Libertarian Reporting for 2026-05-26
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 24 articles from 10 sites. We chose these from 1945 articles found on 36 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Cafe Hayek, Reason.com, The Libertarian Institute, International Liberty, Law & Liberty, Antiwar.com Blog, Main Feed, Mises Institute, The Libertarian Alliance, Free the People.
Some Links
TweetMy Mercatus Center colleague Rebecca Lowe – a native of Great Britain – tells why she loves America. A slice: The values underlying the Declaration of Independence — freedom, equality, justice — ...
Cafe Hayek
May 25, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Second Amendment Roundup: Virginia Bans "Assault Firearms"
The General Assembly tests the courts to see what it can get away with.
Reason.com
May 25, 2026 - reason.com
The Lay Flat Generation
“Everything in my life is controlled, living is becoming too expensive. I have no dreams. My only joy is thinking about dying.” Ji-woo, nineteen years of age. It seems, especially to older generations...
The Libertarian Institute
May 25, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Is Medicaid a Fiscal Problem, a Federalism Problem, a Policy Problem, or a Fraud Problem?
As a fiscal policy wonk, my usual concern about Medicaid (the government health problem for low-income people) is that it is a huge – and rapidly increasing – fiscal burden. As captured by this chart....
International Liberty
May 25, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
The Foreign-Born Heroes Who Chose America
Immigrants have fought for America's founding promise because they understood it, not because they inherited it.
Reason.com
May 25, 2026 - reason.com
Living Memories Engrained in Bronze
The World War I Memorial is a moving tribute to the hallowed sacrifice of the American veteran.
Law & Liberty
May 25, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Today in Supreme Court History: May 25, 1861
5/25/1861: John Merryman arrested. Chief Justice Taney ruled that his detention was unconstitutional in Ex Parte Merryman. The post Today in Supreme Court History: May 25, 1861 appeared first on Reaso...
Reason.com
May 25, 2026 - reason.com
Trump Says Muslim Nations Must Join Abraham Accord for Iran Peace Deal
President Donald Trump conditioned the Iran peace deal on several Muslim nations joining the Abraham Accords. The Accords are a series of agreements that gave incentives to Muslim nations to improve r...
The Libertarian Institute
May 25, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
On Private Money
TweetHere’s a letter to the Wall Street Journal. Editor: Greg Ip’s argument that cryptocurrencies, being privately issued, will fail as money relies heavily on his historical claim that privately issu...
Cafe Hayek
May 25, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Brickbat: Texas Trouble
A Texas teaching aide was arrested after investigators said she exposed a 7-year-old girl's chest in front of classmates and… The post Brickbat: Texas Trouble appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
May 25, 2026 - reason.com
John Mearsheimer asks Can Trump End the Iran War?
Reprinted from John’s Substack: On 24 May 2026, I was on “Switzerland” talking with Tom Switzer about the high profile negotiations between President Trump and Iran that were taking place that day. E...
Antiwar.com Blog
May 25, 2026 - antiwar.com
Iran Peace Deal Delayed – France and the UN to the Rescue?
The US and Iran are close to hammering out the remaining differences between them in what President Trump calls a “mostly negotiated” peace deal.
Main Feed
May 25, 2026 - libertynation.com
Is the Chinese Communist Party Influencing US State Governments?
It’s no secret that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has spent years trying to expand its influence inside the United States.
Main Feed
May 25, 2026 - libertynation.com
Murray Rothbard on War and "Isolationism"
Remembering Murray Rothbard on our imperialistic wars: "The true principle of isolationism is that the government should be isolated and people who trade, interchange, and engage in voluntary travel, ...
Mises Institute
May 25, 2026 - mises.org
Quotation of the Day…
Tweet… is from page 113 of my late, great colleague Walter Williams’s 2015 book, American Contempt for Liberty, which is a collection of many of Walter’s columns and essays; this quotation specificall...
Cafe Hayek
May 25, 2026 - cafehayek.com
The Joyful Spectacle of American Humiliation: Goliath Slaughtered by Persia
One cannot help but feel a deep, visceral satisfaction at the sight of the United States, that bloated, preening colossus of the modern age, brought low by the Islamic Republic of Iran. After months o...
The Libertarian Alliance
May 25, 2026 - libertarianism.uk
The Trump Purity Spiral Creates a Libertarian Opportunity
The destruction of Thomas Massie should serve as a warning not just to the Republican Party’s future, but also to what happens to political movements when loyalty matters more than principle. The pos...
Free the People
May 24, 2026 - freethepeople.org
Video of Cato Institute Online Event on the Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Case
I participated, along with prominent legal scholars Gabriel Chin and Paul Finkelman.
Reason.com
May 24, 2026 - reason.com
Netanyahu: Trump Agreed Any Deal With Iran Must Include Taking Iran’s Enriched Uranium
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that President Donald Trump agreed that any peace agreement with Iran must include Tehran abandoning nuclear enrichment. “President Trump and I agreed...
The Libertarian Institute
May 24, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Trump: Negotiations With Iran Proceeding In an Orderly Manner
President Donald Trump said that there was progress in talks with Iran towards a peace agreement. “The negotiations are proceeding in an orderly and constructive manner, and I have informed my repres...
The Libertarian Institute
May 24, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
IDF: Iran Peace Proposal Is a Bad Deal for Israel
A senior Israeli military official said that the peace proposal being discussed by the US and Iran is a bad deal for Israel. Ynet reports a senior official in the IDF said that the peace proposal bei...
The Libertarian Institute
May 24, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Corporate Taxes and the Laffer Curve: Leftist Theory vs. the Real World
When writing about corporate taxes and the Laffer Curve, I almost always will share these two charts from left-leaning, pro-tax international bureaucracies. This first chart is from the International ...
International Liberty
May 24, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Today in Supreme Court History: May 24, 1870
5/24/1870: Justice Benjamin Cardozo's birthday. The post Today in Supreme Court History: May 24, 1870 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
May 24, 2026 - reason.com
Judge Dismisses Author Michael Wolff's Lawsuit Over Melania Trump's Defamation Litigation Threat
A short excerpt from yesterday's 15K-word opinion by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil (S.D.N.Y.) Friday in Wolff v. Trump: In this… The post Judge Dismisses Author Michael Wolff's Lawsuit Over Melania Trump's ...