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Why Does Trump Want the Biggest Defense Budget Ever?

Plus: Trump’s budget ignores the deficit, NASA’s Artemis program faces delays and rising costs, and a listener asks about libertarian alternatives to Medicare for All.

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Trump Replaces Old Illegal Tariffs With New Illegal Tariffs

Plus: The U.S. could be going to war with Iran, the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, and why AI surveillance is worrying civil libertarians

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The NFL's Rooney Rule Is a Well-Intentioned Failure

Plus: Bad Bunny’s halftime show and more on Super Bowl LX

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Libertarians Tried To Warn You About Executive Power

Plus: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson embraces warrantless ICE searches, the Super Bowl halftime culture war, and Trump continues funding the Department of Education

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Democrats Are Flipping Trump Districts in Texas?

Plus: a partial shutdown over ICE funding, Kevin Warsh to lead the Fed, and Moltbook’s AI society

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The Real Reason You Pay for NFL Stadiums

Economist J.C. Bradbury breaks down why taxpayer-funded stadiums are a bad idea, how team owners market them to politicians, and why another stadium building boom may be coming.

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Can We Save American History From Partisan Politics?

Former U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan discusses the importance of preserving presidential records and the challenge of maintaining public trust in an era of partisan conflict.

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What Does It Mean To 'Run' Venezuela?

Plus: Trump’s expanding view of U.S. power abroad, Zohran Mamdani touts the “warmth of collectivism,” and Tim Walz won’t seek reelection

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The Politics of Permanent Outrage

Lauren Hall looks at the roots of political tribalism, why voters feel trapped between false choices, and how radical moderation offers a way out of constant polarization.

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Andor Creator Tony Gilroy on Bureaucracy and the Surveillance State

Tony Gilroy examines how Andor portrays authoritarian power as a bureaucratic system, the moral compromises of life under surveillance, and the role ordinary people play in enforcing oppressive systems.

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To the Socialists of All Parties

Friedrich Hayek's most popular work was dedicated to "the socialists of all parties." That phrase perfectly captures politics in 2025.

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How the Epstein Files Turned MAGA Against Trump

Plus: Tariff rollbacks and the affordability debate, Trump considers direct talks with Maduro as unauthorized strikes continue, and a listener asks what it would take to move healthcare out of government hands

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Justices Don't Buy Tariff Argument

Plus: Outrage at Heritage, air traffic might get throttled, and more...

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Shutdown Livestream: This Won't Fix Trillion-Dollar Deficits

Reason's Peter Suderman and Eric Boehm discuss the government shutdown live at 3 p.m. Eastern time today.

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MAGA Is Wrong About AI. Trump Is Right.

Plus: a weak jobs report and Trump’s economic record, New College of Florida weighing privatization after its clash with DeSantis, and the DOJ pushes to block transgender Americans from gun ownership

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RFK Jr.'s Wild Week

Plus: The National Guard standoff in Chicago, navigating debates when you’re outnumbered, and a court ruling that could upend Trump’s tariff agenda.

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Is It Too Late To End the Fed?

Plus: What the new E.U. trade deal means for tariffs and prices, a listener question about Rahm Emanuel’s presidential appeal, and the FBI raids John Bolton’s home.

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Intel Is Reportedly the Latest Company Trump Wants a Piece Of

Since returning to office in January, Trump has floated several deals that would involve the feds taking a piece of an American company.

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The New York Times Doesn't Understand Men

Plus: The economic impact of tariffs, ethics concerns around Trump’s foreign business dealings, and a listener question on NCAA deregulation

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The War on Trans

Plus: DOGE postmortem, Mamdani's checked out, C.S. Lewis' wisdom for our digital age, and more...

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Trump Seeks Even Higher Tariffs: 'Between 15 Percent and 50 Percent' on Imports From All Countries

The 10 percent baseline reciprocal tariff rate was bad for America; the 15 percent rate is even worse.

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Death to Big Bird

Plus: Jerome Powell on Trump's kill list, conservatives embrace speech restrictions, homeschooling heat, and more...

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Trump Reiterates His Promise To Protect Farm and Hospitality Workers From 'Pretty Vicious' Deportation

The president is torn between the economic concerns of his supporters and the demands of immigration hardliners.

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Republican Holdouts

Plus: Zohran Mamdani doesn't understand what New York's families need, Lia Thomas titles revoked, and more...

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Reason Earns 15 Southern California Journalism Awards

First-place finishes include a piece on the Dutch "dropping" rite of passage, a documentary exploring citizen journalism and free speech, and a long-form interview with exoneree Amanda Knox.

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