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Trump’s Discordant Innovation Agenda: Deregulation Without Discovery

July 15, 2025

The Trump administration’s push to modernize nuclear energy regulations marks a potential turning point for America’s clean energy future—but at what cost? This analysis examines the administration’s controversial plan to overhaul radiation safety standards while dramatically cutting scientific research funding. We assess whether this approach will accelerate advanced reactor deployment or inadvertently sacrifice long-term innovation leadership to global competitors like China.

Undersea Cables Are Vulnerable to Sabotage—but This Takes Skill and Specialist Equipment

July 15, 2025

Countries have come to rely on a network of cables and pipes under the sea for their energy and communications. A coordinated attack on this network could have devastating consequences. But that is difficult business in a very challenging environment.

The Real AI Race

July 9, 2025

America Needs More Than Innovation to Compete With China

How Washington Is Ceding Its Geoeconomic Edge to China

July 8, 2025

Trump’s proposed changes to U.S. development finance—prioritizing domestic interests, unilateralism, and extractive projects over sustainability—could weaken America’s global influence. Unlike Biden’s multilateral partnerships, Trump’s transactional approach risks alienating allies and ceding clean energy leadership to China. The U.S. may lose ground in the Global South by abandoning inclusive, high-quality investments that counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

AI’s Need for Nuclear: A Quick Q&A with … Energy Writer and Historian Emmet Penney

June 5, 2025

AI’s massive energy demand could make nuclear power essential, but China leads in rapid reactor construction while US faces regulatory hurdles—SMRs may help, but their viability remains unproven.

Former FDA Commissioner: ‘Cost-Cutting’ May Undo One of Trump’s Best Drug Pricing Achievements

June 5, 2025

Trump’s FDA cuts disbanded a key generic drug policy team, threatening progress on affordable alternatives to complex medications like Ozempic and inhalers—reversing $26B in consumer savings achieved during his first term.

New U.S. legislation cuts clean energy incentives but gives nuclear power until 2029, while Trump's orders ease nuclear regulations; fusion and geothermal face tougher hurdles amid uneven policy support. Washington and the New Energy Revolution: How’s It Going?

Washington and the New Energy Revolution: How’s It Going?

June 5, 2025

New U.S. legislation cuts clean energy incentives but gives nuclear power until 2029, while Trump’s orders ease nuclear regulations; fusion and geothermal face tougher hurdles amid uneven policy support.

No, I Don’t Deserve to Be Assassinated

June 5, 2025

A Yale play glorifying assassination of Puerto Rico oversight board members draws criticism for factual inaccuracies and poor timing amid real-world political violence.

House Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts and Associated Lives Lost by Congressional District

June 4, 2025

Proposals to impose work requirements on Medicaid expansion enrollees would cause large coverage losses and hundreds of avoidable deaths each year in many congressional districts.

The Trump Administration Ended Collective Bargaining for 1 Million Federal Workers

June 4, 2025

The Trump administration claims to speak for American workers, but it took away the collective bargaining rights of 1 in every 15 workers protected by a union contract.

Congressional Republicans’ Reconciliation Plan Could Cost a Working-Class Family Thousands More Per Year

June 4, 2025

The budget legislation would gut programs for health care, food, and energy while giving enormous tax breaks to billionaires.

House Republicans Are Giving Up on U.S. Manufacturing

June 4, 2025

House Republicans Are Giving Up on U.S. Manufacturing
Claims from congressional Republicans and the Trump administration that supporting domestic manufacturing is a priority are completely undercut by their efforts to strip incentives and kill successful programs.

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Trump’s Discordant Innovation Agenda: Deregulation Without Discovery

Undersea Cables Are Vulnerable to Sabotage—but This Takes Skill and Specialist Equipment

The Real AI Race

How Washington Is Ceding Its Geoeconomic Edge to China

AI’s Need for Nuclear: A Quick Q&A with … Energy Writer and Historian Emmet Penney

Former FDA Commissioner: ‘Cost-Cutting’ May Undo One of Trump’s Best Drug Pricing Achievements

Washington and the New Energy Revolution: How’s It Going?

No, I Don’t Deserve to Be Assassinated

House Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts and Associated Lives Lost by Congressional District

The Trump Administration Ended Collective Bargaining for 1 Million Federal Workers

Congressional Republicans’ Reconciliation Plan Could Cost a Working-Class Family Thousands More Per Year

House Republicans Are Giving Up on U.S. Manufacturing

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