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BAAJA Blast Part 2: What Does Permitting Reform Mean for the Environment?

Recently, we discussed aspects of the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA) related to the Senate ...
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The Export Control Cascade—Part 1: A Problem of Unintended Consequences

The approach to export controls on semiconductor technology is one of the most complex topics that governmental officials ...
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Election Policy Landscape Stabilizes as Midterms Approach Part 3: Mail Voting

This is the third installment in a multipart series on the current election policy landscape as we approach the 2026 midterms ...
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Republicans Should Appreciate How Data Centers Deliver on Their Priorities

The Republican Party can embrace American technological dominance, or it can embrace the growing alarmism around America’s ...
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Lawfare or Justice? Understanding American Prosecution Part 1 — Where Did America’s System of Prosecution Come From?

This is the first installment in a six-part series about the institutions that shape prosecutorial decisions within the ...
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Separating Private Selections from Public Elections Part 3: How could a privatized-party system affect general elections?

This is the final installment in a three-part series on improving America’s candidate selection system by privatizing ...
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Republicans loved Project 2025 until it threatened Big Ag handouts

From Day 1, the Trump administration has moved to quickly implement many of Project 2025’s policy recommendations and put ...
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Low-Energy Fridays: Is the future of the grid off the grid?

Across the country, policymakers and market participants are struggling to adapt to an explosion in projected growth in ...
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Licensing the future: Why the ‘Make AI Work for Americans Act’ misses the mark

Make AI Work for Americans Act” was introduced recently to much fanfare from representatives of organized labor, activists, ...
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BAAJA Blast Part 1: What Does Permitting Reform Mean for Energy and Natural Resources?

On September 30, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA) was unveiled by Senators Capito, Heinrich ...
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The Certification Bottleneck: How the U.S. Government Is Slowing Its Own Post-Quantum Migration

In June 2026, the Trump administration issued an executive order aimed at accelerating the migration of federal information ...
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Containment Failure: Viewing the Agentic Breakout Wave Through a Cybersecurity Lens

Tech policy news this summer was rife with stories of breakout scenarios where agents were able to escape the bounds of their sandboxes and access external infrastructure without permission. These ...