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This July 4, at 250 Years, Let Us Rededicate Ourselves to Protecting Our Elections

America has much to celebrate this July 4, but also much to do. Even after 250 years, the task of conserving the Republic given to us by our Founding Fathers is a never-ending struggle.Fortunately, we...

2026-07-15

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U.S. Research Vessels and Scientific Leadership in Antarctica

In October 2025, the National Science Foundation (NSF) terminated the lease of the Research Vessel IcebreakerNathaniel B. Palmerafter 33 years of service to the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP). NSF cite...

2026-07-15

Claremont Institute CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

Graham Platner Ousted – Where Does the Left Go Now?

Graham Platner, a self-proclaimed communist and the Democrats’ former working-class role player in Maine’s Senate election, has withdrawn his candidacy following allegations of sexual misconduct.

2026-07-15

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Supreme Court Must Rein in D.C. Court of Appeals

To paraphrase the Bard, something is rotten in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court is starting to notice.Since 2018, the D.C. Court of Appeals has issued controversial cri...

2026-07-15

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Budget Reconciliation Measures Enacted into Law Since 1980

April 1, 2009 – July 15, 2026R40480 The budget reconciliation process is an optional procedure that operates as an adjunct to the budget resolution process established by the Congressional Budget ...

2026-07-15

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Blaming Trump for the Latest Outbreak of Ebola Is Absurd

The Trump administration is again coming under fire for last year’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Why now? Because it’s being blamed for an outbreak of the deadly Ebola...

2026-07-15

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Voluntary Carbon Offsets: Background, Federal Involvement, and Issues for Congress

Acarbon offsetis a measurable reduction, avoidance, or sequestration of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions used to compensate for GHG emissions generated elsewhere. Carbon offset projects can involve a ra...

2026-07-15

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The Heritage Guide to Historic Sites: Rediscovering America’s Heritage

The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again t...

2026-07-15

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Greenspan's Bailout Legacy Is Warsh's Straitjacket

Eulogies tend to laud the departed, not criticize them, so it's no surprise that the death of Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve Chairman, at age 100 prompted people to say nice things about h...

2026-07-15

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AUKUS Needs an American Nuclear Submarine—Now

The Australia-U.K.-U.S. effort (AUKUS) to develop an indigenous nuclear submarine program in Australia is nearing a major milestone: arrival of the first rotationally based nuclear submarine. Per theo...

2026-07-15

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Smartphones Didn’t Ruin Fertility, The Left Did

A new studyclaims smartphones are the main driver ofthe collapsing U.S. birth rate, which has fallen by one-quarter since 2007. So did the iPhone eat the kids, or is there another reason Americans are...

2026-07-15

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Housing Bill Is a Good Start, But Much Work Remains

President Donald Trump’s refusal to sign the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, which proponents argued would help with the nation’s lingering housing affordability crisis, surprised a lot of people. L...

2026-07-15

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DEI Is a Threat to the Republic

DEI Is a Threat to the RepublicTestimony beforeThe Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional AbusesThe Committee on Oversight and Government ReformUnited States House of...

2026-07-15

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Supreme Court’s Awful Ruling Encourages China’s Hunan Horse to Invade America

Bad Supreme Court decisions are nothing new, but on the birthright citizenship case, Trump v. Barbara, the justices laid an egg that will hatch some ugly ducklings.The court ruled that children born h...

2026-07-15

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Response to Venezuela’s Crisis Proves That America Can Still Help in Substantial Ways—Even Without USAID

Critics of President Trump insist that his administration has bungled its response to the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela. They blame hisdismantlingof the U.S. Agency for International Developmen...

2026-07-15

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Latin America Shifts Toward Market-Oriented Conservatism

Socialist policies are quickly becoming ideological candy to progressives.In the New York primaries, seven of eight democratic socialists won their bids. Politicians are becoming increasingly supporti...

2026-07-15

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Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Standard Mileage Rates

February 16, 2024 – July 15, 2026IN12320 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provides standard mileage rates as optional methods for taxpayers to substantiate their transportation expenses. This In...

2026-07-15

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The Peace Corps

January 14, 2025 – July 15, 2026IF12873 The Peace Corps is an independent agency that sends American volunteers to serve at the grassroots level in developing countries in order to advance three g...

2026-07-15

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“Transnational Repression” and U.S. Policy: In Brief

Foreign government-supported "transnational repression" has been of increasing concern to some U.S. policymakers in the past several years. It is broadly viewed as a human rights issue as well as a fo...

2026-07-15

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HUD’s FY2026 Continuum of Care Program Competition

The Continuum of Care (CoC) program, administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), funds housing and services to assist people experiencinghomelessness. CoC funds are awa...

2026-07-15