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Was Jonathan Ross' purported perception of Renee Good as a potentially deadly threat reasonable at the point when he fired his weapon?
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Video of the Minneapolis ICE shooting does not resolve the issue of whether it was legally justified
The crucial question is whether the agent reasonably believed the driver he killed posed a threat, even if she was not actually trying to run him over.
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January 10, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Was Jonathan Ross' purported perception of Renee Good as a potentially deadly threat reasonable at the point when he fired his weapon?
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Days ago, Trump sent troops into another country to oust its leader. Now, he's claiming the authority to sell that country's resources and distribute the proceeds however he pleases, and in the meantime, he may keep the funds offshore, away from the prying eyes of oversight.
Trump's plan for 30 million barrels of Venezuelan oil doesn't add up
The plan is both light on specifics and full of contradictions.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Days ago, Trump sent troops into another country to oust its leader. Now, he's claiming the authority to sell that country's resources and distribute the proceeds however he pleases, and in the meantime, he may keep the funds offshore, away from the prying eyes of oversight.
"Recording government agents is one of the few tools citizens have to hold state power accountable. Any attempt to redefine observation as "violence" is not only unconstitutional—it's authoritarian gaslighting."
The Trump administration says it's illegal to record videos of ICE. Here's what the law says.
"Violence is anything that threatens them and their safety, so it is doxing them, it's videotaping them where they're at when they're out on operations," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.
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January 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
"Recording government agents is one of the few tools citizens have to hold state power accountable. Any attempt to redefine observation as "violence" is not only unconstitutional—it's authoritarian gaslighting."
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I put DHS' statement in my story on the Minneapolis shooting because it's newsworthy, but that doesn't mean I have to be a sucker about it. reason.com/2026/01/07/i...
January 7, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I put DHS' statement in my story on the Minneapolis shooting because it's newsworthy, but that doesn't mean I have to be a sucker about it. reason.com/2026/01/07/i...
When we use our military and roll the dice with the fate of nations, the consequences play out in a much longer time frame than social media trends.
I once supported regime change in Iraq. That’s why Venezuela worries me.
When we use our military and roll the dice with the fate of nations, the consequences play out in a much longer time frame than social media trends.
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January 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
When we use our military and roll the dice with the fate of nations, the consequences play out in a much longer time frame than social media trends.
If interest rates stop being market signals and become policy decisions, what survives may look less like capitalism—and more like permanent crisis management.
Is this the end of American capitalism?
If interest rates become policy decisions, what survives may look less like capitalism and more like permanent crisis management.
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January 8, 2026 at 1:39 AM
If interest rates stop being market signals and become policy decisions, what survives may look less like capitalism—and more like permanent crisis management.
Video shows ICE officers were trying to pull the woman out of her car when she started to drive away, leading an officer to fire three shots through her window.
ICE shoots and kills woman in Minneapolis
Video shows ICE officers shooting and killing a woman in Minneapolis during the Trump administration's immigration enforcement crackdown.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Video shows ICE officers were trying to pull the woman out of her car when she started to drive away, leading an officer to fire three shots through her window.
Trump is betting he can foster a transition of power by partnering with a sanctioned regime insider whose résumé includes overseeing a torture-linked intelligence service, alleged narco-trafficking operations, and an international bribery scheme.
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
Venezuela's acting dictator is Delcy Rodríguez, a Maduro regime ally with a history of human rights violations
Trump chose to work with a sanctioned regime insider accused of human rights abuses and cartel ties rather than the elected opposition.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Trump is betting he can foster a transition of power by partnering with a sanctioned regime insider whose résumé includes overseeing a torture-linked intelligence service, alleged narco-trafficking operations, and an international bribery scheme.
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
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Latest: The Justice Department Inspector General released a report detailing a fatal case of medical neglect, where Bureau of Prisons officials let a man waste away from treatable colon cancer.
A federal judge held the BOP in contempt over its treatment of the man. reason.com/2026/01/06/i...
A federal judge held the BOP in contempt over its treatment of the man. reason.com/2026/01/06/i...
