# Cato in the News 

##### News Notes 

#### Cato Scholars Named in *Washingtonian*’s Most Influential People in DC 

Michael F. Cannon, Cato’s director of health policy studies, and David J. Bier, Cato’s director of immigration studies and the Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy, were named to *Washingtonian’s* 2026 list of the 500 most influential people shaping policy in the nation’s capital. The magazine noted that Cannon has advanced market-based health care policy reforms and critiqued government intervention in the industry. Bier, meanwhile, was described as “the ‘math-driven’ conscience of the 2026 immigration debate,” with the *Washingtonian* citing his many appearances before Congress to testify on immigration policy.

#### Cato Defends Free Trade in the Courts 

The Cato Institute and Ilya Somin, our B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies, filed an amicus brief in April supporting two small businesses that challenged President Trump’s 10 percent tariffs under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. The US Court of International Trade sided with those businesses in May, reinforcing constitutional limits on presidential tariff authority. The decision comes after the Supreme Court ruled against tariffs that Trump previously tried to impose under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Somin, along with the Liberty Justice Center, represented five businesses challenging the IEEPA tariffs.

#### Cato Poll Inspires High Schoolers to Perform *1776: The Musical* 

The High School for Creative and Performing Arts in Philadelphia will perform *1776: The Musical* throughout the summer in honor of America’s 250th anniversary. Students at the school were reportedly motivated to put on the production by a recent Cato Institute poll that found 53 percent of Americans do not know why we celebrate the Fourth of July

### Recent Op-Eds

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#### [Trump Wants to Help ‘Forgotten American Workers’ Retire. Don’t Be Fooled. ](/commentary/trump-wants-help-forgotten-american-workers-retire-dont-be-fooled)

— By Romina Boccia 

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#### [Behind the Boom in Psychiatric Medication ](/commentary/behind-boom-psychiatric-medication)

— By Adam Omary 

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#### [America Needs Workers, but Trump’s Policies Are Sharply Cutting Legal Immigration ](/commentary/america-needs-workers-trumps-policies-are-sharply-cutting-legal-immigration)

— By David J. Bier 

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#### [Here’s the Solution to the Deficit. Hint: It Isn’t Taxes. ](/commentary/heres-solution-deficit-hint-it-isnt-taxes)

— By Adam N. Michel 

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#### [Rent Control Would Hurt the People It Intends to Help ](/commentary/rent-control-would-hurt-people-it-intends-help)

— By Jeffrey Miron and Jonah Karafiol 

### TV Highlights

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Colin Grabow discussed the Jones Act on CBS’s *60 Minutes* 

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Katherine Thompson discusses the current negotiations between the US and Iran on CNBC’s *Squawk Box* 

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Scott Lincicome discusses what impact the war with Iran has on the economy, and tariff refunds on MS NOW’s *The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle* 

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Cato Institute’s mission on preserving liberty is cited on *Stossel TV* 

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Erec Smith is featured in the *New York Times* Opinion–organized roundtable, “D.E.I. Is Discriminatory. Agree or Disagree?” 

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Jennifer Huddleston discusses her blog post, “Anthropic Just Showed What Doing the Right Thing Looks Like,” on Bloomberg TV’s *Bloomberg Technology* 

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