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AI doctors are bringing affordable medical care to Utah. Skeptics are now trying to slow it down. reason.com/2026/06/25/uta…

"A lot of politicians believe there's a free lunch or a fixed pot of money that they can give out to the neediest people. The actual effect was not to improve the well-being of workers, but to increase costs for customers and sabotage one of the most successful businesses in the city." reason.com/2026/06/24/sea…

After burning through interceptors in the Iran war, the U.S. faces a dire math problem: Enemies can build drones faster than America can build missiles. Full story: reason.pub/4xUnDOS

The sci-fi scumlords GWAR have been killing presidents onstage for years, but until now they say they've never had problems with the Secret Service. reason.com/2026/06/23/met…

Anthropic and OpenAI may not like current federal controls on their products, but it will be consumers who end up getting screwed. reason.com/2026/06/24/the…

While it's certainly possible that the evidence will bear out the prosecution's case, it already resembles the Trump administration's established pattern of prosecuting people for disfavored but protected speech. reason.com/2026/06/25/doj…

How President Trump rebranded the war on drugs as a fight against illegal immigration. reason.com/2026/06/23/tru…

Elizabeth Warren wants to raise taxes and give all the money to senior citizens. Read more: reason.pub/4vB9jZS

The Supreme Court's decision is a modest but welcome step toward rectifying the injustice of criminalizing conduct that violates no one’s rights. reason.com/2026/06/24/sco…

If Americans don't like the tax structure, it makes more sense to lower taxes for everybody than to raise taxes that will only make a distrusted government more powerful... reason.com/2026/06/22/ric…

Democrats may revive impeachment if they take Congress in November. Donald Trump and his allies, meanwhile, want his two impeachments erased. reason.com/2026/06/22/can…

The DSA and the Democrats' retreat into economic fantasyland. The party's new crop of Mamdani-backed socialists are just the latest sign of a long slide into economic radicalism: reason.pub/4w4rk2r

The Justice Department's unilateral abandonment of the Anti-Weaponization Fund "makes it crystal clear that these parties were never adverse," the former judges argue. reason.com/2026/06/22/35-…

Zohran Mamdani's administration has not studied how New York City's government-backed grocery stores will affect nearby mom-and-pop outlets, which operate on thin profit margins. reason.com/2026/06/20/the…

If the fusionist account of history is correct, the anti-fusionists are engaged in a far more radical project than most of them are willing to admit. reason.com/2026/06/21/fou…

This is the gun that won the Revolutionary War reason.com/2026/06/28/the…

Trump loyalists will choke down his version of events, whether we're talking about the terms of peace with Iran, inflation, the 2020 election, or the Reflecting Pool. But eventually reality catches up to everyone. reason.com/2026/06/25/ref…

Don't let the country's wet blankets ruin Independence Day. reason.com/2026/06/26/don…

Prosecutors in New Jersey must disclose how facial recognition technology is used in criminal cases, the state’s Supreme Court ruled. reason.com/2026/06/26/new…

The Democratic Party's new crop of Mamdani-backed socialists are just the latest sign of a long slide into economic radicalism. reason.com/2026/06/25/the…