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10.07.25 - 14:12
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Most US Law Enforcement Funds Are Going To Immigration & Border (ZeroHedge)
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Most US Law Enforcement Funds Are Going To Immigration & Border
Two thirds of all federal law enforcement funding in the United States for fiscal year 2025 is going to immigration and border enforcement, according to a CATO Institute analysis of data from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
Together, immigration and border enforcement will receive more than $33 billion.
This includes funding for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at $19 billion, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at $10 billion, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at $281 million, the Department of Homeland Security's general offices at $3.2 billion and 20 percent of the Coast Guard's budget - approximately $2.2 billion.
However, as Statista's Anna Fleck reports, CATO notes that the actual value is even higher, as the Trump administration is “diverting thousands of agents from other federal law enforcement agencies and much of the military to enforcing immigration and border law.”
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22.05.25 - 13:03
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CATO REPORTS 1Q EARNINGS (PR Newswire)
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cato Corporation (NYSE: CATO) today reported net income of $3.3 million or $0.17 per diluted share for the first quarter ended May 3, 2025, compared to net income of $11.0 million or $0.54 per diluted share for the first quarter ended May......
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21.05.25 - 19:12
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US Senate Votes To Move Ahead With GENIUS Act; ′Legitimizing′ Stablecoins For Global Institutional Adoption (ZeroHedge)
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US Senate Votes To Move Ahead With GENIUS Act; 'Legitimizing' Stablecoins For Global Institutional Adoption
The GENIUS Act moved through a procedural vote on Monday (66-32), and has just passed its latest hurdle (69-31) allowing Senate Republican leaders to bring the legislation to the floor for debate and a final vote, as soon as this week
A challenging amendment pricess awaits as the Senate bill, if passed, would need to be reconciled with a version approved by the House Financial Services Committee, and then both chambers of Congress must agree on a single bill before sending a final version to President Donald Trump for his signature.
"There are still a lot of moving pieces," said Jennifer Schulp, director of financial regulation studies at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank.
Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis, one of the bill's key backers, said on May 15 that she thinks it's a “fair target” to have the GENIUS Act passed by May 26 - Memorial Day in the US.
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16.04.25 - 21:54
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Meta′s Potential Antitrust Impact (Bloomberg)
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Jennifer Huddleston, Technology Policy Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute says the FTC's antitrust trial against Meta's Instagram and WhatsApp purchases is "imagining a world that never existed". "We don't want to see a world where government enforcers penalize businesses for taking risky chances." She joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Technology". (Source: Bloomberg)...
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13.04.25 - 14:12
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How Much of a National Security Threat Is TikTok to the US? (Bloomberg)
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After a second 75-day extension to TikTok's sell-or-ban affair, we take a look at TikTok from a national security standpoint. Former president of the Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass says that “Tiktok America is the equivalent of drinking several cans of soda a day” and that Americans should be concerned about vulnerabilities that are exposed through its data. Cato Institute's Jennifer Huddleston poses the question of whether this is more about TikTok's ties to China or how young people's use social media makes older generations uncomfortable. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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26.03.25 - 11:18
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Akyol on the Timing Of Istanbul Mayor′s Arrest (Bloomberg)
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Turkish authorities say they've detained more than 1,400 protesters for "illegal" protests. Mustafa Akyol, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, spoke to Bloomberg's Horizons Middle East and Africa anchor, Joumanna Bercetche, on the timing of the arrest of President Erdogan's main rival, Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, three years before elections in Turkey. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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20.03.25 - 12:00
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CATO REPORTS 4Q AND FULL YEAR LOSS (PR Newswire)
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cato Corporation (NYSE: CATO) today reported a net loss of ($14.1) million or ($0.74) per diluted share for the fourth quarter ended February 1, 2025, compared to a net loss of ($23.4) million or ($1.14) per diluted share for the fourth......
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14.03.25 - 21:06
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Five years later: how Covid-19 changed the world (Bloomberg)
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How have fared countries fared five years after they took differing approaches to restrict their activities? Senior fellow at the Cato Institute Johan Norberg talks about Sweden's “less restrictive approach” and its surprisingly low death rates. Halfway across the world in New Zealand, chief economist for ANZ bank Sharon Zollner reflects on the country's economic response to the pandemic. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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02.03.25 - 16:12
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What Life Could Look Like Without Regulation (Bloomberg)
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What are the benefits and pitfalls of regulation as the current White House administration tries to roll it back? We dissect this with Jeff Miron, the Director of Undergraduate Economics at Harvard and the Director of Economic Studies at the Cato Institute. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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26.02.25 - 00:01
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China′s Chip Controls, Crypto Selloff Gathers Steam | Bloomberg Technology (Bloomberg)
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Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde and Jackie Davalos discuss the market anxiety building around chip export controls to China. And we'll hear from the Cato Institute's Jennifer Huddleston about the impact of President Donald Trump's tech policy on trade and anti-trust investigations. Plus, Josh Chapman, managing partner of Konvoy, explains how tensions between the US and China could impact the video game industry. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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25.02.25 - 22:36
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Aggressive Anti-Trust Environment Continues (Bloomberg)
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Jennifer Huddleston, senior tech policy fellow at the Cato Institute, expects the Trump administration to continue an aggressive approach to anti-trust. She joins Caroline Hyde and Jackie Davalos on "Bloomberg Technology" to discuss what that means for the AI sector and content moderation. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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18.02.25 - 20:54
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CATO′s IT Security Sees Big Growth (Bloomberg)
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Cato Networks CEO Shlomo Kramer discusses the company's revenue growth jump, surpassing $250M in 2024. He joins Jackie Davalos and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Technology". (Source: Bloomberg)...
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15.02.25 - 02:15
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Just In Time For Valentine′s Day, Hegseth Takes The Romance Out Of NATO (ZeroHedge)
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Just In Time For Valentine's Day, Hegseth Takes The Romance Out Of NATO
Authored by Justin Logan via Cato Inst/AntiWar,
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a terrific, bracing speech yesterday to the Ukraine Defense Contact Group that deserves praise.
For more than two years, European capitals have been encouraging maximalism regarding the Ukraine war, and more generally encouraging the doddering US president's romantic ideas about the transatlantic relationship.
It all came crashing down today.
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Hegseth made clear, inter alia, that,
“NATO membership for Ukraine is [not] a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement”;
“as part of any [postwar] security guarantee, there will not be US troops deployed to Ukraine”;
a return to Ukraine's 1991 borders, an official Ukrainian war aim, is “an unrealistic objective”;
“stark strategic realities prevent the United States of America from being primarily focused on the security of Europe”; and that,
“the Un...
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31.01.25 - 01:51
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Classical Education Resurgence Is Shaping School Choice (ZeroHedge)
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Classical Education Resurgence Is Shaping School Choice
Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Teach them how to learn, not what to learn.
That's the key concept for classical education, which is enjoying a national resurgence, with Florida leading the way.
Classical education advocates hope their movement will expand from private religious and chartered learning institutions to struggling public schools.
Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock
Hope is high in the wake of an election year that saw the selection of pro-school choice candidates across the country, including President Donald Trump.
“During COVID, parents saw what their kids were learning, and there was general disappointment with the level of learning that was happening,” Colleen Hroncich, a policy analyst with the Cato Institute Center for Educational Freedom, told The Epoch Times.
“The public education model has had a monopoly [on learning], but it's mediocre definitionally. They're servin...
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