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FCC announces ban on new Chinese-made drones over national security concerns
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DOJ appeals dismissal of James, Comey criminal cases in long-shot legal gamble
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The Trump Executive Order Is a Good Step for AI Policy
Fiscal Policy Is Raising Costs for American Families
The FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act Cannot Have the Last Word on US Posture in Europe
The Quiet Way the Fed Is Creating a Coin Shortage
Europe Won’t Centralize Vaccine Policy—Washington Didn’t Get the Memo
- Editor’s Pick
The Trump Executive Order Is a Good Step for AI Policy
Fiscal Policy Is Raising Costs for American Families
The FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act Cannot Have the Last Word on US Posture in Europe
The Quiet Way the Fed Is Creating a Coin Shortage
Europe Won’t Centralize Vaccine Policy—Washington Didn’t Get the Memo
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Jennifer Huddleston On December 11, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order on “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence.” The order...
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Dominik Lett Pictured left to right: Romina Boccia, Adam Michel, Dominik Lett, and Michael Cannon. On December 11, the Cato Institute hosted a Hill briefing on...
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Katherine Thompson Nestled within this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is an attempt to severely constrain President Trump’s ability to decrease US posture, basing,...
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Mike Fox To most Americans, a unanimous Supreme Court victory seems like the ultimate triumph of justice. But to the Barnes family, that couldn’t...
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Neal McCluskey This afternoon the Trump administration announced its latest move to dismantle the US Department of Education. As I have explained for decades,...
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Norbert Michel and Jerome Famularo US Sen. Tim Scott (R‑SC). In September 2024, Senator Tim Scott (R‑SC) introduced a 50-page bill called the Renewing...
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Jeffrey A. Singer The New York Post recently reported on the results of a small clinical trial at the University of Auckland, published in...
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Adam N. Michel In the second half of 2025, US international tax policy has shifted more than at any point since 2017. Following major...
