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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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David J. Bier New US Census Bureau statistics show that, despite a significant increase in immigration during President Biden’s term in office, the immigrant...
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Scott Lincicome This year, a large amount of virtual ink has been devoted to US tariff policy—and for good reason. Yet, most of this...
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Clark Neily Eighty-three people are dead. So far this fall, US military forces have struck 22 suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean, killing dozens...
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Michael F. Cannon The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report on how careless Obamacare is with your money—for more than a decade,...
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Mike Fox In 2023, Charles Foehner, a 65-year-old retired doorman and firearms collector, found himself in an unimaginable scenario. While walking to a Queens, NY,...
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Michael F. Cannon The “fraud scandal that rattled Minnesota,” reports the New York Times, “was staggering in its scale and brazenness.” Dozens of Minnesotans...
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Walter Olson President Donald Trump continues to use his pardon powers in remarkable ways. Now he has pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández,...
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Jeffrey A. Singer With Secretary of War Pete Hegseth embroiled in controversy over the extrajudicial killings of alleged drug smugglers operating a small, short-range...
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David J. Bier Last week, I published data leaked from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) showing that 73 percent of individuals booked into...
