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Voter ID and High Turnout in North Carolina
North Carolina has finished tallying its votes, and an impressive 70 percent of the eligible population cast a ballot. This ...
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Antitrust and Tech: What a Trump Administration Should Change
One of the Biden administration’s most significant impacts on U.S. technology and innovation has been its aggressive shift in antitrust enforcement, with Big Tech companies its most prominent target.
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The United States could soon see a shortage of baby formula for premature infants. Congress needs to keep that from happening.
What would you do if your premature baby could not get the formula they desperately needed? This frightening scenario may ...
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Summarizing the Benefits of the 2021 Child Tax Credit Expansion on Families: What the Data Reveals
The temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) in 2021 was a lifeline for tens of millions of American families, ...
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Matt Gaetz Will Test the Limits of Senate Republicans’ Fealty to Trump
James Wallner, a former Senate aide and consistent critic of Senate dysfunction at the GOP-leaning think tank R Street Institute, said the recess appointment debate was overblown. “Like everything ...
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The Future of Criminal Justice Reform After the Election
The recent election has officially shifted America’s political landscape, with Republicans gaining control of the Senate, the ...
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Election post-mortem: Democracy isn’t dead. It’s thriving.
Democracy and hyperbole were on the November ballot, if you heard a word pundits and social media influencers uttered. “If we ...
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With Ted Cruz poised to take over Commerce committee, tech oversight could see dramatic change
Cruz, for the most part, has been a very strong free market advocate on a lot of different policy issues, and in particular on AI has been one of the most forceful voices in Congress in favor of a ...
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Trump’s surprising AI agenda: What to expect next
In general, Trump will likely pick up where his first administration left off in January 2020, when it issued guidance to federal agencies about AI. The memo called on the government to reduce ...
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Trump’s distant but ever-present impact on NYC public safety
What does a red electoral map mean for the men and women in blue? And local public safety in general? President-elect Donald Trump’s Nov. 5 victory could spell the return of the known police proponent ...
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Regulations Are Making It Harder To Meet the Nation’s Power Demands
Co-located facilities have received support from some utilities and industry experts who contend that they can bring generation to large-load customers, such as data centers, more quickly than through ...
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A Trump/Vance Administration is Likely to Continue the Fight Against Junk Fees. They Should Do So Without the CFPB and FTC.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) under President Joe Biden championed the fight against what the administration refers to as “junk fees.” The ...