Inspector general report finds serious failures led to an inmate wasting away from treatable cancer
A federal inmate died of treatable colon cancer after waiting six months for an urgent colonoscopy. Medical neglect like this is widespread in prisons.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Latest: The Justice Department Inspector General released a report detailing a fatal case of medical neglect, where Bureau of Prisons officials let a man waste away from treatable colon cancer.
A federal judge held the BOP in contempt over its treatment of the man. reason.com/2026/01/06/i...
A federal judge held the BOP in contempt over its treatment of the man. reason.com/2026/01/06/i...
Presidents should try to nudge the world toward more trade and less war whenever possible. Trump is doing the opposite.
Trump wants to seize Greenland because he doesn't understand trade
Trump doesn't understand the value of free trade. Everything happening with Greenland is downstream of that grievous problem.
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January 7, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Presidents should try to nudge the world toward more trade and less war whenever possible. Trump is doing the opposite.
The chief justice hails the judiciary as “a counter-majoritarian check on the political branches.”
John Roberts touts judicial independence, subtly rebukes Trump in ‘year end report’ on federal courts
In his annual review of federal courts, the SCOTUS chief justice calls the judiciary 'a counter-majoritarian check on the political branches.'
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January 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
The chief justice hails the judiciary as “a counter-majoritarian check on the political branches.”
Where do Americans stand on the Trump administration's nation-building project?
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Americans are increasingly skeptical of foreign military intervention
Nicolás Maduro’s removal should be welcomed by anyone who values liberty. Yet data show Americans—led by the youngest adults—are turning noninterventionist.
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January 5, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Where do Americans stand on the Trump administration's nation-building project?
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The president asserted broad powers to deport people, impose tariffs, and deploy the National Guard based on his own unilateral determinations.
3 areas where the courts pushed back against Trump's attempts to avoid judicial review in 2025
The president asserted broad powers to deport people, impose tariffs, and deploy the National Guard based on his own unilateral determinations.
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January 2, 2026 at 2:04 AM
The president asserted broad powers to deport people, impose tariffs, and deploy the National Guard based on his own unilateral determinations.
After assuring citizens in September that their encounters with immigration agents will be brief and harmless, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is now spelling out for the government what its agents "must" and "must not" do.
Did Brett Kavanaugh just apologize for butchering the Fourth Amendment? Maybe.
Puzzling over a curious omission from the conservative United States Supreme Court justice
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January 1, 2026 at 10:53 PM
After assuring citizens in September that their encounters with immigration agents will be brief and harmless, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is now spelling out for the government what its agents "must" and "must not" do.
Only the government could spend 20 years creating a national ID that no one wanted and that apparently doesn't even work as a national ID.
DHS says REAL ID, which DHS certifies, is too unreliable to confirm U.S. citizenship
It's the punch line to a bad joke that started 20 years ago when Congress passed the REAL ID Act.
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January 1, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Only the government could spend 20 years creating a national ID that no one wanted and that apparently doesn't even work as a national ID.
Despite their general ignorance of constitutional law, bears pose a much less grave threat to your civil liberties than humans do.
If you give a bear a badge, will it respect your rights?
Despite their general ignorance of constitutional law, bears pose a much less grave threat to your civil liberties than humans do.
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December 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Despite their general ignorance of constitutional law, bears pose a much less grave threat to your civil liberties than humans do.
It is yet another ruling that shields the government from liability for damages caused by law enforcement.
Innocent man sues for over $60,000 after police blew up his business. A court says he's entitled to nothing.
Carlos Pena sued Los Angeles for over $60,000 after law enforcement destroyed his printing shop in pursuit of a fugitive who had broken in.
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December 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It is yet another ruling that shields the government from liability for damages caused by law enforcement.
Federal Medicaid policy creates little incentive for states to stop potential fraudsters.
Fixing that should be the priority, not demonizing Somali immigrants.
Fixing that should be the priority, not demonizing Somali immigrants.
The Minnesota welfare fraud story is really about a broken Medicaid bureaucracy
Federal policy creates little incentive for states to stop fraud. Fixing that should be the priority, not demonizing Somali immigrants.
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December 31, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Federal Medicaid policy creates little incentive for states to stop potential fraudsters.
Fixing that should be the priority, not demonizing Somali immigrants.
