In a bid to “reaffirm its exclusive jurisdiction” over prediction markets such as Kalshi, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is suing six states for interfering in federally regulated financial markets.
Making less harmful products harder to get pushes people toward more dangerous ones.
Financial censorship should worry us all, suggests Rainey Reitman in Transaction Denied.
Bothell police set out in search of sex trafficking and ended up shutting down five businesses for code violations.
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi break down this week’s bizarre turn of events: The SPLC got indicted, and Hasan Piker made more violent comments.
The decision is at odds with a recent ruling by the Fifth Circuit.
Smuggled smokes account for more than a third of consumption in France and Ireland.
The ruling holds the law exceeds Congress' authority under the tax power and the Necessary and Proper Clause. But it does not consider the Commerce Clause.
The case will determine whether an unnamed plaintiff can take the hospital and its doctors to federal court.
Plus: Wisconsin governor vetoes porn age-check bill, more charges for penis protester, the Komodo dragon theory of social media, and more...
Consider it a boozy, tariff-themed version of "I, Pencil."
Who cares if Bryon Noem likes pretending to have giant breasts?
Kathy Hochul’s proposed levy would deter smokers from switching to a much less dangerous habit.
The unpopular plan could do real harm by taxing safer alternatives at the same rate as cigarettes, discouraging smokers from quitting.
This heavy-handed legislation would harm Americans, not protect them.
Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it illegal to broadcast sports betting ads between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m.
"We are not in the mood to discuss the matter further, and have not been in the mood for 250 years."
And he's publishing the process so you can do it too.
Some gun-rights activists are blaming immigrants, but the real culprits are Virginia Democrats.
"I am coming to terms with aging and not being cool and fun anymore. That's the price I'm willing to pay," the author of Drink Your Way Sober tells Reason's Nick Gillespie.
The company may soon shutter its operations in the District of Columbia, following recent decisions by the D.C. Superior Court and Court of Appeals.
Aimen Halim sued Buffalo Wild Wings, saying he was tricked into buying chicken breast nuggets when he thought he was getting deboned wings.
And paving the way for increased surveillance of all women
The way people are misconstruing this prostitution sting mirrors the way ICE tries to mislead us about deportation stings.
Lower courts keep inventing loopholes to uphold discriminatory booze regulations.
A Kentucky proposal to legalize cigar bars bucks the trend of prohibitionist tobacco policy.
A Canadian boycott and retaliatory trade barriers have wiped out U.S. wine and spirits sales abroad, costing American producers jobs, revenue, and entire export markets.
They’re not getting the whole “shall not be infringed” part of the U.S. and Virginia constitutions.
A routine neighborhood soccer game was escalated into a state investigation, illustrating how ordinary parenting disputes are increasingly routed through government systems.
Despite a new state law protecting childhood independence, child welfare officials accused these Atlanta parents of neglect—and put their family under surveillance.
"I will not allow a generation of smart and capable young women to sell their bodies online," said Republican gubernatorial hopeful James Fishback.
Starbucks says the employee was fired but that the drawing was not intended as a slight against the officer.
Ten Frenchmen were given fines, jail time, and social media bans for accusing their first lady of being a pedophilic gay man.
Instead of trying to tell people how much to drink, the new dietary guidelines take a better, more nuanced approach: "consume less alcohol for better health."
The online betting company allows you to stake money on future events.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s latest is an anti-tech omnibus, combining years' worth of dangerous policy ideas into one big, bad bill.
Parents faced arrests, investigations, and fear-driven rules—but there was also meaningful progress toward making independence normal again.
Laws requiring porn platforms to age-check visitors are becoming "a Swiss army knife for the government."
New Louisiana and Texas laws will require businesses to disclose the use of seed oils, certain dyes, and many other ingredients.
It's an insane—and frighteningly dystopian—interpretation of the law.
Not even 35 years after escaping Soviet-style central planning, Poland has become a capitalist success story.
The current system, in which paying for sex is illegal, doesn't work, said Jean-Philippe Tanguy, a National Assembly member.
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