Today, Maurice Obstfeld argues the only byproduct of the Trump administration’s trade agenda are numerous, costly disruptions. The Free Speech Unmuted team explores a bizarre case that asks whether sending a digitally altered, sexually explicit image of a cartoon character to a public office holder is protected speech, or a heinous crime. And David L. Leal explores whether the UK’s local council elections last month can hint at what is to come for future parliamentary elections.

Hoover Daily Report | June 17, 2026

Today, Hoover invites those in the Bay Area to a special public event honoring individuals who fled authoritarian regimes in search of liberty, featuring Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado; Andrew Roberts speaks with author Tomiwa Owolade about the limits of applying American ideas on race in Britain; and Amy Zegart and Emerson Johnston report updated findings on the talent pipeline powering Chinese AI firm DeepSeek, identifying important problems and realities for US policymakers to address. 

Hoover Daily Report | June 16, 2026

Today, Frank Dikötter describes the rise of the Chinese Communist Party and the steps the US and its allies must continue to take to counter the aggressive aims of this regime; Rose Gottemoeller explores how new military technologies are changing the logic of nuclear deterrence; and Michael McFaul compiles the political, military, and technological evidence that, more than four years in, Ukraine is winning its defensive war against Russia. 

Hoover Daily Report | June 15, 2026

This Friday, John Cochrane and Amit Seru call on Kevin Warsh’s Federal Reserve to focus on reforming financial regulations; Mike Kuiken and Randy Schriver point out how China is benefiting and learning from the wars in Ukraine and Iran, with an eye toward Taiwan; and Eric Hanushek places a recent uptick in student achievement scores in the context of education outcomes so far this century. 

Hoover Daily Report | June 12, 2026

Today, Steven Koonin lays out the challenges and trade-offs involved in attempting to regulate the development of frontier AI models; H.R. McMaster speaks with the prime minister of Greece about security cooperation and economic development in the Eastern Mediterranean; and Elizabeth Economy discusses the Chinese Mao-era Long March sketches held at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Hoover Daily Report | June 11, 2026

Today, in the first episode of Only in America, Condoleezza Rice speaks with Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang about his remarkable rise to the commanding heights of global technology; Steven Davis argues that restoring open trade and reforming the international trading system are vital to US security and prosperity; and Michael Auslin examines why the Superman franchise isn’t participating in the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations this year.  

Hoover Daily Report | June 10, 2026

Today, John Cochrane writes of another concern newly minted Fed Chair Kevin Warsh will face: uncertain forecasting. Andy Hall finds that beyond all the doom-and-gloom projections of its effects; video content creators are loving AI. And H.R. McMaster speaks with a leading legislator in the Merz coalition governing Germany, who discusses the future of US-Germany relations amid a changing international order.

Hoover Daily Report | June 9, 2026

Today, Hoover shares a trailer for a major new documentary interview series; Ross Levine channels the wisdom of Adam Smith in a letter discussing the foundational role of justice in any free society; Matthew Turpin points out several underappreciated recent developments within China that call into question narratives about the PRC’s “unstoppable” ascendance; and on the latest EconTalk, Russ Roberts and guest Luke Burgis explore how individuals become themselves in the context of community influences. 

Hoover Daily Report | June 8, 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

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