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Government‐Supported Family Leave Still Entails Tradeoffs
Vanessa Brown Calder Federal legislation on government‐supported paid family leave has stalled for the time being. But in the meantime,…
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Coups Are Just An Arms (Sale) Length Away: US Weapons Equip Niger’s Military
Jordan Cohen American weapons aiding coups and then being dispersed to terrorists is a tale as old as time. In Niger,…
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Would Congress Abdicate Its Responsibility by Empowering a BRAC‐like Fiscal Commission?
Romina Boccia Following the Fiscal Responsibility Act’s passage, many legislators remain rightfully concerned that the May 2023 debt limit deal…
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Microsoft comes under blistering criticism for “grossly irresponsible” security
Enlarge (credit: Drew Angerer | Getty Images) Microsoft has once again come under blistering criticism for the security practices of…
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Meta releases open source AI audio tools, AudioCraft
Enlarge (credit: Meta) On Wednesday, Meta announced it is open-sourcing AudioCraft, a suite of generative AI tools for creating music…
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The Ugliest Agency in Washington
Michael F. Cannon Earlier this week, the press shop at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) spent…
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Will the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Help Pregnant Workers?
Vanessa Brown Calder Late last year, Congress passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) as part of the sprawling 2023…
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Trump Indicted Over Attempt To Remain In Power
Walter Olson A federal grand jury yesterday charged former president Donald Trump with four criminal counts in connection with his…
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Fitch Downgrades U.S. Debt
Romina Boccia Fitch Ratings, one of three major credit rating agencies, downgraded the U.S. debt from AAA (the highest possible…
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Researchers figure out how to make AI misbehave, serve up prohibited content
Enlarge (credit: MirageC/Getty Images) ChatGPT and its artificially intelligent siblings have been tweaked over and over to prevent troublemakers from…
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