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[Free Trade](https://reason.com/tag/free-trade/)

[Trump Pledged To Support Tesla. His Trade Policies Will Do the Opposite.](https://reason.com/2025/03/14/trump-pledged-to-support-tesla-his-trade-policies-will-do-the-opposite/ "Trump Pledged To Support Tesla. His Trade Policies Will Do the Opposite.")

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Tariffs on steel and aluminum imports inflate the cost of electric vehicles.

[Jeff Luse](https://reason.com/people/jeff-luse/ "Posts by Jeff Luse")

*   [Howard Lutnick Doesn't Get To Decide What You Buy](https://reason.com/2025/03/14/howard-lutnick-doesnt-get-to-decide-what-you-buy/)

*   [Tariffs Raise Prices, Spark Conflicts, and Make Everyone Poorer](https://reason.com/2025/03/14/tariffs-raise-prices-spark-conflicts-and-make-everyone-poorer/)

*   [Rand Paul: Businesses and Workers Think Tariffs Are a Bad Idea](https://reason.com/2025/03/12/rand-paul-tariffs-trump-continuing-resolution/)

[Free Speech](https://reason.com/category/civil-liberties/free-speech/)

[Georgia Antidoxing Bill Could Criminalize Everyday Criticism](https://reason.com/2025/03/14/georgia-antidoxing-bill-could-criminalize-everyday-criticism/ "Georgia Antidoxing Bill Could Criminalize Everyday Criticism")

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The bill is a "law against criticism of any kind," according to a lawyer who testified against it.

[Emma Camp](https://reason.com/people/emma-camp/ "Posts by Emma Camp")

 [](https://reason.com/2025/03/14/taking-200-out-of-an-atm-should-not-trigger-federal-financial-surveillance/ "Taking $200 Out of an ATM Should Not Trigger Federal Financial Surveillance")

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#### [Taking $200 Out of an ATM Should Not Trigger Federal Financial Surveillance](https://reason.com/2025/03/14/taking-200-out-of-an-atm-should-not-trigger-federal-financial-surveillance/ "Taking $200 Out of an ATM Should Not Trigger Federal Financial Surveillance")

No, not even if you do it in a county that borders Mexico.

[Joe Lancaster](https://reason.com/people/joe-lancaster/ "Posts by Joe Lancaster")

*   [Banks Are Narcing on You Because Congress Forces Them To](https://reason.com/2025/01/25/the-banks-are-narcing-on-you/)

 [](https://reason.com/2025/03/14/dumping-environmental-justice-from-the-epa-is-a-good-step-now-dump-the-epa/ "Dumping Environmental Justice From the EPA Is a Good Step. Now Dump the EPA.")

[Environmental Protection Agency](https://reason.com/tag/environmental-protection-agenc/)

#### [Dumping Environmental Justice From the EPA Is a Good Step. Now Dump the EPA.](https://reason.com/2025/03/14/dumping-environmental-justice-from-the-epa-is-a-good-step-now-dump-the-epa/ "Dumping Environmental Justice From the EPA Is a Good Step. Now Dump the EPA.")

“Environmental justice” has no place at a regulatory agency. But the EPA was already a problem.

[J.D. Tuccille](https://reason.com/people/jd-tuccille/ "Posts by J.D. Tuccille")

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#### [The FCC's Show Trial Against CBS Is a Political Power Play](https://reason.com/2025/03/14/the-fccs-show-trial-against-cbs-is-a-political-power-play/ "The FCC's Show Trial Against CBS Is a Political Power Play")

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#### [Has Trump Cut a Deal To Get U.S. Troops Out of Syria?](https://reason.com/2025/03/14/has-trump-cut-a-deal-to-get-u-s-troops-out-of-syria/ "Has Trump Cut a Deal To Get U.S. Troops Out of Syria?")

