Little-known DC think tank becomes brain trust of 'Never Trumpism'

Niskanen Center, a little-known Washington think tank, is positioning itself as an intellectual home for Republicans opposed to President Trump and unhappy with the rise of nationalism in the party.

Founded four years ago by alumni of the CATO Institute, a libertarian think tank, Niskanen initially set out to forge a modern conservatism. The group’s architects believed Republican ideology had grown stale, and they sought to build a think tank that would both challenge the dominant Reagan orthodoxy and address issues that the party often ignores — like climate change. That hasn’t changed.