Trump Wants To Force Data Centers To 'Make Their Own Electricity.' Deregulation Would Work Better.
The president joins a long list of politicians who think the government knows best when it comes to data centers.
Policy
Under Proposed Treasury Rule, Corporate Homebuyers Who Don't Track Their Receipts Face $1 Million Fines
The proposed regulations implement the restrictions on large investor purchases of single-family homes passed by Congress this year.
Even Under Mamdani, New York City's Ballot Questions Might Cut Red Tape and Public Review Hearings
Mamdani’s Commission on Government Efficiency put forward ballot proposals to cut red tape.
Javier Milei's Case Against AI Regulation
"Keep AI unregulated," the Argentine president wrote in support of his proposed plan to boost artificial intelligence.
John Oliver Warned Against Cherry-Picked Studies. Then He Cherry-Picked His Own.
Do as he says, not as he does.
ADU Nihilism
Definitions of different housing types are arbitrary. Every productive housing reform produces conflict.
After the International 'Liberal Order'
A new book imagines a new global system. How plausible are its ideas?
France Burns
Plus: Property-tax rebellion, Paxton loses suburban women, Jewish life in the UAE, and more...
Presumptive D.C. Mayor Janeese Lewis George Demands Halt to Waymo Legalization To Protect Drivers' Jobs
The socialist D.C. council member is wrong to assume that autonomous vehicles will reduce employment.
Landowners in Texas' Big Bend Region Fight Trump Administration's Attempts To Seize Land for Border Wall
A federal judge temporarily halted border wall construction in Texas' Big Bend region in response to one of several lawsuits by landowners and conservationists.
Code Games 2.0
The Trump administration begins the implementation of manufactured housing deregulation.
Protesters in France and Spain Are Angry at Government Failure—and Demanding More Government
France’s education crisis and Spain’s housing shortage will not be solved with yet more government intervention.
Canada's First Nations Are Using Their Land To Build Dense Housing
Exempt from Vancouver's building restrictions, Squamish Nation is constructing a 6,000-unit residential high-rise.
The Great British Exodus: Taxes, Housing Costs, and Terrible Healthcare Are Driving Young Brits Away
More than 1.2 million British nationals have left the United Kingdom since 2021.
Will Mamdani Make Housing More Affordable?
Emily Eisner and Kenny Burgos debate Zohran Mamdani's housing policies.
Republicans Are Getting Grilled Over Trump's Tariffs
From Maine to Michigan, voters are fed up with tariffs and trade wars.
Price Controls Don't Work. So Why Do So Many Democrats and Republicans Love Them?
Price controls are seductive because any benefits are highly and immediately visible, while their grave costs are often harder to spot.
The 'World's Oldest' Bartender's Very Illegal Basement Bar
A recent profile of 103-year-old Irv Koch's basement bar highlights all the ways that modern zoning codes crush novel and fun third places.
A Visit to a Gun Store Shouldn't Put You on a Government List
Gun registry bans might not be enough to protect gun owners from lists built from license-plate data.
Mamdani Promised To Freeze the Rent. Now His Rent Freeze Is in Court.
A lawsuit alleges New York City's Rent Guidelines Board broke the law by arbitrarily predetermining the outcome.
A Court Rules That San Francisco's Empty Home Tax Is Illegal
San Francisco's tax on vacant homes is bad policy. Now it's also bad law.
Whatever Happened to Trump's Housing Affordability Executive Order?
The Trump administration revises wonky federal regulations to reduce home construction costs.
Trump Reportedly Rejected Building Codes for His White House Ballroom
“I am the code,” he told the architect, according to The Washington Post.
The Far-Left Wins Berlin's Election on the Promise of Seizing Private Apartments
The Left wants to cure the city's high housing costs by expropriating 225,000 apartments owned by large real estate corporations.
The 'Strange Death' of Libertarianism Is Greatly Exaggerated
On some of the key policy questions of the second Trump administration, libertarians are clearly punching above their weight.
Reflections on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's Privacy Fence
Don't expect the celebrity couple's battle with local planning officials over a privacy fence to turn them into YIMBYs.
DOJ Says Workers at L.A. Homeless Nonprofits Spent Tax Dollars on Vacations, Nightclubs, Bail
Three people in the Los Angeles area have been charged with fraud related to misappropriation of homelessness funds.
Rent Control's Revenge
While San Francisco's mayor calls for more rent control, Providence's mayor loses his primary for opposing the policy.
AI Slowdown
Plus: Commercial surrogacy regulation, Russian weapons, a new drug in San Francisco, and more...
In Rhode Island's Dem Primary, DSA Challenger Unseats Providence Mayor Who'd Vetoed Rent Control
Voters in Providence, Rhode Island, signaled that they want binding price controls.
There's No Market Failure in Choosing to Stay Home. So Why Subsidize It?
J.D. Vance would like to give money to people for choices they're already making—without a workable plan to actually pay for it.
The Silver Lining to Empty Subsidized Apartments
Plus: A nightmare squatting situation in Washington, D.C.
Help Workers by Breaking Down Barriers to Labor Mobility
Labor Day is a great time to remember that we can make workers vastly better off by empowering more of them to vote with their feet, both within countries and through international migration.
OpenAI Agents Gone Rogue
Plus: Mail-in ballots, mortgage rates reach new high, arcade.gov is a new low, and more...
How St. Paul's Rent Control Experiment Backfired Spectacularly
Construction of new housing collapsed in the Minnesota city as builders took their business elsewhere.
USDA Approves Bioengineered American Chestnut Tree That Could Bring Them Back From Near-Extinction
It sets a precedent for releasing other bioengineered organisms into the wild to repair ecological damage.
Study: Even Well-Intentioned Regulators Do More Harm Than Good
Bureaucrats who intend to do good still restrict competition and suppress liberty.
Federalism Will Save the Data Centers
State preemption worked for housing. It's unlikely to come to the rescue of incredibly unpopular data centers.
How Much Will Andy Burnham's 'No. 10 North' Cost British Taxpayers?
Taxpayers have already paid $14,300 for branding the new office—and more than $1,300 for moving a replica Downing Street door to Manchester, according to a Freedom of Information request.
California Bill Would Cap Rents During U.S.-Involved War
The war in Iran is causing California lawmakers to consider wider price controls.
1 in 5 Americans Still Need Government Permission To Work
Occupational licensing raises costs and limits mobility without improving safety.
Utah Needs More Housing. The Army Corps Shut Down 265 New Homes Because of a Small Ditch.
Despite the Supreme Court's best efforts to rein them in, federal regulators continue to abuse their authority under the Clean Water Act.
Colonizing the Moon
Plus: Postpartum psychosis, captain deportation, lady lawyers, and more...
San Francisco's 'Historic Laundromat' Project Finally Begins Construction
Activists were able to block an apartment project in the city's Mission District by raising an increasingly ridiculous set of objections.
Open-Weight
Plus: "Blasphemous" talk in Texas, botox everywhere, ink on Mace, and more...
