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The 6G Race Has a Bureaucratic Bottleneck

Congress has been clear on its spectrum priorities. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) restored Federal Communications ...
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Low-Energy Fridays: America’s 250th birthday present: More nuclear power plants

Last year the Trump administration offered a bold challenge to the nuclear industry. In May of 2025, the administration ...
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New R Street Study Warns U.S. Critical Infrastructure Is Running Out of Time to Prepare for Quantum Threats

Today, the R Street Institute released a new policy study, “Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration in the United States: ...
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Without Major Reforms, There’s No Excuse for Year-Round E15

The ability to bypass air quality restrictions and sell gasoline with 15 percent ethanol E15 (fuel that is 15 percent ethanol ...
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Understanding Federal Law Enforcement in the United States Part 6—Drug Enforcement Administration

This is the sixth and final installment in a six-part series examining major federal law enforcement agencies through a ...
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Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration in the United States: Managing Risk and Advancing Cyber Readiness in Critical Infrastructure

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Common Ground on Censorship: Two Bills to Check Government Coercion of Speech

Two bills recently introduced in Congress take direct aim at a growing apparatus of government censorship. Both the JAWBONE ...
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For America’s future, look to the ancient past: Rome

America is approaching a major milestone: its semiquincentennial, which is a fancy word that scarcely anyone knows how to ...
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Maternal Health, Dissent, and Democracy: 100 Years After the Sheppard-Towner Act

I wish I knew what mighty things were fabricating. If a form of government is to be established here, what one will be ...
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The Sanders AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act Is a Death Sentence for American Technology Leadership

What would be the quickest way to destroy America’s global leadership position in artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computation and undermine life-enriching innovation in the process? Sen.
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The Policy Agenda Sheriffs Are Ready For

Despite recent headlines about a surge in hiring at large police departments, the workforce crisis that has plagued American ...
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Slow Vote Counting in California Primary Was Both Predictable and Avoidable

California held primary elections in early June for a slate of federal, state, and local offices. One of the most closely ...