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USA – Biden requests $715B for Pentagon, hinting at administration’s future priorities (Defense News)

Aaron Mehta and Joe Gould U.S. President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2022 budget request asks for $753 billion in national security funding, an increase of 1.6 percent that...

After COVID, are billions in biodefense funds needed to deter US adversaries? (Defense News)

Aaron Mehta In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Defense Department should dramatically increase its funding for biological defense initiatives in order to deter other...

USA – Justice Thomas sends a message on social media regulation (Brookings)

Mark MacCarthy On April 5, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas kicked off a new round of debate on the right way to regulate social media...

USA – What does the Amazon union effort signify for labor in America? (Brookings)

Molly Kinder and Adrianna Pita Although workers’ efforts to form a union at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama ultimately failed, the David versus Goliath attempt “is...

USA – What’s stopping automatic retirement savings for more workers? (Brookings)

Robert Maxim and Mark Muro As the nation begins to grapple with the shape of its post-COVID-19 economy, policymakers are exploring how to better (if belatedly) support...

USA – Biden’s infrastructure plan replaces federal cynicism with a sweeping vision (Brookings)

Adie Tomer Three years after the Trump administration’s February 2018 infrastructure proposal failed to get off the ground, the Biden’s administration infrastructure package—the American Jobs Plan—is seeing a...

USA – A guide for conceptualizing the debate over Section 230 (Brookings)

David Morar and Chris Riley Though they were once the darlings of society, major tech companies have decidedly fallen out of favor. A range of real and...

USA – How hateful rhetoric connects to real-world violence (Brookings)

Daniel L. Byman On January 6, 2021, President Trump gave an incendiary speech to supporters, lamenting election fraud, urging them to march on the Capitol where Congress...

USA – Building back better: The promise of the American Rescue Plan for education (Brookings)

Helen Shwe Hadani and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek After a year of COVID-19, we see a glimmer of light at the end of a very long tunnel. Millions across the...

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