Marc Joffe and Krit Chanwong Federal reforms in 2025 may give states both the flexibility and incentives they need to rein in spiraling Medicaid costs. As we discussed in a February 2024 Cato Policy Analysis, the Biden administration gave states few opportunities to improve the cost-effectiveness of their Medicaid programs, but this is likely to change under the second Trump ...

Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz said on a podcast Friday he will not be joining Congress next year, settling an issue that had been the subject of intense speculation in the hours after he withdrew his name from consideration as attorney general. Gaetz had resigned last week from the 118th session of Congress, but it was unclear whether he would ...

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., met with 10 senators in the first two days of meetings while courting approval as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.  Stefanik, the current House GOP chair, communicated her record supporting Israel and combating antisemitism to Republican senators as the upper chamber must approve her appointment to Trump’s Cabinet.  Kicking off ...

Even though trading based on chart analysis involves some discretionary decisions, chartists can improve the odds of success by systematizing their process. This report will show four prerequisite filters based on a top-down approach. We will start with the broader market, look at the sector, and then apply two qualifying filters to the stock. First, I would make sure we ...

Former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers is no longer under consideration to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the incoming administration, according to a senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump. Dan Scavino, who will serve as deputy chief of staff in the new White House, posted on social media Friday that a Rogers hire is ‘not happening.’  ‘Just spoke to ...

Eric Gomez and Benjamin Faber In October 2024, Congress received notification of two new arms sales for Taiwan, and the Ministry of National Defense (MND) confirmed the final delivery of Javelin anti-tank missiles. The net value of the US arms sale backlog to Taiwan increased by $1.86 billion, bringing the backlog’s total value to $22.39 billion. Figure 1 shows the ...

Jeffrey Miron For most goods and services, governments leave the production, distribution, sale, and consumption decisions to private individuals or groups. For gambling, however, US states are schizophrenic. Historically, state governments banned gambling of all kinds. In 1931, however, Nevada re-legalized casinos, leading to the return of parimutuel horse betting and casinos in some states. In 1964, New Hampshire authorized ...

Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the new chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, says President-elect Trump is on-board to help the senator in his mission to protect and expand the newly won GOP majority in the Senate. Scott, who last week was elected by his Republican colleagues as chair of the Senate GOP campaign committee, met with the ...

Colleen Hroncich Project-based learning sounds great … until you realize you have to find or create the projects for your learners. That’s where Rock by Rock comes in. Jeff Imrich and Sung-Ae Yang, experienced teachers and school leaders, created Rock by Rock to increase access to project-based learning. “For a lot of kids, what we do traditionally for learning isn’t ...

Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon tells Fox News Digital that his country is keeping its ‘eyes open’ for any potential aggression from Iran during the Trump transition period, adding it would be a ‘mistake’ for the Islamic Republic to carry out an attack.  The comments come after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi vowed earlier this week that Iran would retaliate ...