Reason Magazine – June 2025 Opinion Preview

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REASON MAGAZINE (April 25, 2025): The latest issue features ‘What If’ – The president doesn’t want to spend money…

What if the President Doesn’t Want to Spend Money?

Impoundment, line-item vetoes, and the tricky problem of cutting spending through the executive branch

What if the President Tries to Annex Greenland and Canada?

Trump’s new imperialism makes neither economic nor geopolitical sense.

Are the News Media in Their Onion Era?

The lessons “America’s Finest News Source” could offer the rest of the press

How Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s Perverse Pardons Undermined the Rule of Law

Biden’s pardons for friends and Trump’s blanket pardons for January 6 participants set terrible precedents.

The New York Times – Friday, April 25, 2025

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Red Line on Crimea Isn’t Just Zelensky’s. It’s Ukraine’s.

In Ukraine, memories of Russia’s annexation are fresh and resentments run high, leaving the country’s president few choices on the latest American peace plan.

Russia Pummels Kyiv, Prompting Rare Rebuke From Trump

The attack, which killed at least 12 people, was the deadliest on Ukraine’s capital in nearly a year. President Trump called on President Vladimir V. Putin to “STOP!” in a post on social media.

Trump Challenges Migrants’ Due Process Rights, Undercutting Bedrock Principle

White House officials are eschewing normal legal processes as they rush to ramp up deportations, saying there is no time to afford unauthorized immigrants any rights — and that they don’t deserve them anyway.

On Major Economic Decisions, Trump Blinks, and Then Blinks Again

President Trump has said his punishing tariffs would force companies to build factories in the United States. But it is far from clear that they will have the effects he predicted.