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Time To “Clean House” at the America-Subverting Smithsonian

Mike Gonzalez’s testimony last week before the U.S. House about how the Smithsonian has gone woke was not just another skirmish in the culture wars. It was an indictment of a taxpayer-funded instituti...

2026-07-30

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Presidential Authority Under the Antiquities Act

The Antiquities Act of 1906, codified at 54 U.S.C. §§ 320301–320303, empowers the President to create national monuments by "public proclamation." The act provides that monuments may consist of "h...

2026-07-30

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Zohran Mamdani Comes for the Pieds-à-Terre

New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration announced a special pied-à-terre tax on non-primary residences in an attempt to price out affluent owners. How will Republicans respond?

2026-07-30

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Preparing Now for the Next Deadly Pandemic

America still faces a mortal threat from a pandemic, particularly from man-made biological weapons genetically engineered by malevolent international actors.Tulsi Gabbard, while serving as director of...

2026-07-30

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Ukrainian Military Leadership Changes

On July 15, 2026, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Ukraine's minister of defense, Mykhailo Fedorov, after six months in office and amid a wider governmentoverhaul. Zelensky thenappoint...

2026-07-30

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A New Phase in the Iran War

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu entered meetings with Trump this week to discuss their respective wars with Russia and Iran.

2026-07-29

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Sam Altman & Jensen Huang Visit Washington, D.C. at Our AI Moment

Visits to Washington, D.C., this week by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman come at an absolutely pivotal moment for AI policy.Governor Kathy Hochul’s moratorium on data centers in New ...

2026-07-30

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Alabama’s Path to Leading the South’s Economy

A curious migration is underway in America, one that shows up in U-Haul receipts before it ever reaches policy papers. Californians decant themselves into Texas. New Yorkers rediscover Florida. Illino...

2026-07-30

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Japanese National Security Strategy and Spending

Japanese National Security StrategyUnder the leadership of the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan introduced its inaugural National Security Strategy (NSS) in 2013.[REF]This strategic framework fac...

2026-07-30

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The Quiet Way Gender Ideology Reaches Children

Imagine you are a parent concerned about your child viewing inappropriate content. You rely on the usual parental guidelines, such as “TV-MA,” to select age-appropriate shows. But what if those appare...

2026-07-29

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Second Amendment Freedom Guarantees All Our Freedoms

The Second Amendment reminds us that our government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed. So when the home state of the National Rifle Association passes landmark restrictions on f...

2026-07-29

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Legislative Branch: FY2027 Appropriations

The legislative branch appropriations bill provides funding for the Senate; House of Representatives; Joint Items; Capitol Police; Office of Congressional Workplace Rights; Congressional Budget Office...

2026-07-30

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A Comparison of Two Open-Source Tax Microsimulation Models

CRS has recently begun using two open-source microsimulation tax models to estimate the revenue effects of changes to federal tax law: the Budget Lab at Yale's (TBL's) Tax-Simulator and the Policy Sim...

2026-07-30

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Extreme Heat and Climate Change

August 7, 2024 – July 30, 2026IF12733 Scientific consensussupports a causal relationship between increasing global temperatures and the incidence of extreme heat. Extreme heat can have a range of ...

2026-07-30