The Merchant Marine Act of 1920, commonly known as the Jones Act, is impossible to defend with a straight face.

After some sorely needed scrutiny, the Trump administration has just announced that it will temporarily suspend an ugly piece of corporate welfare in order to speed aid to hurricane-stricken Puerto Rico.

Congress is set to approve a multi-billion dollar aid package for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

Federalism is supposed to undergird America’s system of disaster preparation, response, and rebuilding.

The administration has been looking to squeeze money from the budget of the Transportation Security Administration.

The United States could reduce Pentagon spending by over a trillion dollars in the next decade—spending $5.2 trillion rather than the currently planned $6.3 trillion— by adopting strategy of military restraint.

A new report from the House Homeland Security Committee lays bare the culture of misconduct that continues to plague the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), finding a surge in complaints and a pervasive lack of accountability at the agency.

American businesses have become leaner in recent decades, with fewer layers of management. By contrast, New York University’s Paul Light has found that the number of management layers in federal government agencies has increased substantially.

Rep. Darrell Issa proposes Cato-style aviation reforms in a CNN op-ed today.