When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

Mark writes, "The American people are not feeling (at the moment, that is) the effects — the very real pain — of Big Government because they’re not paying Big Taxes." Just because taxes don't match ...

Big government can be thought of as a toll collector. Through regulation, taxes, or outright government ownership, politicians limit the ability of individuals and businesses to do the stuff they want ...

In 2024, the Biden administration killed a proposed merger between Spirit Airlines and JetBlue. If the two companies were to join forces, declared then-attorney general Merrick Garland, it would ...

The expanding Internal Revenue Service scandal could hardly be any more Drudgeriffic. Well, maybe if in addition to singling out groups with “tea party” or “patriot” in their names, the agency had ...

The story of modern American government is a tale of ever-growing presidential power. For well over a century now, as the economy has expanded in scope and complexity, as America’s global footprint ...

$521 billion. That’s the estimate the federal government itself put forward of annual fraud levels. That’s enough money to rebuild every crumbling bridge and school in the country—all squandered due ...

Chicago Violence Is . . . Actually Much Better Than Four Years Ago Harvard Law Provides ‘Low Sensory Rooms’ with ‘Fidget Toys’ for Freshmen Audio By Carbonatix Mark Antonio Wright makes the essential ...

President Donald Trump’s 2026 “skinny budget” is out, and at first glance it gives small-government advocates reason to cheer. It proposes deep cuts to domestic agencies, calls for eliminating ...

IT WAS never going to be a glorious task. On June 11th Rachel Reeves, Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer, apportioned the spending for which she had budgeted. The government is so cash-strapped ...