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#### [Elon Musk, Who Promised To Be 'Maximally Transparent,' Makes DOGE's Numbers Even Harder To Check](https://reason.com/2025/03/13/elon-musk-who-promised-to-be-maximally-transparent-makes-doges-numbers-even-harder-to-check/ "Elon Musk, Who Promised To Be 'Maximally Transparent,' Makes DOGE's Numbers Even Harder To Check")

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TARIFFS

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 [](https://reason.com/2025/03/14/tariffs-raise-prices-spark-conflicts-and-make-everyone-poorer/ "Tariffs Raise Prices, Spark Conflicts, and Make Everyone Poorer")

#### [Tariffs Raise Prices, Spark Conflicts, and Make Everyone Poorer](https://reason.com/2025/03/14/tariffs-raise-prices-spark-conflicts-and-make-everyone-poorer/)

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 [](https://reason.com/2025/03/14/trump-pledged-to-support-tesla-his-trade-policies-will-do-the-opposite/ "Trump Pledged To Support Tesla. His Trade Policies Will Do the Opposite.")

#### [Trump Pledged To Support Tesla. His Trade Policies Will Do the Opposite.](https://reason.com/2025/03/14/trump-pledged-to-support-tesla-his-trade-policies-will-do-the-opposite/)

[Jeff Luse](https://reason.com/people/jeff-luse/ "Posts by Jeff Luse")

 [](https://reason.com/2025/03/12/congress-just-made-it-harder-for-congress-to-block-trumps-tariffs/ "Congress Just Made It Harder for Congress To Block Trump's Tariffs")

#### [Congress Just Made It Harder for Congress To Block Trump's Tariffs](https://reason.com/2025/03/12/congress-just-made-it-harder-for-congress-to-block-trumps-tariffs/)

[Eric Boehm](https://reason.com/people/eric-boehm/ "Posts by Eric Boehm")

 [](https://reason.com/2025/03/12/rand-paul-tariffs-trump-continuing-resolution/ "Rand Paul: Businesses and Workers Think Tariffs Are a Bad Idea")

#### [Rand Paul: Businesses and Workers Think Tariffs Are a Bad Idea](https://reason.com/2025/03/12/rand-paul-tariffs-trump-continuing-resolution/)

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#### [TSA Screeners' Union Sues the Trump Administration for Violating Its First Amendment Rights](https://reason.com/2025/03/14/tsa-screeners-union-sues-the-trump-administration-for-violating-its-first-amendment-rights/)

Passengers suing the TSA for First Amendment violations have had a rough time in court.

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The new State Department policy adds to the irrational burdens that registrants face.

[Jacob Sullum](https://reason.com/people/jacob-sullum/ "Posts by Jacob Sullum") | 3.14.2025 4:35 PM

 [](https://reason.com/2025/03/14/schumers-big-break/ "Schumer's Big Break")

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#### [Schumer's Big Break](https://reason.com/2025/03/14/schumers-big-break/)

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#### [Review: Charting the Rise of Anti-Lockdown Activism](https://reason.com/2025/03/14/chaos-comes-calling/)

_Chaos Comes Calling_ unsympathetically characterizes activism springing from COVID lockdowns as a far-right takeover.

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[Zach Weissmueller](https://reason.com/people/zach-weissmueller/ "Posts by Zach Weissmueller") and [Liz Wolfe](https://reason.com/people/liz-wolfe/ "Posts by Liz Wolfe") | 3.13.2025 4:40 PM

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North Carolina and Virginia have managed to keep quality up and costs down.

[Christian Britschgi](https://reason.com/people/christian-britschgi/ "Posts by Christian Britschgi") | 3.13.2025 4:55 PM

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#### [Tom Woods: The COVID Lessons We Can't Forget](https://reason.com/podcast/2025/03/13/tom-woods-the-covid-lessons-we-cant-forget/)

The historian and podcaster joins us on the five-year anniversary of the COVID-19 emergency to relive all the pandemic policy failures.

