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FCC announces ban on new Chinese-made drones over national security concerns
Pentagon taps Musk’s xAI to boost sensitive government workflows, support military operations
DOJ appeals dismissal of James, Comey criminal cases in long-shot legal gamble
EXCLUSIVE: OIG report shows major turnaround in Social Security Administration’s phone service under Trump
China quietly loads 100+ ICBMs into new missile silos near Mongolia: report
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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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Ian Vásquez A Hong Kong court today convicted Jimmy Lai, the territory’s most prominent champion of democracy and basic human rights, of breaching national...
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Jon Hoffman This past weekend, the Islamic State (ISIS) killed three Americans in Syria—two US soldiers and one civilian contractor—marking the first US casualties...
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David J. Bier On December 4, the Department of Justice (DOJ) disseminated a memorandum to all federal prosecutors creating a strategy for arresting and charging...
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Mike Fox When the US Constitution was first drafted in 1787, it didn’t include a specific declaration of individual rights. Many of the Framers...
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James A. Dorn The distinctive feature of capitalism, properly understood, is freedom: the freedom to own property (i.e., to be a capitalist); the freedom...
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Justin Logan Negotiations to end the war in Ukraine are bogged down on the same issues that have bogged them down for years: territory...
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Colleen Hroncich The roots of Faithscape Learning Pod in Casa Grande, AZ, stretch back to founder Deja Hillis’s childhood. “As a student myself with a...
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Walter Olson Number eighteen in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy: Is this where it finally stops? Indiana Senate rejects...
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Jeffrey A. Singer The Washington Post reports that President Trump plans to issue an executive order that would have the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)...