Fixing that should be the priority, not demonizing Somali immigrants.
Critics of cash bail say it creates a two-tiered justice system: Those who can pay maintain their freedom, while those unable to pay remain behind bars.
Bail reform faces backlash as policymakers move to require cash bond for pre-trial defendants
Critics of cash bail say it creates a two-tiered justice system: Those who can pay maintain their freedom, while those unable to pay remain behind bars.
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December 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Critics of cash bail say it creates a two-tiered justice system: Those who can pay maintain their freedom, while those unable to pay remain behind bars.
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A SWAT team threw 30+ grenades into an innocent man’s business while chasing a suspect.
L.A. left him with a $60,000 bill. His livelihood was destroyed.
A federal court says he’s entitled to $0. Whatever your politics, that’s a travesty. reason.com/2025/12/29/i...
L.A. left him with a $60,000 bill. His livelihood was destroyed.
A federal court says he’s entitled to $0. Whatever your politics, that’s a travesty. reason.com/2025/12/29/i...
Innocent man sues for over $60,000 after police blew up his business. A court says he's entitled to nothing.
Carlos Pena sued Los Angeles for over $60,000 after law enforcement destroyed his printing shop in pursuit of a fugitive who had broken in.
reason.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A SWAT team threw 30+ grenades into an innocent man’s business while chasing a suspect.
L.A. left him with a $60,000 bill. His livelihood was destroyed.
A federal court says he’s entitled to $0. Whatever your politics, that’s a travesty. reason.com/2025/12/29/i...
L.A. left him with a $60,000 bill. His livelihood was destroyed.
A federal court says he’s entitled to $0. Whatever your politics, that’s a travesty. reason.com/2025/12/29/i...
Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s latest is an anti-tech omnibus, combining years' worth of dangerous policy ideas into one big, bad bill.
The TRUMP AMERICA AI Act is every bit as bad as you would expect. Maybe worse.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s latest is an anti-tech omnibus, combining years' worth of dangerous policy ideas into one big, bad bill.
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December 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s latest is an anti-tech omnibus, combining years' worth of dangerous policy ideas into one big, bad bill.
Free-range parents may remember 2025 as the year that proved just how hard it still is to give kids any independence.
Parents faced arrests, investigations, and fear-driven rules—but there was also meaningful progress toward making independence normal again.
Parents faced arrests, investigations, and fear-driven rules—but there was also meaningful progress toward making independence normal again.
10 times that 2025 tried to stop kids from growing up
Parents faced arrests, investigations, and fear-driven rules—but there was also meaningful progress toward making independence normal again.
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December 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Free-range parents may remember 2025 as the year that proved just how hard it still is to give kids any independence.
Parents faced arrests, investigations, and fear-driven rules—but there was also meaningful progress toward making independence normal again.
Parents faced arrests, investigations, and fear-driven rules—but there was also meaningful progress toward making independence normal again.
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The TRUMP AMERICA AI Act is every bit as bad as you might expect. Maybe worse. reason.com/2025/12/29/t...
The TRUMP AMERICA AI Act is every bit as bad as you would expect. Maybe worse.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s latest is an anti-tech omnibus, combining years' worth of dangerous policy ideas into one big, bad bill.
reason.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The TRUMP AMERICA AI Act is every bit as bad as you might expect. Maybe worse. reason.com/2025/12/29/t...
A federal investigation revealed a long-running scheme in which an Albuquerque defense attorney bribed police to ensure that his clients would not be convicted of DWI charges.
Another New Mexico cop lauded for nabbing drunk drivers admits taking bribes to let them off the hook
A guilty plea by a retired Albuquerque officer illustrates the extent of the biggest law enforcement scandal in the state's history.
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December 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A federal investigation revealed a long-running scheme in which an Albuquerque defense attorney bribed police to ensure that his clients would not be convicted of DWI charges.
President Donald Trump came into office presenting himself as a peace president.
How's that going?
How's that going?
Here are 5 wars Trump started or expanded in 2025
The U.S. military is fighting or preparing to fight in more countries than it was when the self-proclaimed "peace president" took office.
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December 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
President Donald Trump came into office presenting himself as a peace president.
How's that going?
How's that going?