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In some parts of the nation's capital today, it looks like a war zone. And it's because of protesters who are presumably taking out their anger over the election—and the voters' decision—by acting violently and destructively on the streets of Washington. Here are some of the most compelling photos and tweets documenting the destruction: .@POTUS supporter…

The Hill reported Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump’s team is considering “dramatic” cuts to the federal budget, using as a baseline a report issued in 2016 by The Heritage Foundation. Predictably, the left is having an absolute meltdown. The bloggers at Slate fanned themselves with sanctimonious tweets from people who clearly hadn’t read the Heritage proposals. Meanwhile,…

More than any other political act, the orderly transfer of power from one administration to another at a presidential inauguration demonstrates convincingly that we are a nation of laws and not of men. Even with the closest of outcomes and the losing side’s understandable disappointment—and even anger—victor and vanquished normally pledge to work together for…

When President-elect Donald Trump enters office on Jan. 20, he will inherit almost $20 trillion of national debt. This debt is a threat to the American economy, and its key driver—unsustainable spending—must be controlled. Come Jan. 20, the new administration should act immediately to tame the federal budget and reduce the national debt. Here are…

On the path to making America great again, President-elect Donald Trump will have a tremendous opportunity to reverse the steady slide away from a property rights-oriented American patent system. There are good reasons to believe a Trump administration will readily grasp this critical problem and work to revitalize the American patent regime. First, someone like…

Asking with a terseness normally associated with changing religions or declaring a new nationality, many people that know me have politely cornered me and demanded: “How could you—a lifelong, left-leaning, Obama-believing, Indy-Dem voter—vote for Donald Trump?” My answer to them is simple: Our nation is in the middle of a crisis. We are stuck at…

The overreaction to President-elect Donald Trump’s election—from campus “cry-ins” to Brandon Victor Dixon’s “Hamilton” rant—is more than just a left-wing tantrum. It displays a more fundamental development in American political culture. In it, we behold the first fruits of the administrative state. Although it was not clearly articulated in his campaign, Trump did represent an inchoate rebellion against what scholars…