Feds Set Spending Record in Fiscal 2021; Ran Second-Largest Budget Deficit in History
With economies shut down and the U.S. government spending trillions in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government ran a record $3.13 trillion deficit in fiscal 2020. The pandemic eased and economies opened back up in fiscal 2021, and you would expect...
Joe Biden Still Hasn’t Gotten Around to Limiting Police Militarization
Just weeks into his presidency, several news agencies reported that Joe Biden was planning on reinstating Obama-era limits on a federal police militarization program. It never happened. Months later, local police continue to receive military surplus equipment under...
Biden Quietly Ramps Up Bombing Somalia
While most foreign policy attention has been focused on Afghanistan, the Biden administration has ramped up bombing in Somalia. U.S. forces bombed targets in Somalia three times in late July and early August. Prior to Biden’s ramp-up, the last time AFRICOM...