Hoover Daily Report | June 5, 2026

Hoover Daily Report | June 5, 2026

This Friday, Tom Church explains the true impact of Social Security on the federal budget deficit; Victor Davis Hanson notes the policy choices leaders in Sacramento could make to get California back on track in terms of affordability and economic dynamism; Bill Whalen reviews the results we have so far from California’s primary elections held this past Tuesday; and John Cochrane makes the case for focusing economic policy more on expanding opportunity than on reducing inequality via redistribution.  Hoover Daily Report | June 5, 2026 [https://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-daily-report/friday-june-5-2026]

Hoover Daily Report | June 4, 2026

Today, Timothy Chu and Drew Endy draw lessons on utilizing science to advance the national interest from the life of President Trump’s uncle, Professor John Trump; Victor Davis Hanson charts the Jacksonian themes of the second Trump administration’s foreign policy; and David Henderson explains why the energy shock we’re experiencing today differs from that of the 1970s. Hoover Daily Report | June 4, 2026 [https://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-daily-report/thursday-june-4-2026]

Hoover Daily Report | June 3, 2026

Today, Condoleezza Rice argues the US achieved tangible gains with it and Israel’s joint air war against Iran. Niall Ferguson says the global AI race needs a Kissinger-like figure to reach some form of détente. John Cochrane walks us through the first challenge that awaits Kevin Warsh as Fed chair. Steven Davis asks a pair of scholars why drug misuse deaths in the US have risen tenfold since 1979. And Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer examine how privacy concerns interact with the First Amendment, looking at recording the police, selling the rights to your life story, and Hulk Hogan suing Gawker. Hoover Daily Report | June 3, 2026 [https://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-daily-report/wednesday-june-3-2026]

Hoover Daily Report | June 2, 2026

Today, Victor Davis Hanson analyzes how the war in Iran has gone so far, and lays out the two major paths the Trump administration could choose from here; Barry Strauss lists ten lessons he’s taken away from the war, as well as a few concerns the conflict has raised regarding America’s capacity for serious strategic commitments; and H.R. McMaster speaks with Finnish ambassador to Germany Kai Sauer about Finland’s role on the front lines of NATO collective defense.   Hoover Daily Report | June 1, 2026 [https://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-daily-report/tuesday-june-2-2026]

Hoover Daily Report | June 1, 2026

Today, Joshua Rauh, Benjamin Jaros, and John Doran explain their research into the proposed California billionaire wealth tax and the measure’s likely impact on the state’s budget issues; Michael McFaul offers readers a debrief of his recent trip to China; and a new edition of Strategika compiles lessons learned so far from the Iran war, drawing on the expertise of contributors with many decades of experience analyzing US national security challenges.   Hoover Daily Report | June 1, 2026 [https://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-daily-report/monday-june-1-2026]