[Zach Weissmueller](https://reason.com/people/zach-weissmueller/ "Posts by Zach Weissmueller") and [Liz Wolfe](https://reason.com/people/liz-wolfe/ "Posts by Liz Wolfe") | 3.13.2025 4:40 PM

 [](https://reason.com/2025/03/13/trumps-threatened-200-percent-tariffs-on-european-booze-are-his-least-sensible-trade-move-yet/ "Trump's Threatened 200 Percent Tariffs on European Booze Are His Least Sensible Trade Move Yet")

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#### [Trump's Threatened 200 Percent Tariffs on European Booze Are His Least Sensible Trade Move Yet](https://reason.com/2025/03/13/trumps-threatened-200-percent-tariffs-on-european-booze-are-his-least-sensible-trade-move-yet/)

It would make American consumers poorer and hurt American businesses without any promise of benefits.

[Eric Boehm](https://reason.com/people/eric-boehm/ "Posts by Eric Boehm") | 3.13.2025 2:20 PM

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[Government Spending](https://reason.com/tag/government-spending/)

#### [If You Want To Cut Government Spending, You Can't Ignore the Pentagon](https://reason.com/2025/03/13/if-you-want-to-cut-government-spending-you-cant-ignore-the-pentagon/)

Since Congress began requiring annual audits in 2018, the Department of Defense has never passed.

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#### [New York's Weed Nightmare](https://reason.com/video/2025/03/11/new-yorks-weed-nightmare/)

How pot bureaucrats used legal weed to push their social justice agenda

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#### [_No Other Land_ Won an Oscar. Miami Beach's Mayor Is Trying To Evict a Movie Theater for Screening It](https://reason.com/2025/03/13/no-other-land-won-an-oscar-miami-beachs-mayor-is-trying-to-evict-a-movie-theater-for-screening-it/)

Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner says "disseminating antisemitism" in a taxpayer-owned building is "unjust to the values of our city and residents and should not be tolerated."

[C.J. Ciaramella](https://reason.com/people/cj-ciaramella/ "Posts by C.J. Ciaramella") | 3.13.2025 12:08 PM

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#### [Are Democrats Regretting Trying To Out-Hawk Trump?](https://reason.com/2025/03/13/are-democrats-regretting-trying-to-out-hawk-trump/)

Rep. Adam Smith (D–Wash.) thinks Democrats should return to their antiwar roots—and be open to negotiating with Russia.

[Matthew Petti](https://reason.com/people/matthew-petti/ "Posts by Matthew Petti") | 3.13.2025 10:35 AM

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#### [Everything's Computer](https://reason.com/2025/03/13/everythings-computer/)

Plus: "Is any criticism of the government a deportable offense?" and more...

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#### [Is This the Beginning of the End for the Department of Education?](https://reason.com/2025/03/13/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-department-of-education/)

The department laid off over 1,300 employees this week.

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#### [Biden Rushed Out Billions for Green Energy Projects Before Trump Took Office](https://reason.com/2025/03/13/biden-rushed-billions-out-before-trump-took-office/)

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#### [Cornell Students and Student Group Suspended for Disrupting Event](https://reason.com/volokh/2025/03/14/cornell-students-and-student-group-suspended-for-disrupting-event/)

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#### [How Many Americans Have Died of COVID-19?](https://reason.com/2025/03/12/how-many-americans-have-died-of-covid-19/)

Adding up COVID-19's toll since Donald Trump declared a national emergency five years ago.

[Ronald Bailey](https://reason.com/people/ronald-bailey/ "Posts by Ronald Bailey") | 3.12.2025 5:15 PM

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#### [Justice Department Doubles Down Against Google](https://reason.com/2025/03/12/justice-department-doubles-down-against-google/)

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#### [Congress Just Made It Harder for Congress To Block Trump's Tariffs](https://reason.com/2025/03/12/congress-just-made-it-harder-for-congress-to-block-trumps-tariffs/)

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A New York law demands fossil fuel companies pay $75 billion for carbon emissions dating back to the year 2000. Other Democrat-controlled states plan to follow suit.

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The GOP faces a choice about how to move forward.

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