold state power accountable. Any attempt to redefine observation as "violence" is not only unconstitutional—it's authoritarian gaslighting."
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I put DHS' statement in my story on the Minneapolis shooting because it's newsworthy, but that doesn't mean I have to be a sucker about it. reason.com/2026/01/07/i...
January 7, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I put DHS' statement in my story on the Minneapolis shooting because it's newsworthy, but that doesn't mean I have to be a sucker about it. reason.com/2026/01/07/i...
When we use our military and roll the dice with the fate of nations, the consequences play out in a much longer time frame than social media trends.
I once supported regime change in Iraq. That’s why Venezuela worries me.
When we use our military and roll the dice with the fate of nations, the consequences play out in a much longer time frame than social media trends.
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January 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
When we use our military and roll the dice with the fate of nations, the consequences play out in a much longer time frame than social media trends.
If interest rates stop being market signals and become policy decisions, what survives may look less like capitalism—and more like permanent crisis management.
Is this the end of American capitalism?
If interest rates become policy decisions, what survives may look less like capitalism and more like permanent crisis management.
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January 8, 2026 at 1:39 AM
If interest rates stop being market signals and become policy decisions, what survives may look less like capitalism—and more like permanent crisis management.
Video shows ICE officers were trying to pull the woman out of her car when she started to drive away, leading an officer to fire three shots through her window.
ICE shoots and kills woman in Minneapolis
Video shows ICE officers shooting and killing a woman in Minneapolis during the Trump administration's immigration enforcement crackdown.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Video shows ICE officers were trying to pull the woman out of her car when she started to drive away, leading an officer to fire three shots through her window.
Trump is betting he can foster a transition of power by partnering with a sanctioned regime insider whose résumé includes overseeing a torture-linked intelligence service, alleged narco-trafficking operations, and an international bribery scheme.
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
Venezuela's acting dictator is Delcy Rodríguez, a Maduro regime ally with a history of human rights violations
Trump chose to work with a sanctioned regime insider accused of human rights abuses and cartel ties rather than the elected opposition.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Trump is betting he can foster a transition of power by partnering with a sanctioned regime insider whose résumé includes overseeing a torture-linked intelligence service, alleged narco-trafficking operations, and an international bribery scheme.
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
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Latest: The Justice Department Inspector General released a report detailing a fatal case of medical neglect, where Bureau of Prisons officials let a man waste away from treatable colon cancer.
A federal judge held the BOP in contempt over its treatment of the man. reason.com/2026/01/06/i...
A federal judge held the BOP in contempt over its treatment of the man. reason.com/2026/01/06/i...
Inspector general report finds serious failures led to an inmate wasting away from treatable cancer
A federal inmate died of treatable colon cancer after waiting six months for an urgent colonoscopy. Medical neglect like this is widespread in prisons.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Latest: The Justice Department Inspector General released a report detailing a fatal case of medical neglect, where Bureau of Prisons officials let a man waste away from treatable colon cancer.
A federal judge held the BOP in contempt over its treatment of the man. reason.com/2026/01/06/i...
A federal judge held the BOP in contempt over its treatment of the man. reason.com/2026/01/06/i...
Presidents should try to nudge the world toward more trade and less war whenever possible. Trump is doing the opposite.
Trump wants to seize Greenland because he doesn't understand trade
Trump doesn't understand the value of free trade. Everything happening with Greenland is downstream of that grievous problem.
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January 7, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Presidents should try to nudge the world toward more trade and less war whenever possible. Trump is doing the opposite.
The chief justice hails the judiciary as “a counter-majoritarian check on the political branches.”
John Roberts touts judicial independence, subtly rebukes Trump in ‘year end report’ on federal courts
In his annual review of federal courts, the SCOTUS chief justice calls the judiciary 'a counter-majoritarian check on the political branches.'
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January 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
The chief justice hails the judiciary as “a counter-majoritarian check on the political branches.”
Where do Americans stand on the Trump administration's nation-building project?
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Americans are increasingly skeptical of foreign military intervention
Nicolás Maduro’s removal should be welcomed by anyone who values liberty. Yet data show Americans—led by the youngest adults—are turning noninterventionist.
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January 5, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Where do Americans stand on the Trump administration's nation-building project?
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The president asserted broad powers to deport people, impose tariffs, and deploy the National Guard based on his own unilateral determinations.
3 areas where the courts pushed back against Trump's attempts to avoid judicial review in 2025
The president asserted broad powers to deport people, impose tariffs, and deploy the National Guard based on his own unilateral determinations.
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January 2, 2026 at 2:04 AM
The president asserted broad powers to deport people, impose tariffs, and deploy the National Guard based on his own unilateral determinations.
After assuring citizens in September that their encounters with immigration agents will be brief and harmless, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is now spelling out for the government what its agents "must" and "must not" do.
Did Brett Kavanaugh just apologize for butchering the Fourth Amendment? Maybe.
Puzzling over a curious omission from the conservative United States Supreme Court justice
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January 1, 2026 at 10:53 PM
After assuring citizens in September that their encounters with immigration agents will be brief and harmless, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is now spelling out for the government what its agents "must" and "must not" do.