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Six Months In: The Trump Economy
10 July 2025
Timothy Lee, CFIF’s Senior Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs, discusses the first six months of President Trump’s second term, from the economy to jobs, the stock market, deregulation, trade policy, and more.
One Big Beautiful Megabill Faces Mega Obstacles
26 June 2025
Thomas Aiello, Senior Director of Government Affairs at the National Taxpayers Union, discusses the uphill battle President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is facing on Capitol Hill, the looming July 4th deadline, and how the battle in the Senate may ultimately result in improvements to the House version of the bill.
The Israel-Iran Conflict
17 June 2025
Tzvi Kahn, Research Fellow and Senior Editor at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, discusses the latest information on the growing escalation of the campaign involving Israel and Iran, the ever-evolving role of the United States, why any offer to negotiate from Iran is a “trap,” and more.
DOGE, Regulations and the Administrative State
13 June 2025
Wayne Crews, the Fred L. Smith Fellow in Regulatory Studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses the recently released "Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State,” how Congress is disregarding its enumerated powers, and the role of DOGE to commence deconstruction of the administrative state.
President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”
06 June 2025
Phil Kerpen, President of American Commitment and Principal at the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, discuses the potential victories and disappointments in the current version of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” the players to watch as the bill makes its way through the Senate, the recent analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and other administration efforts underway to decrease the deficit and enhance growth.
MAHA Report and the Trial Bar, Third Party Litigation Funding, and More
30 May 2025
Sherman “Tiger” Joyce, President of the American Tort Reform Association, discusses the latest MAHA Report and how it could be used as ammunition by the trial bar in mass tort litigation, and recently introduced legislation by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) regarding third-party litigation funding, the “Tackling Predatory Litigation Funding Act.”
The “Big Beautiful Bill”, REINS Act and the Economy
16 May 2025
William J. Conti, an attorney from Washington, DC, discusses the size and complexity of the “Big Beautiful Bill” that addresses tax policy, energy policy and immigration, and the economic potential impact of passing the REINS Act.
Trump vs. the Judiciary
09 May 2025
Hans von Spakovsky, Manager of the Election Law Reform Initiative and a Senior Legal Fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation, discusses the Trump administration’s ongoing legal battles with members of the federal judiciary, how Congress should deal with the problem of overreaching courts, what should be done about judges who break federal laws, and recent court rulings related to executive orders.
Education to Activism
02 May 2025
Ilya Shapiro, Senior Fellow and Director of Constitutional Studies at the Manhattan Institute, discusses his book, “Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s Elite,” Harvard University’s battle with the Trump administration, and some of the remaining cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Legal Foundation of LPR Technology
25 April 2025
Timothy Lee, CFIF’s Senior Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs, discusses CFIF’s recently released legal primer that explores the constitutionality of License Plate Recognition (LPR) technology, and how the technology is used to fight crime.
Immigration and Border Security Under Trump 2.0
11 April 2025
Virginia Allen, Senior News Producer and Podcast Host at the Daily Signal, discusses immigration policy in President Trump’s second term, why the administration is “all in” on border security, and more.
Price Controls, Single-Payer Systems and Other Disastrous Healthcare Ideas
04 April 2025
Sally Pipes, President and CEO of Pacific Research Institute, discusses her recently released book, “The World’s Medicine Chest: How America Achieved Pharmaceutical Supremacy and How to Keep It,” the horrible impacts of price controls, how single-payer healthcare systems fail children and cancer patients, and more.
Time to Cut the Federal Funding Cord for NPR and PBS
26 March 2025
Brian Rankin, Adjunct Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses federal funding for public broadcasting, how the money has been used by NPR, PBS and local affiliates, and why it’s time to cut the funding cord.
Encouraging Healthcare Competition and Lower Costs: Antiquated State CON Laws Must Go
21 March 2025
Jaimie Cavanaugh, Legal Policy Counsel at the Pacific Legal Foundation, discusses what states can do to create more competition and drive down the rising cost of healthcare, how Certificate of Need (CON) laws impede access to care and block competition while limiting consumer choice and stifling innovation, and what state legislators can and should do to reform and repeal these antiquated laws.
Peace Through Strength: U.S. Foreign Policy
14 March 2025
Ambassador Francis Rooney, former U.S. Congressman and former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, discusses foreign policy in President Trump’s second term, U.S. relations with China, Russia, Ukraine, Mexico, Canada and Greenland, and what a policy of America First might mean for diplomatic relations.
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