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The Unbearable Incompetence of Government
The Los Angeles wildfires decimated communities, destroyed billions of dollars in property, and took the lives of more than ...
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Testimony for the Virginia House Courts of Justice Committee, Criminal Subcommittee in Support of VA SB 924, Drug Checking Equipment
Robert Melvin, Northeast Region Director, R Street Institute Testimony in Support of VA SB 924: “Drug and controlled paraphernalia; creates exception for drug checking products.” February 10, 2025 ...
R Street Institute17hOpinion
L.A. wildfires exposed a confluence of bad state policy
This column is based on my testimony last week to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Administrative ...
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R Street: Tech companies’ approach to DeepSeek offers promising alternative to restrictions
Major tech companies including Microsoft and Amazon have taken steps to quickly — and securely — integrate the DeepSeek R-1 artificial intelligence model into their services, according to the free ...
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Mourning lost treasures in LA’s devastating wildfires
It’s been more than three weeks since the beginning of the Los Angeles area wildfires and the level of devastation is ...
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Lawmakers debate response to California wildfires
House lawmakers Thursday debated whether regulations contributed to the wildfires that devastated the LA area. Republicans labeled the committee’s hearing the “Consequences of Overregulation,” saying ...
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DeepSeek’s cybersecurity failures expose a bigger risk. Here’s what we really should be watching.
The release of DeepSeek’s R1 model (DeepSeek-R1) on Jan. 20, 2025 dominated news headlines and sparked lively debates across ...
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Hawley and Sanders team up to fight credit card interest rates. Instead, they risk harming consumers.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced bipartisan legislation to cap credit card interest rates.
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No, conscripting the app stores doesn’t solve the problems with age verification
Lawmakers show no sign of slowing down with laws to limit minors’ use of social media. State and federal legislation ...
R Street Institute4dOpinion
Capping Nicotine in Combustibles is Bad Policy
The Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) recently announced a proposed rule that would “make cigarettes and certain other ...
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Low-Energy Fridays: Does climate policy matter?
Today’s headline question is a throwback to one of my favorite analyses on the overall effect of explicitly climate-focused ...
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The Challenge of Misinformation
The recent U.S. presidential election brought the debate over misinformation and disinformation into focus once again, with ...